DurhamTown is the place to ride!

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troy.waxler 2/2/2013 7:53am
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DurhamTown does prep, may be not every week, but Its always ready for races. On the other hand its safe, one thing Bremen will never be, Bremen is so notorious for injuries, unless they have magically stepped up their game in the last 2 years then ok, but some of the worst help over there.
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troy.waxler 2/2/2013 7:55am
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With that said, if you can't ride a track on a bad day, how do you expect to be faster on a good day.
queen of spodes 2/2/2013 10:09am
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troy.waxler wrote:
With that said, if you can't ride a track on a bad day, how do you expect to be faster on a good day.
I'm old and don't give a fuck about being faster. Silly
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mooch 2/2/2013 11:40am
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Sheesh, what a bunch'o fuggin whiners...queen of beotches, as usual you're quite proficient at that!


On a more positive note...favorite hard pack tire picks?

Michelin MH3?

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troy.waxler 2/2/2013 11:53am
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Nothing touches my Suzuki but Dunlop! lol
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mooch 2/2/2013 12:48pm
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If you're at Durhamtown a lot, do you run mx71s?
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troy.waxler 2/2/2013 3:25pm
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I keep them on the rack, in my RV, but It usually doesnt matter to me what I run, unless im racing. Last time I switched was when I was racing in the Daytona Ametuer National.
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burn1986 2/2/2013 4:00pm
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It looked fun and safe. Nice vid
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user760a 2/2/2013 4:54pm
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They do what they can at durhamtown and other riding areas such as TNT in SC or carolina adventure world, but red clay SUCKS. sadly, that is what we have in this area. It is complete, total garbage compared to any sort of loam or sand. It takes a ton of work just to get a red clay track rideable, and the it will still suck if you have ever ridden any real loam (many locals have not). The first time it rains, red clay separates into sand and silt and washes away, very very erodable. It is like ice when wet. it is utter, total garbage
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JeremyL 2/2/2013 5:53pm
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user760a wrote:
They do what they can at durhamtown and other riding areas such as TNT in SC or carolina adventure world, but red clay SUCKS. sadly, that...
They do what they can at durhamtown and other riding areas such as TNT in SC or carolina adventure world, but red clay SUCKS. sadly, that is what we have in this area. It is complete, total garbage compared to any sort of loam or sand. It takes a ton of work just to get a red clay track rideable, and the it will still suck if you have ever ridden any real loam (many locals have not). The first time it rains, red clay separates into sand and silt and washes away, very very erodable. It is like ice when wet. it is utter, total garbage
This is what I was going to say. Hard pack red clay is just something that most of us are used to here. It is either super hard or like being on ice. There is a really small place in the middle after it has been worked that it can be OK but still not great.

It's a big place to ride and the owner does care about making it a good facility.
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Bigballer27 2/2/2013 5:59pm
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yea clay is whole different beast. track looked fun and thats what its all about...having fun!!!
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troy.waxler 2/2/2013 6:46pm
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Straight up! I've rode all over the southeast and this is one if not the most fun place I have got the liberty to ride at.
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troy.waxler 2/2/2013 9:28pm
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Triple at Durhamtown bomber track.
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Jharper 2/4/2013 10:32am
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I don't know. Moving from Georgia to Florida, I have to say I am missing the clay. I would much rather have a smooth face of a jump than big Concrete pipes being dig up out of the face from the sand not holding up. You can add sand to the track and it will stay sand. You add dirt to a track down here and it lasts about a week, then it's sand again. Of course the layouts of tracks down here are 1000000000X better.
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Ross_Miller 2/4/2013 12:29pm
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We ride at Durhamtown all the time and are now members, Mike does a great job of keeping everything maintained.
You must ride here before you slam it. We are thankful for a place that has full RV sites, 8+ tracks. hundreds of miles of trails inlcuding awesome single trail, ovals, drags, freestyle, racing, food and BAR with liquor.
The list goes on and on. Try it you will like it and if not then ride somewhere else.
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troy.waxler 2/4/2013 3:02pm
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I'm actually a full time resident up there, recently I hit the finish line jump banner for the bomber track ... needless to say I'm now well known out there.

