BITD Bluewater Gran Prix Off Road Race - May 8th, 2009

Bluewater Gran Prix

MAY 8, 9, 10, 2009 - (Race in Parker, AZ)
"THE SUPERSTAR OF GRAN PRIX RACES"
POINTS FOR MOTORCYCLES, QUADS & UTV’S – NO PRE-FUN RUN


Dear Best In The Desert Riders!
BLUEWATER GRAN PRIX

First, let me say, I’m excited about the second annual MOTORCYLE, QUAD and UTV ONLY GRAN PRIX RACE promoted by Best In The Desert. This has been a real piece of GOLD in our 2009 ~“The American Off-Road Racing Series.” Every year, here at Best In The Desert, we are expanding the sport of off-road desert racing, widening our horizons and looking for bigger and better ways to give you, the Motorcycle, Quad and UTV participants quality events that are fun, safe and still challenging! The 1st and 2nd BlueWater Gran Prix was a great success and I’m confident the MOTORCYCLE, QUAD and UTV community thoroughly enjoyed the event. The event will again run on the same team format as all other Best In The Desert events! We have had very successful Motorcycle, Quad and UTV long distance courses and for 2009 we are once again giving our very loyal MOTORCYCLE, QUAD and UTV racers their OWN EVENT, the BLUEWATER GRAN PRIX and no questions about it, it will be “THE SUPERSTAR OF GRAN PRIX RACES!” Best In The Desert is mixing it up all the time; for the Parker “250” we gave you a long distance challenging loop course, in Laughlin we gave you tight and technical and this year’s BlueWater GranPrix will be another fun and challenging Gran Prix course!!! Variety is the spice of life and Best In The Desert is offering you some very fun spice! We also know that you are facing some very difficult challenges with a bad economy. We know many of your are struggling financially and we want you to know that we have not raised our motorcycle, quad or utv prices for the last five years; we are doing what we can to help you compete in the sport you love ~ Off-Road Desert Racing!!!

Best In The Desert is very proud to have BlueWater Resort & Casino as the Title Sponsor of the BLUEWATER GRAN PRIX. I think it is very important that all of you racers realize just how important it is to our sport to have support like the BlueWater Resort & Casino. I believe if we want the sport of off-road racing to continue and grow we must have the quality sponsorship involvement. The BlueWater Resort & Casino is truly off-road racing headquarters in Arizona! They like off-road racing and treat us like gold!

The BlueWater Gran Prix is in Parker, Arizona; the BlueWater Resort & Casino is a beautiful property and sits right at the edge of the beautiful Colorado River. The racecourse will be on approximately an 11-mile course with some of the most unique Gran Prix environments available in off-road racing today!

This is a fun racecourse and the Motorcycle, Quad and UTV racers are going to love it. The Gran Prix is going to have some water crossings, some pavement, sandwashes, fast sections and technical sections; it’s a very unique course, it’s got something for everyone! We had a lot of positive comments about the Gran Prix course, everyone loved pitting along the Colorado River, so bring your boats, your innertubes and have a great day racing your race vehicle and cooling off in the beautiful Colorado River! I am asking YOU, the Motorcycle, Quad and UTV community to help recruit your race friends and get the word out that this is going to be an exciting, unique, challenging and fun event. Send your entry form in today so you can be assured a spot on the river for this great Gran Prix event. I look forward to seeing you in Parker, AZ in May!

Sincerely,

Casey Folks, Director
Best In The Desert


2009 ~ BlueWater Gran Prix Update !!!

  1. The BlueWater Gran Prix will run on the same format as all other Best In The Desert events. It will be a team race for points and the Driver/Rider of Record will receive 2009 racing points.

     
  2. The BlueWater Gran Prix racecourse will be an approximately an 11-mile course and will have a number of laps that the overall leader will be required to make. After the leader gets the checkered flag all events will be a Gran Prix finish.

     
  3. The Start/Finish and Pit Area will be on the BlueWater Resort & Casino property, along the bank of the mighty Colorado River. There will be NO alternate pit on the course, one pit area only!

     
  4. On the Best In The Desert Team race for points there will be a mandatory rider switch and fuel stop. Once again, MANDATORY, under a controlled environment. ONE LOCATION for RIDER SWITCH.

     
  5. SPECIAL AND SEPARATE OPEN RACE !!! – There will be a Special OPEN Motorcycle Race, a Special OPEN Quad Race and a Special OPEN UTV Race. This is a solo race, not a team race, any age class, and any displacement. There are NO Best In The Desert points for this special open race, no money payback (trophy’s only) for this one-of-a-kind special OPEN race. A separate entry form for the OPEN racers is enclosed in this packet. It’s a good opportunity to view the course.

     
  6. There will be no camping allowed at the Pit Area, however, you will be allowed to bring in pop-up tents and chairs and spare parts and tools.

     
  7. You will be able to camp on BlueWater property with Motorhomes and Trailers, also, you may want to contact the Parker Chamber of Commerce at (928) 669-2174 for additional camp ground and hotel/motel information.

     
  8. I strongly recommend you call the BlueWater Resort & Casino now to book your reservations for hotel rooms, call (888) 243-3360.

     
  9. There will be NO pre-running allowed for the BlueWater Gran Prix.

     
 10. The BlueWater Gran Prix will be very spectator friendly and there will be a lot of spectator viewing
     spots! Who knows, you may even want to spectate by boat!

     
 11. The Draw for Start Positions will be Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Get your entry forms in by April 29th to
     get a good start position and also be able to receive your Final Information Packet (FIP)!!!

     
 12. Registration, Contingency and Technical Inspection for the BlueWater Resort & Casino will be held at the beautiful BlueWater Resort & Casino in Parker, AZ on Friday, May 8, 2009, from 12 noon to 5pm. The Race will be held on Saturday, May 9, and the Awards Presentation will be held on Sunday morning, at the BlueWater Resort & Casino!

     
 13. We are using transponders to score our races and all race vehicles are required to have a transponder. You can buy the transponders for $80 and they are yours to keep, there is NO rental program for the transponders. If you send your $80 in early we will mail you the transponder and you can have it mounted prior to tech inspection.

     
 14. 1st 100 entries will get a reserved 10x10 pit spot on the river. Pit’s will be assigned by postmark so get your entry form in today. Fill it out as completely and neatly as you can!

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