2011 Paisley 400 Desert Race
Dear fellow race enthusiasts,
We are still in the process of obtaining a special recreation permit for the off road race in Paisley. Where we stand at this time we feel that we are approximately 40% toward getting the race permit approved. We have recently received communication from BLM about the progress of our race permit.
BLM is currently working on the court ordered Lakeview RMP Amendment. This is a multi-million dollar amendment to the Lakeview Resource Management Plan
that has time lines associated with it that must be followed. In order to complete the RMP amendment, BLM needs to have a wilderness inventory update completed for the entire Resource Area. This is the largest landholding in the state of Oregon that BLM has. Even though the wilderness update is complete for the proposed CODRA race area, there are still a lot of areas left to be completed before the RMP Amendment can proceed and these are taking much longer than anticipated. BLM is still also in the process of completing the Environmental Assessment, and Wilderness Inventory for the entire Lakeview District. The date of completion of this task is not known at this time.
Unfortunately our race project is not the only project proponent that is going on this time. BLM has had difficulty getting through other proposals because of higher priorities and workload as well. They will get to the CODRA race EA and finish it as soon as they can. We don’t have any time lines at this point. We expect that there will be breaks in-between working on the RMP amendment where BLM can work on the CODRA project.
Also, since the Cal 200 incident BLM has additional concerns related to this incident that will need to be addressed. We have these issues covered!
So what does all this mean? Well, in short at this time we at CODRA have decided that it is in the best interest of all parties to postpone the Paisley 400 race until 2012.
This will give BLM and CODRA the time to have all that is needed to be completed for an event such as this magnitude. We really regret having to do this, yet again, however there is still too much unknown about the status of obtaining the race permit to keep thedate for this year. We feel that it is in everyone’s best interest to postpone the race one more year. This will ensure that all is prepared properly on BLM’s end and give us the adequate time to complete our logistics and planning to put on a successful event for you and all interested parties.
We will continue with this process until we have our race permits in hand. Then we will celebrate with you all in having the best Desert Race Oregon has ever known.
We thank you for your continued support in this process. We will supply updates on Race Dezert forums and via email as we know more. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us via email at: codraracing@gmail.com
Sincerely:
CODRA
Jared Ford, Kevin Hescock
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Vendor Forms
Here are the forms that need to be filled out by vendors wanting to participate in this years event.
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Proposed Schedule of Events
FRIDAY JUNE 24th:
Contingency/Tech/Safety Inspections: Starting at 10:00am the race vehicles will start to serpentine around the rows of vendors in the school’s football field and end at the safety inspection area. After a race vehicle clears tech it will continue to the “show and shine” area of the field. This will be a great time to meet and greet other racers and mingle with some of the local Paisley residents. After the safety inspections the racer meetings will occur. Registration will open at 8:00am and continue until 6:00pm. All racers of record will be required to register in person.
During the contingency/safety inspections we will have raffles for sponsored products and possibly a ride in a trophy truck on the race course for one lucky person.
SATURDAY JUNE 25th:
Motorcycles, quads and UTVs will be starting just before sunrise in an order to be determined later.
Just as the last motorcycle, quad, or UTV crosses the half way point of the race course we will start the cars and trucks (most likely around 10:30 am).
SUNDAY JUNE 26th:
We will have the awards ceremony and begin clean-up
More details to come
Sponsor Letter
Here is a copy of our sponsor letter. If you know anyone that would be willing to donate funds or product to our charity please have them fill this out and send it to us. Sponsors will recieve logo space on our website and advertising at the race.
Entry fee schedule
Volunteer Form
If you are interested in helping out with putting this event on we can use all the volunteers we can get. Here is a volunteer form that you can fill out and submit to us. You can print it out and send it to us through the mail or fill it out and fax it back to us at 541-736-0061
http://www.codra-racing.com/sites/default/files/CODRA_VOLUNTEER_FORM.pdf
2010 Paisley 400 Race Info
Preliminary Information
Dates: June 25th-26th, 2010.
Where: Paisley, Oregon
Motorcycles/ATVs: 100 or 200 miles (1 or 2 laps)
UTVs: 100 miles (1 lap)
Cars & Trucks: 400 miles (4 laps)
All proceeds and donations go directly to the Town of Paisley's Schools
The area the race will be inside:
