The facility will be open for regular Open Practice Thursday from 4-8pm. It is suposed to be hot so bring lots of fluids with you to drink. I will be watering the track from early morning and all day to get lots of moisture into the track. The track will be ripped late afternoon and continue to water most of the time practice is running.
We did the few changes over the weekend that we needed to. I raised and lightly extended the landing of the triple in the middle as a lot of riders had been saying they were over jumping and flat landing off the jump. The other change was the little table heading out the back and we just moved it back towards the double about 20-30 feet which means your not landing and turning into the corner anymore. These were just cosmetic changes but ones that I had heard riders talk to me about so like I've said before I listen to what you guys are saying when its constructive and will change and try to improve on what is already there. See you all Thursday night for practice.

Well we got our large excavator in yesterday and we were able to completely finish the last of the courses by dark last night. Everythying is now in place and ready to go all we need now are the trucks to arrive and the spectators to show up.
I decided to bring in one of the ble3acher systems which will arrive this afternoon. This should allow for some good veiwing for the spectators. I have also been able to make it available for spectators to see the courses from all four sides along new fence line. The Vendors should be arriving early evening to be set up both the 4x4 guys and consessions stands.
The weather is supposed to be in our favour as well with the possibiltiy of some light rain early Saturday morning (approx 1mm) up until 9am and then cloudy with sunny periods and Sunday is sunny all day. So bring the family out for some great action and fun.

This weekend sees Fourwinds MX Park promote our first 4x4 event ever. We are glad to welcome all you 4x4 enthusiasts to the park and hope that this event is as entertaining as it looks to be to me. Some of the courses that Jamie & Brent of T.H.O.R. have designed look like they are going to give some trucks and the drivers absolute fits in trying to navigate them. We were still there last night at 9pm and will have everything completed by this afternoon as we had an equipment problem which is now rectified as I have the excavator coming in a day early today to finish off placing some of the big rocks.
This weekend should have something for everyone as we will be holding our MX Test & Tune practice session from 11am - 4pm so for you 4x4 guys this wil give you some idea as to what normally goes on at the facility. For you MX guys this is a great opportunity to watch something completly different that you probably have never seen before. Some of you did get to see a little bit of it last weekend as we did the press day on Saturday evening so tell your friends to come with you and see what its like.
The event format for everyone is as follows.

> Gates open Friday at 4pm for anyone wishing to get in and camp for the weekend
> Friday evening from approx 4-7pm is tech for all competitors and the trucks.
> Gates close at 11pm sharp
> Saturday gates open at 7:30am
> Truck Crawl starts at 9am and will run until approx 5pm
> MX Practice starts at 11pm - 4pm
> Saturday Night we will have a bonfire to allow for some socialising with everyone.
> Gates close Saturday evening @ 11pm sharp
> Sunday gates open 7:30am
> Rock Crawl starts at 9pm and goes to approx 5pm
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Gate Fees

> Adult $12 per day or $20 for the weekend
> Kids (6-11yrs) $7 per day or $10 for the weekend
> Kids 5 & under free
> Overnight Camping $10 per vechile per night ( there are no hook ups ) Camp fires are allowed as long as they are kept small and tidy. All generators and loud music must be turned off by 11:30pm.
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Note: For all MX Riders wanting to come for practice Saturday there will be a Gate Fee of $5 per person to enter the facility for this event.

I stayed behind after the event on Sunday evening and put the track back together after the event so all I need to do today is water like made as the weather is hot and sunny. I did leave a couple of ruts in a few corners for those of you who have asked for some rougher spots and ruts on practice days. Anyway track will be ready to go for 4pm when open for practice. See you all there.

