Texas Riders, I need your help

BobPA
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Edited Date/Time 8/22/2015 5:28pm
I will be venturing to Salado Texas from September 16th-September 26th. I will be staying at a friends, and renting a vehicle from PA...26 hour or drive.....but I am stuffing both my bikes in the back of said rental. I would love to ride some moto. Anyone have any good suggestions?

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JBernard_401
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8/2/2015 12:54am
freestone and murphys mx are close by
neysbo
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8/2/2015 5:13am
Three Palms is like 2 1/2 hours and would be well worth a couple days over there.
Zoom
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8/2/2015 5:22am Edited Date/Time 8/2/2015 5:57am
Yes, Three Palms is about 2 1/2 hours away, just north of Houston. 5 tracks on the property and open 7 days a week. If you come to Three Palms you might want to also check out Rio Bravo in Houston. Its one of the favorites among vet riders and has a swimming pool! This is the same Rio that hosted Trans AMA's and AMA Nationals in the 70's. However, its only open on Wednesday's, Friday's and the weekends.

Murphy's MX is near Austin and is only open certain days. Say for Austin - Del Valle MX Park.

Freestone is only open for races.
Superdave19
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8/2/2015 5:44am
I live 15 min from 3 Palms- indeed, Wednesday's are Moto days around here. 3 Palms, and Rio do full preps most every wed. They both run night practice too, but I'm not sure about the schedule.

If you can make it down, this Ol' Man will be happy to shread w/ya-

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731chopper
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8/2/2015 6:35am
2.5 hours north will also get you to River Valley MX in Boyd TX. Oak Hill is another half hour north of that north of Decatur TX. Both are good tracks.
BobPA
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8/2/2015 10:59am
Thanks. I'll have to check those places out.

Are most tracks open 7 days a week down there? I'll have only been back on the bike for 2 weeks by then...but I wanna ride as much as I can.

Any good public golf course nearby?
CrGuy2T
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8/2/2015 6:08pm
3 palms was open last Monday. In not sure they do much prep work at all. The track had some water on it but your getting into the school year so it may not be open except on weds. You could do 3 palms weds, rio Friday, and go to oak hill in the weekend. That would be a solid Mx trip.
JBernard_401
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8/2/2015 7:12pm
BobPA wrote:
Thanks. I'll have to check those places out. Are most tracks open 7 days a week down there? I'll have only been back on the bike...
Thanks. I'll have to check those places out.

Are most tracks open 7 days a week down there? I'll have only been back on the bike for 2 weeks by then...but I wanna ride as much as I can.

Any good public golf course nearby?
3 palms is open every day. i usually only ride the GP track in the back, its 'prepped' on Wednesdays. i use the term 'prep' loosely cause the wed prep is super light. saturday and sunday they do it up a lot better. but they are mostly all very sandy so its not like it gets blue groove like a clay track anyways.
Flip109
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8/2/2015 7:12pm
Your closest tracks will be del Valle mx and murphys mx. Also redrock mx. All three are about 15 miles south east of Austin. within 15-20 mins of each other. They all have Facebook accounts for practice times and stuff.
Subwaytom
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8/2/2015 7:14pm
ADV in Austin is good on Wednesdays nights And Murphy's on the weekends are the closest tracks
731chopper
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8/2/2015 8:04pm
BobPA wrote:
Thanks. I'll have to check those places out. Are most tracks open 7 days a week down there? I'll have only been back on the bike...
Thanks. I'll have to check those places out.

Are most tracks open 7 days a week down there? I'll have only been back on the bike for 2 weeks by then...but I wanna ride as much as I can.

Any good public golf course nearby?
Most tracks are not open 7 days a week, at least not up in the Dallas area.

Oak Hill Raceway (Decatur TX) typically has organized practice Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday unless there is a race. This is the track owned and operated by Mitchell Oldenburg's dad. It is a great track and although they haven't owned it for too long, the track has been around since the 70s. They have a big amateur national here in the spring. It is a sandy track and I think a lot of fun.

Village Creek MX (Ft Worth TX) typically has organized practice on Sunday during the day and Tuesday nights on the night track.

River Valley (Boyd TX) typically has practice Thursday, Saturday & Sunday during the day along with Friday night practice under the lights.

Those are the tracks in the Dallas area that I'd recommend that hold practices consistently.
BobPA
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8/22/2015 3:43pm
Thanks for the help guys.

I will be there from September 13th to the 19th. I would like to get 2-3 days of riding in. If anyone wants to meet up and ride during that week, shoot me an e-mail. Kx250f454b@yahoo.com name is Bob (obviously)
RMT
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8/22/2015 4:58pm
Just curious, where are you coming from in PA? What track's do you ride back home?
BobPA
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8/22/2015 5:28pm
RMT wrote:
Just curious, where are you coming from in PA? What track's do you ride back home?
About 20 minutes outside Wilkes barre, Harvey's lake if you want to get specific.

Have not rode since early June. But I ride Hurricane hills a lot, Evansville, mx 573, pumpkin patch, walden playboys...ive got two local tracks here that are an absolute blast (and free), so I don't venture out as much as I used to.

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