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The first couple of years we went , they had left the Saturday classes run basically on the grass track with very little prep, but in the past 3 years they'll till it up and water it nice for Saturday, and then Sunday make the jumps just a little bigger and rip/water the track deeper for Sundays races. Even a few years back when we got about 3" of rain overnite and the track was basically unrideable , the track crew went out spent an hour and a half and scraped a foot of mud off the track and re-ripped and made it a beautiful/tacky surface that was very fun to race.
As far as the track becoming hard-pack, I have to say that I have never experienced that at Mid-Ohio. Maybe late day on a hot/dry Sunday perhaps it has dried up a little for the modern classes , but all of my events are on Saturday and a early Sunday.
All in all, with all the forms of vintage racing -- the X Country, Moto , Road Racing and then of course the MASSIVE swap meet, and roughly 30,000 spectators/participants makes this an event you'll remember , and want to attend every year. Looks like quite a drive for you if you are actually coming from Florida, but believe me , you won't be the only Floridian that makes the drive. I've pitted next to guys from SoCal, Washington state, Colorado etc,etc.
Obviously---- I highly recommend the event --- go and have a blast---you'll be happy you did !!!!
Feel free to contact me with any other questions, I have learned a lot about do's and don't's regarding VMD
I wanted to add that if you are coming all that way for only one day of racing then maybe its not going to be the greatest of value . We race 2 classes in Fridays X-country events, a couple of classes on Saturday Moto and a couple on Sunday-- and we try to squeeze in watching some of the road racing events , and obviously strolling around the Swap meet multiple times is a must. One last thing, they have had a holeshot competition on Saturday evening which was mega-badass, last year they didn't which was a bit of a bummer, but maybe they'll bring it back. And they have a Pit-Bike race Saturday night too, for any lunatic that wants to get out there--- THAT gets more than a little nuts
There are several videos on You-Tube of guys that have posted their Go-Pros at VMD over the years-- do a search , not all of them are of great quality , but should give you a pretty good idea of the track .
The Shop
Fatcat is correct-- a lot of guys drop the trailer -set up their pits and come and go.
Honda88 -- Absolutely, those Log Road guys do an outstanding job-- I'm sure you remember the fantastic job they did getting the track ready after that all-night monsoon a few years ago.
And I'm not sure how I forgot to mention the necessity of the Pit bike. If you can't bring one ,they do rent golf carts for the weekend. But whichever way you go you definitely want some transportation---huge facility
38Special-- pit parking coming in on Sat or Sun could be an adventure. We have always gotten there on Thurs around noon when the gates open ,and even then we have had to sit in line out on the road for a couple of hours to get in. Granted , there is a possibility that you'll find an open slot where one of the "X-Country only" guys loaded up after Friday's races and left, but you will probably end up down in the party-zone-- which is fairly distant from the staging/gate/podium area. But its still worth the effort.
One other thing-- make sure you have your credentials printed and ready to present at the gate. I've had buddy's that were ill-prepared and had a real aggravating situation trying to get in.
Also can you tech the bikes at any time during the day or is it only in the mornings?
Pit Row
However it's a fun weekend hanging with old men and old bikes
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