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nb11 2/4/2013 5:49pm
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Been meaning to get up to DT sometime. I ride Bremen and Highland Park a lot. Tracks in GA are difficult to maintain. The guys at Bremen and HP do a great job, but the clay tends to be slick in the morning and hard as the day goes on.

On the other end of the spectrum, a friend of mine has a track further south that's nothing but sand. He has some kind of sand-colored clay for the jumps that's hard, but the rest is powdery when it doesn't rain. Then, if it rains hard, everything that isn't clay washes out.

I used to love to ride at ICR in Warner Robins. They had a great sand/clay mix that wouldn't slop up when wet, but wouldn't turn to concrete when it dried. Too bad they couldn't stay open.
queen of spodes 2/4/2013 9:02pm
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I don't know. Moving from Georgia to Florida, I have to say I am missing the clay. I would much rather have a smooth face of...
I don't know. Moving from Georgia to Florida, I have to say I am missing the clay. I would much rather have a smooth face of a jump than big Concrete pipes being dig up out of the face from the sand not holding up. You can add sand to the track and it will stay sand. You add dirt to a track down here and it lasts about a week, then it's sand again. Of course the layouts of tracks down here are 1000000000X better.
I rode and liked North FL MX last summer.. the main track was pretty sweet, not sure how much clay/dirt was brought in but I liked the surface. The pro track to the left as you come in was gnarly but fun.
queen of spodes 2/4/2013 9:03pm
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nb11 wrote:
Been meaning to get up to DT sometime. I ride Bremen and Highland Park a lot. Tracks in GA are difficult to maintain. The guys at...
Been meaning to get up to DT sometime. I ride Bremen and Highland Park a lot. Tracks in GA are difficult to maintain. The guys at Bremen and HP do a great job, but the clay tends to be slick in the morning and hard as the day goes on.

On the other end of the spectrum, a friend of mine has a track further south that's nothing but sand. He has some kind of sand-colored clay for the jumps that's hard, but the rest is powdery when it doesn't rain. Then, if it rains hard, everything that isn't clay washes out.

I used to love to ride at ICR in Warner Robins. They had a great sand/clay mix that wouldn't slop up when wet, but wouldn't turn to concrete when it dried. Too bad they couldn't stay open.
I loved ICR.. my favorite track for a long time.
queen of spodes 2/4/2013 11:03pm
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Also the thing about clay is chisel plowing by itself won't improve the soil long term. Bremen's dirt is loamy partly because all the wood chips they hauled in over the years. Just like the farm - more organic material you put in the dirt the better it gets, the more water it retains, ect.
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Gym Briggs 2/5/2013 12:06am
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If you put brand new riders in sand they would hate it cause they would crash every 5 feet. On the hard stuff you can go lap after lap just go slow or to your experience level. Its not made for racers or people who are trying to train to race. Even though you can learn anything from any track. Its made for weekend warriors/ vacationers/1st timers. Also the whole facility is maintained very well and lots of time put in. Hard to tell on the concrete like georgia red clay.

Take Durhamtown for what it is. The amenities alone make it incomparable to any other place out there. Wait I think from videos I have seen Mammoth I think is a pretty sick place.
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MxSkillz 2/5/2013 5:49am
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Im from bermuda where we have one small track..no trails, no nothing.. Heading to durham town for 3 days the day after the supercross race..sunday to tuesday.. they are renting us bikes, cabin, food on site..shooting, fishing.. couldnt ask for anything more.. cant friggen wait!
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troy.waxler 2/5/2013 6:21am
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I'm Definitly gonna be there that weekend after supercross as well, see if you can find me.
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queen of spodes wrote:
Hard pack doesn't begin to describe those tracks. They are like red brick. Doubt the first track has seen a plow in the last 10 years...
Hard pack doesn't begin to describe those tracks. They are like red brick. Doubt the first track has seen a plow in the last 10 years. I don't mean to bag on DT it's a cool place if you like trails and hunting.

I wish they'd haul in a few thousand truckloads of sand and make a sand track, I'd go every month then.

I miss X Track more than anything.. sand track 30 minutes from home out in Loganville.
I miss the x track too. That was the best all the way until the end, drunk bobcat operators and motocross tracks don't mix . They had a nasty accident where a kid ended up landing on the bobcat during practice and the operator was drunk.
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DoctorJD 2/5/2013 6:30am
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nb11 wrote:
Been meaning to get up to DT sometime. I ride Bremen and Highland Park a lot. Tracks in GA are difficult to maintain. The guys at...
Been meaning to get up to DT sometime. I ride Bremen and Highland Park a lot. Tracks in GA are difficult to maintain. The guys at Bremen and HP do a great job, but the clay tends to be slick in the morning and hard as the day goes on.

On the other end of the spectrum, a friend of mine has a track further south that's nothing but sand. He has some kind of sand-colored clay for the jumps that's hard, but the rest is powdery when it doesn't rain. Then, if it rains hard, everything that isn't clay washes out.

I used to love to ride at ICR in Warner Robins. They had a great sand/clay mix that wouldn't slop up when wet, but wouldn't turn to concrete when it dried. Too bad they couldn't stay open.
queen of spodes wrote:
I loved ICR.. my favorite track for a long time.
ICR was bad-ass, the dirt there was amazing.
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Jharper 2/5/2013 6:42am
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Gym Briggs wrote:
If you put brand new riders in sand they would hate it cause they would crash every 5 feet. On the hard stuff you can go...
If you put brand new riders in sand they would hate it cause they would crash every 5 feet. On the hard stuff you can go lap after lap just go slow or to your experience level. Its not made for racers or people who are trying to train to race. Even though you can learn anything from any track. Its made for weekend warriors/ vacationers/1st timers. Also the whole facility is maintained very well and lots of time put in. Hard to tell on the concrete like georgia red clay.

Take Durhamtown for what it is. The amenities alone make it incomparable to any other place out there. Wait I think from videos I have seen Mammoth I think is a pretty sick place.
I am a brand new rider Jeff. I can barely ride without my Sansa .
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nb11 2/5/2013 7:01am
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nb11 wrote:
Been meaning to get up to DT sometime. I ride Bremen and Highland Park a lot. Tracks in GA are difficult to maintain. The guys at...
Been meaning to get up to DT sometime. I ride Bremen and Highland Park a lot. Tracks in GA are difficult to maintain. The guys at Bremen and HP do a great job, but the clay tends to be slick in the morning and hard as the day goes on.

On the other end of the spectrum, a friend of mine has a track further south that's nothing but sand. He has some kind of sand-colored clay for the jumps that's hard, but the rest is powdery when it doesn't rain. Then, if it rains hard, everything that isn't clay washes out.

I used to love to ride at ICR in Warner Robins. They had a great sand/clay mix that wouldn't slop up when wet, but wouldn't turn to concrete when it dried. Too bad they couldn't stay open.
queen of spodes wrote:
I loved ICR.. my favorite track for a long time.
DoctorJD wrote:
ICR was bad-ass, the dirt there was amazing.
Does anybody know if there was ever an effort to buy the track after it closed? It's in such a great location, easily accessible from the interstate and all. The track was so awesome, but I guess the management was wrong? It seems that a track like ICR should have been very successful.
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Elbows 2/5/2013 7:51am
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Durhamtown looks like a cool place to go ride but if you want to ride moto, Monster Mountain is the place to go. Open 7 days a week with full prep 4 days a week and light prep the other days. I'm not kocking on Durhamtown at all but Monster has the best prep around. I'm planning on going to D-town and riding for a few days. It looks like it would be a lot of fun other than the rock hard dirt.

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