Founders Brewing Company presents the Lumberjack 100 and the Michigan Ultra Single Speed Championship. Michigan’s only 100-mile mountain bike race! The Lumberjack 100 will once again utilize Michigan’s beautiful Manistee National Forest, with a 25-mile loop snaking through the Big-M Ski Area. The Michigan style single track; composed mostly of hard pack trail, occasional sandy sections, and fast rolling terrain offers twists and turns that demand constant power, and total concentration as the trails quickly turn to nothing more than green blurs of forest. (If you’re expecting easy, fire-road coasting, look elsewhere!) Ninety nine percent of the 25-mile, 4-lap race is comprised of this single track that will eventually push racers over 13,000 feet of total elevation gain.
From the pro/elite racers, to those that will find victory in just surviving a race like the Founders Lumberjack 100, the post-race party has also made this a must-be-there event for both racers and spectators alike. In addition to enjoying the fine brews of signature sponsor Founders Brewery; there will also be a post-race raffle loaded with a variety of prizes. Including a Cannondale Rush frameset, Velocity wheelset, Thomson Elite seat posts and stems, and enough other bike schwag that practically no racer goes home empty handed.
The Founders Lumberjack 100 is proud to be a stop on the National Ultra-Endurance Mountain Bike 100 Series.
$125 entry fee includes: the race, aid station, event t-shirt, pint glass, post-race meal and Founders Ale!
Early Registration: $125.00
After May 5th: $150.00
No refund of any kind will be allowed.
From the pro/elite racers, to those that will find victory in just surviving a race like the Founders Lumberjack 100, the post-race party has also made this a must-be-there event for both racers and spectators alike. In addition to enjoying the fine brews of signature sponsor Founders Brewery; there will also be a post-race raffle loaded with a variety of prizes. Including a Cannondale Rush frameset, Velocity wheelset, Thomson Elite seat posts and stems, and enough other bike schwag that practically no racer goes home empty handed.
The Founders Lumberjack 100 is proud to be a stop on the National Ultra-Endurance Mountain Bike 100 Series.
$125 entry fee includes: the race, aid station, event t-shirt, pint glass, post-race meal and Founders Ale!
Early Registration: $125.00
After May 5th: $150.00
No refund of any kind will be allowed.
READ THE RULES!
5-6-08--- The race is approaching fast! We have had a good mixture of rain and dry weather, no huge wind storms and cool weather. I think the course will in great condition this year. Please review my rules page, the race is getting closer and everyone must clearly understand the rules. Transfers are taking longer than I expected therefore I have moved the closing date for them to one week earlier, May 19th.
Posted 3-11-08--- 250 REGISTERED AS OF TODAY. I am sorry but registration has closed!
If you would like to be added to the waiting list (about 40 deep right now) or to transfer your entry to another racer ($25 fee) please email me at amtnbiker@chartermi.net.
The transfer deadline is May 19th! No transfers will be accepted after this date! No transfers will be accepted the day of the event! No non-registered racers will be allowed into the race on race day. Don't expect to wave cash in my face, it won't happen!
Don't forget to consider attending other events in the NUE Series. Click on the above NUE Series advertisement for details!
New: With the demand for space a premium this year we will not allow camping in the Big M parking lot. Last year EZ-UP tents became very popular, I imagine this year even more people will bring them to the race. We only have room for maybe 15 10x10 EZ-UP's, space available on a first come first served basis. In 2009 we may need to go to a reservation policy or ban them. Bottom line is, we don't have enough space for them, so leave it home if you can live without it.
We will run the course the same direction in 2008 as we did last year. The consensus is that going that direction produces less wear on the trail. We will continue to monitor trail wear and make a direction call each year. Checkout Joe's Motionbased report from 2007 here.
Scoring: We will be switching to the KISS method of scoring this year. What does that mean? Keep It Simple Stupid. No more lap times will be recorded, rather we will only score your total time for all four laps. If you drop out early don't expect a lap and time record. You will simply receive a DNF. Look at your computer or watch and remember your time if you drop out early. I am sorry we have to do this, but we hope it speeds up scoring and eliminates some confusion for racers and timers alike.
Parking/Camping: Since I expect a sell out, it is asked that you don't camp in the parking lot. We need the space for cars! There are many affordable campgrounds close by and it is legal to camp anywhere in the NFS for free, there are many two tracks just a few hundred feet from the Big M entry drive. Just don't camp on the course please!
Posted 3-11-08--- 250 REGISTERED AS OF TODAY. I am sorry but registration has closed!
If you would like to be added to the waiting list (about 40 deep right now) or to transfer your entry to another racer ($25 fee) please email me at amtnbiker@chartermi.net.
The transfer deadline is May 19th! No transfers will be accepted after this date! No transfers will be accepted the day of the event! No non-registered racers will be allowed into the race on race day. Don't expect to wave cash in my face, it won't happen!
Don't forget to consider attending other events in the NUE Series. Click on the above NUE Series advertisement for details!
New: With the demand for space a premium this year we will not allow camping in the Big M parking lot. Last year EZ-UP tents became very popular, I imagine this year even more people will bring them to the race. We only have room for maybe 15 10x10 EZ-UP's, space available on a first come first served basis. In 2009 we may need to go to a reservation policy or ban them. Bottom line is, we don't have enough space for them, so leave it home if you can live without it.
We will run the course the same direction in 2008 as we did last year. The consensus is that going that direction produces less wear on the trail. We will continue to monitor trail wear and make a direction call each year. Checkout Joe's Motionbased report from 2007 here.
Scoring: We will be switching to the KISS method of scoring this year. What does that mean? Keep It Simple Stupid. No more lap times will be recorded, rather we will only score your total time for all four laps. If you drop out early don't expect a lap and time record. You will simply receive a DNF. Look at your computer or watch and remember your time if you drop out early. I am sorry we have to do this, but we hope it speeds up scoring and eliminates some confusion for racers and timers alike.
Parking/Camping: Since I expect a sell out, it is asked that you don't camp in the parking lot. We need the space for cars! There are many affordable campgrounds close by and it is legal to camp anywhere in the NFS for free, there are many two tracks just a few hundred feet from the Big M entry drive. Just don't camp on the course please!
Check out Eric Cook's new charity group: http://www.pedalingwithapurpose.org/ Thanks to the Lumberjack 100 he has been able to raise over $19,000 for child cancer research and it would be great if he could get some of the other racers to take on their own charity effort and use the race as their “purpose” to raise money.
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