Here is the much-anticipated schedule for the 2016 Eastern States Cup race season. The enduro series continues to grow in popularity and this year we've added more races and some rowdy new venues. The downhill series will be joining forces with the ProGRT series for three races, including a new stop at Killington and a UCI Hors Categorie race at Windham. Full details on all the ESC race series will be released soon.
2016 VITTORIA ESC Schedule
Atlantic Downhill May 22 Plattekill Gravity Open – Roxbury, NY
May 29 Mountain Creek UCI ProGRT – Vernon, NJ - USAC State Championship
June 5 Blue Mountain East Coast Showdown #1– Palmerton, PA
June 26 Plattekill– Roxbury, NY - USAC State Championship
Aug 14 Windham ProGRT - Windham, NY
Aug 28 Blue Mountain East Coast Showdown #6- USAC State Championship, Palmerton, PA
Oct 9 Plattekill– Roxbury, NY - New England and Atlantic DH Finals
New England DownhillJune 12 Pats Peak MTB Bike Festival- USAC State Championship – Henniker, NH
June 19 Thunder Mountain– Charlemont, MA
July 2 Killington East Coast Showdown #2– Killington, VT
July 10 Mount Snow - USAC State Championship, Dover, VT
July 24 Attitash Mountain East Coast Showdown #3- Bartlett, NH
July 31 Killington ProGRT– Killington, VT
Aug 7 Thunder Mountain East Coast Showdown #4- USAC State Championship, Claremont, MA
Aug 21 Sugarbush East Coast Showdown
#5 – Warren, VT
Oct 9 Plattekill– Roxbury, NY - New England and Atlantic DH Finals
EnduroApril 17 Diamond Hill Enduro - State Championship, Cumberland RI
May 15 Victory Hill at Kingdom Trails - State Championship, Burke VT
June 5 Blue Mountain East Coast Showdown #1– Palmerton, PA
July 3 Killington East Coast Showdown #2– Killington, VT
July 17 Plattekill – State Championship, Roxbury, NY
July 23 Attitash Mountain East Coast Showdown #3- State Championship, Bartlett, NH
Aug 7 Thunder Mountain East Coast Showdown #4– - State Championship, Charlemont,MA
Aug 20 Sugarbush East Coast Showdown
#5 – Warren, VT
Aug 28 Blue Mountain East Coast Showdown #6- State Championship, Palmerton, PA
Sept 11 Killington Enduro Finals – Killington, VT
TriathlonApril 30 Killington Triathlon – Killington, VT
BOX East Coast Showdown SeriesJune 5 Blue Mountain East Coast Showdown #1– Palmerton, PA
July 3 Killington East Coast Showdown #2– Killington, VT
July 24 Attitash Mountain East Coast Showdown #3- Bartlett, NH
Aug 7 Thunder Mountain East Coast Showdown #4– Claremont, MA
Aug 21 Sugarbush East Coast Showdown
#5 – Warren, VT
Aug 28 Blue Mountain East Coast Showdown #6– Palmerton, PA
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As for somewhere "appealing to go" as opposed to Plattekill......please. IF one doesn't like racing at Platty, they probably need to review Rule #5.
Everyone needs to get to experience it the way Herndon and I did. Slept under the truck most of Thursday morning. Helped Van Dine dig the mountaincross (bullcrap digging...it's rock sculpting), walked the course without a tire having gone down it trying to figure out why they taped it into a vertical ditch and then across a huge log with no way to hop it.
Suddenly after a few runs, all that shale came sliding down the mountain, filled in the ditch, piled up against the log...and found myself having to let off the brake sometimes so a rock would stop being a miniature snowboard under a wheel.
Best thing that can happen is all the snobs of the world be forced to experience the awesome people, atmosphere and terrain there. No 5 star lodging there, no fancy staging...just pure downhill bliss.
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I did some ESC enduros last year, and they were fun, but a lot of them are a lot closer to a 5 stage DH race than an actual Enduro. Just sayin.