Well this week our focus has turned to 4x4 Trucks. These aren't your regular 4x4 trucks though as they are fully rigged and modified to crawl out over some really crazy looking obstacles for the first ever T.H.O.R. Rock Crawl Event to be held at the park. We have been working feverishly all last week and over the weekend to bring in all the material needed to build these obstacles and yesterday we finally got 90% of the obstacles finished and in place. We are now just waiting on some more truck loads of natural rock to be delivered and to then set them into some of the obstacles. All you 4x4 Rock Crawlers need to thank Jamie & Brent from T.H.O.R. for all they're hard work over the last couple of months and especially the last week on helping to get the this event all organised and the courses built. I think you will be very happy with what you find when you all show up for the weekend. 
I am heading to the park now to take some more pictures of the courses that are laid and post them on the website tonight. All event details will be posted tonight on the website in the Rock Crawl page.   

Here is the set up for this weekends race events at Fourwinds MX Park.
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This weekends racing is being presented by Orange Motorsports,  Podium Graphix, BCS Photography, H&K Track Works, Wright Truck & Auto and MXP Magazine so show your support to them please. 
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Friday gates will open at 4pm for those wishing to get in and set up with camping and close at 11pm, if you think you are going to be later than that try to call ahead or when you get the there walk in come to the office trailer and knock one of us should be there and we can let you in.
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> Camping fee is $10 flat rate for the weekend.
> Gate fee - Adult $10 - Kids 6-11yrs $7 - 5yrs & under free / per day so you will be charged for both event days if you are not staying on for the event on Sunday you will be refunded saturday evening before 7pm on your way out the gate. Please note that you will only be refunded when your wrist band is cut off your wrist at the gate on the way out. If you do not have your wrist band on your wrist you will not recieve a refund.

LDR Race Event Saturday
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> Gates open 6:30am
> Sign in is from 7am - 8:45am
> Riders meeting 8:30am
> Practice starts as soon as riders meeting is finished and racing starts directly following practice
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For all you CMRC riders LDR is offering Day Passes for only $10 so if you want to get some seat time on the track this is the perfect opportunity. All racing classes, entry fees and info is all available on the LDR website www.ldrmc.org
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CMRC EANQ Event

Gates open at 12pm noon for those of you wishing to come for camping for the Sunday CMRC race. If you arrive prior to this you will be charged the two day fee per person. Gates will close Saturday evening at 11pm if you think you may arrive a bit later please walk in and come to the office trailer and knock one of us should be available to let you in at least for a few hours after.
> Gate Fee - Adult $10, Kids 6-11yrs $7, 5yrs & under free
> Camping Fee $10
> Early sign will be available from 6:30pm - 8pm at the office trailer **Please note that if you are not wearing your gate wrist band you will not be signed in that includes parents signing there kids in no exceptions.
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Sunday Race Event
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> Gates open 6am
> Sign in from 6:30am - 8:30am ** Please note that if you do not have your wrist band on you will not be signed in that includes parents signing there kids in.
> Riders meeting (Mandatory) - 8am Sharp
> Practice will commence directly following riders meeting - Pro / Intermadiates will be first practice session on the track be ready
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We will do our best to have a tentative schedule ready for Saturday evening that will be available at early sign in and if possible posted on the website. 
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I was able to lay the new stone drive way into the facility tonight so no more sloppy wet dirt to try and manouver through anymore.  that saves you and me both a lot of headaches.
The extra parking in the pit are will be ready for you all arriving this weekend which should allow for a bit more room in the pits and if we have to we can still use the back parking area as an over flow pitting.
I will post again tomorrow evening on track and weather conditions but as of now the forecast is Friday sunny 19 degrees with wind, Saturday sunny 16 degrees and Sunday sunny 20 degrees. I will be working at the track all day tomorrow prepping the track for the first event on Saturday. Hope to see you all there.
  

