ISDE qualifiers

[roostafish]

Looking for someone nearby (Western Oregon or SW Washington) to share a trip to Missouri and Idaho with to help make it more affordable. Just a feeler so far.
I think we could take the box van, but I'm not exactly sure what makes the most sense for camping. The "box van" is an old Wonder Bread van body, highly modified and bolted to an early '90s Dodge 4x4 Cummins diesel with 35" tires on it. It should return close to 20mpg over the road, and will carry lots of stuff. Living in it may be less fun though. We could also tow my travel trailer with my Ford F250 with a V10, but it's not exacly economical to drive. However, camping in my travel trailer is the high life comparably speaking. If we had a total of three folks pitching in for fuel and camping costs, it could be reasonably cheap.

[webmaster]

Do they have dates on the qualifiers yet? Or are you just expecting the same approx schedule as last year? Missouri in late april and Idaho City in Late may?

I plugged it into google and trip to missouri from my home in portland is 2150 miles - assuming 65 mph average - that's 33 hours of driving...

jeff

[Rick]

Why both??.....Idaho seems much closer? Do you need to qualify at both events? Just thinking out loud!

[webmaster]

He is just increasing his odds - they take top 3 in each class from each event, etc. - except for senior class where they take class winners from each event plus one "wild card".

If he were to make top 3 in class in Missouri then he wouldn't have to ride Idaho... If he misses it in missouri or has a mishap then he has Idaho as a backup. They used to take best of your top 2 or 4 days (there used to be more then just 2 qualifiers years ago...).

Roostafish - what class are you riding?

jeff

[Rick]

Thanks for the clarification. Jeff

[roostafish]

Riding E-3. If there's an over 40 option, I'll take it.

This may not set well with the GG faithful here, but I have a chance to ride a KTM for free for the year. The catch?? I give it back after my racing, whether I qualify, or after the six days. It sits on the shelf for sale at a discounted price, one that he won't lose money on, and I pay flooring until it sells.

I don't know how good of a deal that is honestly, so I'm thinking about it. Drawback #2. I don't get to pick. I ride what he wants me to ride. No idea what that might be, but he's no dummy, and has helped lots of ISDE riders.

No schedule yet, just going off of last year.