MX Race at Foxboro?

[Mr_Cheeze]

Does anyone know how I can find a schedule for upcoming events? I just want to know when I'm going to need to avoid coming here due to races and/or events.

[C.P.]

Start with www.netra.org - from there mucho linkage to other local MX clubs - for foxboro and wrentham - likely King Philip Riders club.

Looks like the annual Rock Hard Enduro event is the weekend of June 6th. It's worthwhile to stay away from Wrentham, Franklin, Foxboro, and surrounding areas as this event is now part of a national enduro event schedule, so number of riders is sure to be high...it takes over much of the good trails for sure...

It's too bad that the land manager has allowed this event to run on ANY TRAILS they want rather then requiring them to run on the moto loop trails only. It made me angry to see them be allowed to route their Enduro on the new trail NEMBA cut in foxboro a couple years ago (IMBA came and helped mark trail so this was well planned singletrack). Ever since that enduro ran that trail, it's never been the same, blown out on all the tight corners, wasted some of our bench-cuts etc. Very frustrating to say the least.

[bdee]

The NEMBA trail is hurtin' for certain, I was out there on Saturday. Still a fun ride, but a lot of the rocks have been dislodged due to motorcycles. I'm glad this was posted, I have horrible luck with riding out there during MX events.

[bdee]

This is a dumb question but, does anyone know if it was run today with the rain? If so, we all know what that will do to the trails.

[BRIAN]

RODE FOXBORO SUNDAY MORNING. SAW SOME SIGNS OF MX USE BUT SEEMED TO BE RECREATIONAL. TELL TALE SIGN OF UPCOMING RACE IS THE BRIGHT GREEN/ORANGE SIGNS PLACED ALONG ROUTE. FOR THE MOST PART WE STAYED ABOVE AND AROUND THE TOWER, DIDNT VENTURE TO THE LOWER SECTIONS. SPOKE W/ TWO MX'ERS ON THE WAY OUT WHO WERE GEARING UP. NICE GUYS, SEEMED RESPONSABLE ENOUGH. ASKED THEM IN A POLITE WAY TO TAKE IT SLOW, TO LEAVE SOME TRAIL FOR US. THEY PROCEEDED TO BLAME TRAIL DAMAGE ON " THE YOUNG KIDS W/ 2-STROKES" ANYWAY, WE LEFT IT AT THAT. SAID OUR GOODBYES AND STAY SAFES. BACK ON TOPIC, THE RANGER STATION SHOULD KNOW OF UPCOMING EVENTS. I'M A RESIDENT OF FOXBORO, I'LL CHECK IT OUT AND POST THE DATES.

CHRIS

NOTE: THERE WAS A LARGE ENDURO EVENT IN WRENTHAM YESTERDAY, SAW MANY BIKES TRAVELING ALONG THE ROAD AND THERE WAS A TRACK SECTION ON THE GROUNDS OF WRENTHAM STATE HOSPITAL. MAYBE THEY CHANGED VENUES THIS YEAR.

[BRIAN]

JUST LOOKED AT A CALENDER OF EVENTS FOE MX RACES IN NEW ENGLAND. DOESNT APPEAR TO BE ANYTHING SCHEDULED FOR FOXBORO. NEAREST RACE WAS WRENTHAM ON THE 6TH. MAYBE WE'LL ESCAPE THIS YEAR. UNLESS THEY CAME INTO FOXBORO AND I DIDNT NOTICE, LIKE I SAID WE STAYED AROUND THE TOWER. KEEP FINGERS CROSSED!! HERE IS THE LINK, CLICK ON CALENDER OF EVENTS

http://www.nedirtbikes.com/forum/events.asp?month=6&year=2004

[bdee]

Thanks for the update!

[Mr_Cheeze]

They were definitely there on the 6th, not 7th. The Event, starting in Wrentham, also encompassed Franklin, and Foxboro State Forests.