The third weekend of September will see the third and final VIME backcountry navigation trial event for 2024.
There will be two sets of trophies contested, the trophy for the winner of the event itself and the trophy for the overall winner of the season.
The event will be based out of Sayward Junction once again. Participants are invited to either camp, caravan or motel at any of the accommodation businesses in Sayward Junction. Make your reservations and bookings directly with the businesses please, I won’t be acting as go-between.
Food and petrol are available just up the road, be aware that the Crossroads Restaurant doesn’t stay open very late, so either bring your own provisions, eat on the ferry or arrive early enough for Laura and her staff to do you a dinner.
The order of service will be arrival/registration+sign on/scrutineering Friday afternoon and early evening. Early(ish) start on Saturday with 200+km of mountains and lakes. Refections in the pub Saturday evening. Equally early start on Sunday morning with 110km with a lunchtime announcement of the winners and presentations allowing for a evening return to the Lower Mainland for those who have work on Monday.
The Standings so far….
Sasha Sabinin was the winner of both the April Madness and GoldRiver 400 events. He is in a very strong position to win the season trophy.
The only person who could challenge is Peter Francis. Peter is the motorcycling embodiment of the principle “to finish first, first you must finish”…
The season overall winner will be the rider who a) pings the most timing gates during the year and then b) records the fewest time penalties.
Other riders have a mathematical possibility of upsetting the expected order, should Peter or Sasha have an unexpected problem. The event trophy competition though remains wide open and we are just as likely to see awards presented to different people as the same!
As usual there will be three classes of participants, navigation by Gaia gps mapping, by roadbook only and the “competition” class of roadbook and Richta gps timing.
If you are uncertain about what to expect in terms of route difficulty, Peter Francis is videoing his adventures and producing YouTube videos on his Retired Adventure Rider channel: https://youtube.com/@retiredadventurerider?si=pN9wPagEc1B4ZX2X
In a few short words, the degree of difficulty is given by my riding ability, mediocre/intermediate sixty something on a DR650. If I can’t get over it it is too hard and we’ll go another way!
I’ve written much about what this genre of motorcycle Motorsport is all about so I won’t repeat myself. If you are rallysport-curious you can read this blog, watch Peter’s videos or send me an email.
I hope to see you at Sayward Junction in September and I’ll leave you with a photo gallery….
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