Ok so everything is running to plan for once and I'm touching wood as I say that. The material all arrived today for the NEW drive way yes you heard it I'm laying a drive way into the facility and it should all be down and laid by Friday at 4pm when the gates open for the weekend. So no more wet slippery entrance to the facility anymore. I will probably only get the first half of it done before the weekend but with the weather forecast now calling for sunny warm temps and no rain it should be perfectly fine anyway.
For those of you that haven't been to the track this year your going to find a lot of changes both with the facility and the track. Basically the whole track was re configured and only four jumps were un altered in any way. The layout is reasonably the same just some tweeking and a lot of sand has been added to the longer straights. The rythm sections have been changed a couple of new corners, new starting line set up, new finish line, some extra parking area in the pits, a Rcok Crawl course for 4x4's and some new watering set ups and some new equipment. 
I will be posting the events details later tonight or first thing in the morning so keep checking in. 

Well things are shaping up nicely for this weekends double header event at the facility, with LDR racing on Saturday & the CMRC EANQ on Sunday.  I just finished the building of the new scoring and announcer tower beside the new finish line tonight alls left is to put the siding and top rail on tomorrow and its will good for this weekend. The bails arrive tomorrow evening to line the corners and edges of the track and all the new signage is up and ready for the weekend. I also finished all the new flagger atands on the sides of all the jumps so as they are very visible to all. All the staff are booked as well as are normal food vendor M.O.M.S serving fresh hot food all weekend and in addition I have booked two new alternative food vendors one serving fresh country donuts and the other is all confectionary (nuts, candy floss, fresh smoothies) if the kids weren't hyper enough eh moms.  
The track is in perfect shape even after all that bad weather that caused the cancellation of all the events over the weekend. My equipment (dozer and excavator) arrives Thursday morning just in time to put the final touches to the track for open practice Thursday evening 4 - 8pm. Then Friday I will start back into the track to have it in prime condition for the weekend. Keep checking in throughout the week for updates on news & scheduling for the weekend as I hope to have a pre event schedule ready by Friday afternoon. gates will open friday at 4pm for those wishing to beat the rush for good camping spots. 

I want to clear up some confusion as to when we are open for practice. We will be open Thursdays 4pm - 8pm and on the Event weekend Saturdays. If you go into the practice day tab on the menu bar all dates are listed. Sorry for any confusion on this.

Originally I had something else booked for this week and wasn't going to be able to open on Thursday for practice but I will now have the facility open from 4-8pm for open practice due to the cancellation. I will have the track prepped and water if needed for 4pm and ready to go. See you all there. I will update the website again tomorrow on track conditions. 

Well half load just came off on Island Road so I have scheduled for the first loads of Rock to come in. I expect 3-4 truck loads of the medium size rocks to arrive late Monday afternoon followed on Wednesday with a couple of pretty big rocks coming in on a flat bed float. This will give us a start and then on Friday I expect to have the loads of concrete piping start to arrive hopefully we can get all three float loads of those in and can start to build the courses Friday - Sunday. I met with Jamie at the facility last week and have spoken with him a couple of times this week with regards to building the courses and everything seems to be in place to get everyting done by the end of next weekend. Hopefully by the end of next weekend we will be able to get some photos taken and downloaded on the website to give you guys some idea of what everything is looking like.
I have had quite a few locals talking to me with interest in this event and I have already arranged a photo shoot / Interview to be done at the facility with one of your drivers for the local paper. I'm hoping that the other local paper can come out and do the same and the articles can go in the papers the week of the event which should give your sport some added outside exposure. As soon as we have some photos or some new news I will update the blog for you.

We are now able to offer additional open practice sessions. Last year we only opened on event weekends for practice (which was what I had intended on doing again this year) but after a lot of people had voiced their desire for a weekday practice session, I have arranged for Thursday evenings. I will still have open practice on event weekend Saturdays as well. I had the facility open on Thursday night past, even though it was on short notice I had a reasonable turn out and everything went well with regards watering, dust control which was my main concern and the property owner was pleased enough with how it all went in that respect. 
I hope those that came out on Thursday evening enjoyed the riding and condition of the track for practice and I will endevour to keep the track in great condition for all practice sessions. For the full practice schedule of dates and times for the rest of the season please refer to the Practice Days Rules & Fees tab in the menu bar. Hope these additional practice sessions helps a lot of you guys out for somewhere to go during the week.