Seems like it was just a couple of months ago that the track was having it's Opening day race. Winter weather has caught up with us here in Michigan and with it comes the process of closing up the track and the buildings. So far, our storage area has been put in more orderly fashion and anything that we could shut down to save electricity has been taken care of. Due to past experience, audio equipment has been moved out of the building and all the pipes holding water have been drained. The well pump has also been removed from under the announcers tower outside and moved indoors. In the next week or so the track walk throughs and entries will be closed off to prevent snowmobilers and quads from using the track for jumping contest. Doing so saves a lot of sweat and elbow grease when Spring weather breaks. Since replacing the split rail fence 3 years ago, damage to the track surface has been minimal.

With regards to the track, the process of reconfiguring the huge triple step into the first turn has begun. Before the cold freezes the ground the top part of the triple step was broke up and flattened. The current makings of the jump have it so the clay from the top step have been spread around to widen the riding area with the top being a table approximately 25 feet long before the drop into the first turn. It's just the beginning and the plans are to form a step table with a good flow the should enable experts to jump and flow smoothly onto the backside into the turn. To quicken the change, we hope to have a backhoe out to the track soon to break up the front of the jump and place the clay where most needed on the rest of the track. Some of the track has had the obstacles eroded away while the leading faces are starting to rut and could use some good clay to make the surface smooth again. Plans are also in place to build a Strider track off the side of the third turn. We are waiting for approval from the Genesee County Parks and Recreation Commission after providing them with a plan of the track layout and pictures of strider riders and their balance bikes. It would be a great Thanksgiving gift from the parks should they give us a thumbs up.