Dirty Spokes 9⁄6 Hour Mountain Bike Race
May 5, 2012
"Fort Yargo State Park"
Winder, Georgia

Dirty Spokes Productions, LLC is a southeastern athletic events company dedicated to 9⁄6 Hour Mountain Bike Races. We are in our 7th year of putting on the Dirty Spokes Fort Yargo State Park Endurance Mountain Bike Race and as enthusiastic as when we started it (thanks to racers⁄riders like yourselves). We appreciate the support you all have given our events for the last 6 years and look forward to seeing you out there again this year!

Who are the brains behind Dirty Spokes? We are mountain bike enthusiasts like the rest of you. This event was designed for mountain bikers to have fun, be competitive and provide an endless supply of great memories! No matter the level (beginner to expert) it is there for you. We are not trying to re–invent the wheel just trying to perfect the roll. Dirty Spokes Productions, LLC is excited to present our 9 and 6 hour mountain bike team relay race to you. We are glad you are interested in the race and hope to see you there!

We had right at 400 registered participants last year at the Dirty Spokes 9⁄6 Hour Fort Yargo Mountain Bike Race! They rode 1589 laps! 11 Miles per lap! Total = 17,479 Miles! Way to go!

Thanks for the feedback from the 2011 course lay out! 2012 course will be the exact same as last year! It´s fast, fun and probably flows the best of any course we have had an opportunity to put together! The idea behind the layout of this course is to hopefully get the individual and team times right at an hour each or inside an hour (hopefully putting some strategy together for some of those teams to get that 6th lap in the 6 hour race and potentially get the 7th in! Likewise in the 9 hour race try to get that 9th lap and provide some opportunities to potentially getting a 10th lap if possible)!

We will start the race on the street same as we did this past year… you will be on the road for 1.2 miles (on the asphalt) then we will tap into the trail right at the mountain bike parking lot (Entrance "A")… this puts the first lap about 10.25 miles in length (fastest lap will typically be on this first lap)!

Giant thanks to the Yargo Area Bike Association (YABA) for the time and energy they have put into maintaining these trails! If you haven't ridden there ⁄ you're gonna love it! If you have ridden there you know what we mean!

PACKET PICKUP (We will be taking race day registrations as well):

Race Day Registration / Packet Pick-Up: 7:00-9:00 a.m.
Kids Race 9:00 a.m. (FREE Each Participant Receives A T-Shirt and Finisher Medal)
Racers Meeting 9:30 a.m.
Bikes Positioned At Starting Line 9:45 a.m.
9/6 Hour Race Starts 10:00 a.m.
6 Hour Race Finishes 4:00 p.m.
9 Hour race Finishes 7:00 p.m.

DIRECTIONS TO THE PARK:

Fort Yargo State Park
210 S. Broad Street
Winder, Georgia 30680
(Entrance "A")

Remember Georgia State Parks Require a $5.00 Fee (1 Day Pass) or you can purchase a yearly pass! Start ⁄ Finish Area will be at Picnic Shelter #5. Enter park drive straight in go past the guard shack (1st stop sign), at your second stop sign (mountain bike parking lot on left, tennis courts on right) go straight follow this road over the bridge and up the hill, at the next stop sign turn right, follow this road around until you get to picnic shelter number 5. All "pit areas" will be on a first come ⁄ first serve basis. Course will be set (for pre-ride) ⁄ transition area will be set by 5:00 p.m. on Friday afternoon. As we have always done please allow the solo racers to pit the closest to the course and the teams in back...

CAMPING:

You will be allowed to camp the night before the race at the start ⁄ finish area (the charge to camp here is the same as it would be in a regular camping spot ⁄ we will not be collecting these fees ⁄ park ranger will come by and collect these from you)... or if you just want to come out and set up your pit areas on Friday in preparation for the race you are welcome to do so (no charge to leave 10x10 tents ⁄ pit areas set up the night before).

TIMING:

We will be doing chip timing RFID Timing System (each participant will receive their own timing chip at the registration table 5⁄5⁄12 – your timing chip will correspond to your name and bib number). At the end of the race we will collect your timing chip back (after you cross the finish line). If for some reason you are unable to finish the event we will still need to collect your timing chip (you will be billed $35.00 for any chip lost or not returned)...

RACE COURSE / GPS Data:

As each of you know the Yargo Area Bike Association (YABA) has done a great job with these trails over the last year and they are gonna be fun! The course will be right at 11.0 miles per lap. Course should be very fast and flowing (check our site for GPS data): Click here for GPS Data (trying to set it up so the lap times are inside an hour per lap)... Course will consist of 90% outer loop (no monster mile or horseshoe drop, bypass 3 step hill, creek crossing will still be in the race – YABA has gone down to the creek crossing and blasted the algae off the granite bottom – please still use caution going through this section).

AWARDS:

Awards will be given out when we have enough finishers in to fill the categories. Medals and prizes will be given out to the top three finishers in each category. Expert Cash Pay Out and Fastest Lap Cash Pay Out Sponsored By IBEX Bikes! Female Cash Pay Out Sponsored By Spin Lite Cycles!

KIDS RACE:

We will have a kids race (FREE of Charge)! Course and distance TBD... Each participant will receive a Shimano T-Shirt and Shimano Finisher Medal! Race will start at 9:00 a.m. All parents must sign the waiver form for the kids... Race is for kids 12 and under (our junior category for the 6 hour race is 13–17 years of age)...