Stewart Six Pack 2012?

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Are you dudes planning on bringing this back next year? We have a rather large crew on LI hoping so! Add a 12 hour option and I'll be your best friend!
 
Hmm..12 hours. I think you'd have to start at 4am or score yourselves on the honor system 😀
 
Yeah we just need to pick a date.

Rumor has it that there will be a 12 hour race on the East cost next year. Not us but not too too far.
 
Norm said:
Yeah we just need to pick a date.

Rumor has it that there will be a 12 hour race on the East cost next year. Not us but not too too far.
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Now this is getting interesting. This is something I would like to try one day. Keep us posted Norm.
 
MITCHELL16 said:
Now this is getting interesting. This is something I would like to try one day. Keep us posted Norm.
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When I know for sure I'll pass it on.

What do people think about these 2 options?

1. 6/17 Father's Day
2. The Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend?

The Jungle race really backed us into a corner. Weekends are limited at Stewart. Another option is to just say screw it and have it on the same day as Jungle. If it's a matter of losing the race or doing that, I think a lot of people would rather just do that. It's not my ideal option but we may have little choice.

The discussion is open. Please post what you think.
 
I can vouch for "someone" who would much rather do the 6-pack than JH.

and I know "someone" who would rather work the 6-pack than race JH.
 
Personally I like the MD Sat option, well you know cause my Sunday's are limited. You might lose some people, but you might pick up some non-racer types who will take advantage of the long weekend. Maybe even get some out-of-towners coming to visit if word can get out somehow. Seriously, who actually goes away on MD weekend, unless you've got a cottage in the Hamptons. Everyone wants to stay home and relax.

If it's a choice between JH and 6P, I would race 6P. But I don't think it helps anything to have 2 local mtb races in the same day. Take that with a grain of salt from somebody who didn't do any H2H races this past season.
 
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I don't think the Father's Day option is so horrible either. The dad's can always play the Father's Day card. I probably wouldn't make it though since I'd want to spend some time with my dad .. so maybe you will lose a bunch of people who's in the same boat as me, but I don't know if you'd lose as many as if you'd if you're competing for heads with H2H.

Maybe a good question to ask is who can't make it if 6P is held on on MD or FD?
 
Also, I think you guys should try for a kids race. It might fit good with the long weekend if you decide to go the MD route.

EDIT: Upon further thought, that probably won't work well in a 6hr race, logistically. Probably will work better with short track series.
 
I vote for Six Pack Part II in 2012. This race was a blast in 2011. I think that 6/17 Father's Day is the better choice. Less folks go away for FD weekend vs MD weekend. I think reducing the conflicts with other races is the way to go...just seems to be the way to spread good karma.
 
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I vote for Six Pack Part II in 2012. This race was a blast in 2011. I think that 6/17 Father's Day is the better choice. Less folks go away for FD weekend vs MD weekend. I think reducing the conflicts with other races is the way to go...just seems to be the way to spread good karma.
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Yeah, to be clear, I wasn't looking to cause conflict with the JH race. I put that out there as it's possible that this is all we have to work with. If so, it is what it is.

Father's Day is really bad for me because the same weekend is traditionally my wife & mother's birthday weekend. So in the family pecking order, I'm 5th. Only my mother-in-law is lower on the totem pole there and really she DGAF anyway. Ditto my daughter. So maybe this is my chance to have some peace & quiet?

Anyway, I don't like FD nor do I like MD options. We're stuck in that position where nothing we do is right.

My other option is July 1st. Actually I like that better. No conflict, less chance of Mud Bowl, still plenty of time before the DH40. The 4th is on a Wednesday so people will have parties on June 30/July1, then July 4, then July 7/8. Oh right my anniversary is June 30th - I can't win.

July 1st anyone?
 
July 1st would be great. The only issue that you might run into with the first is if it's the weekend of the Marysville Stage Race for the MASS (typically around that time of year, give or take a week), so you might lose some folks going fro the Enduro points in the MASS. I'm in no matter what date you choose -- I would hate to miss the Marysville weekend, but if I had to choose, I'll be riding the Six Pack.

If Kuhndog sees this, he'll be able to tell you for sure (it's his race.)
 
The rock that is momentum has been pushed off the mountain, and it has "JULY 1 OR BUST" written on it. At this point I'll need something fairly beefy to stop that rock.
 
Liking the July 1st option - it's in between the H2H races, so gives people another race to do.
 
i'm a fan of july 1. i usually take time off work to lounge around the house for a few days around then. instead of lounging, i could be racing.
 
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