Midwest ToughMan Enduro Series

4/23/2012

The Midwest ToughMan Enduro Series is back for 2012!

Thanks to all that participated last year! Hoping more riders will give it a try for 2012.

1st Place A: Jesse Warner, N Manchester, IN

2nd Place A: Pete Laubmeier, Mazomanie, WI

3rd Place A: Kristopher Bunker, Houghton, MI

1st Place B: Aaron Jacobsen, Omaha, NE

2nd Place B: Aaron Foy, Grand Ledge, MI

3rd Place B: Stan Szlachciuk, New Berlin, WI

A Midwest Enduro Series has been bantered about over the years. Each of the Midwest Districts offers a good enduro series, and many riders enjoy attending events in neighboring Districts. Despite the interest, the District schedules, logistics and the economy have all played a part in never really being able to put a  “Midwest Enduro Series” together.

Additionally, some District enduro events suffer lower participation levels due to their perceived difficulty. However, there are many riders that seek out the challenge of these “old school enduros,” which are becoming increasingly rare. These events are valued by many as an opportunity to test themselves and to improve their skills.

The Midwest ToughMan Enduro Series will attempt to offer an incentive for riders to attend at least one event in each of the Midwest Districts (Michigan D-14, Indiana D-15, Wisconsin D-16, Illinois D-17 and Minnesota D-23). An attempt will be made to include the events from each of the Districts that are considered to be a “tough” event in that District. The venues will be dependent upon District schedules so that riders will be able compete in their home District enduro schedule, without conflicting with a Midwest ToughMan Series event.

The Midwest ToughMan Enduro Series will utilize existing District events. There will not be anything extra for an event promoter to do. They will run their event just as they always have. Participants in the Midwest ToughMan Enduro Series will run their same class, course, etc as usual. After the event, the Midwest ToughMan Enduro Series officials will utilize the normal finish report that the club provides their respective District scorekeeper.

Typically, riders in the A and B classes ride the entire course, with C classes riding a shortened course. The course designations at each event will remain the same at each event. There will be no special, unusual or additional course requirements due to a rider participating in the ToughMan Enduro Series. Each rider will compete in their usual class, and will ride the course designated for their class at the event.

Classes for the series will be “A Class,” “B Class” and “C Class.” Points will be awarded as per the riders Overall Finish (in their respective class) in each of the designated events (1st=30, 2nd= 25, 3rd= 21, 4th=18, 5th=16, 6th=15, each subsequent place -1 point down to 20th=1). A riders best four scores out of the six will be counted for Series championship points (two “throw-away” of the six events is allowed).

New for 2012 will be the opportunity to earn additional “bonus” points. Each event that a rider attends that is an event not sanctioned by that riders home District, the rider will earn 25% bonus points for their finish in that event. For example: if you finish fourth, you would earn 18 points plus 4.5 bonus points. Bonus points will count as regular points toward your season point total!

Participants will register for inclusion in the series thru the Midwest Enduros website. There is no charge to register or participate in the Midwest ToughMan Series (other than normal event entry fees). Participants must register for participation in the Midwest ToughMan Series prior to the start of the third event in the series, in order to be eligible for series prizes.

Riders that attend at least three events will receive a Midwest ToughMan Series muscle shirt. 

Cash Prizes for top three in A Class, top three in B Class, and top finisher in C Class.

Prize schedule will be the same as last year:

$250 First Place (each A Class and B Class)

$150 Second Place (each A Class and B Class)

$100 Third Place (each A Class and B Class)

$200 Cash Prize for C Class First Place

We are hoping to obtain other prizes for top finishers as well.

5/20 Hixton, WI SEWER Enduro D16

6/10 Marquette, MI Loose Moose Enduro extra event!

7/29 Mora, MN Little Jack Pine Enduro D23

9/9 Fairview, MI Grizzly Enduro D14

10/21 White City, IL Big Red Enduro D17

11/4 Goshen, IN Turkey Creek Enduro D15

Sign Up Form

The sign up form is meant to filled out online and then emailed in.  The form should open in Adobe Acrobat Reader.  The fields to fill in should be highlighted, if not there should be button at the top right that states "highlight fields".  Type in each field the appropriate data.  Once complete at the end of the form there is a button that states "Send via Email".  Click this button and it will open a box that asks what type of email you have, check the appropriate selection and click ok.  It will open your email selection and will fill in all required email settings, click send and we'll get the data.

Update:  Seems some people are having problems with the email sign up form.  I think you need Adode Reader 8.0 or above and it seems some email settings don't like the form either.  So there is a printable PDF and Excel file that you can old school it and print out, then mail.  The mailing address is on both forms at the bottom.

Sign Up Form - Email Option    Sign Up Form - PDF Print and Mail    Sign Up Form - Excel Print and Mail

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