2012 Cape Fear 1000

[wilsonjw42]

From Jim Bain, this afternoon:

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Merry Christmas to all!

It is that time of year when many of us are wrapped up in all the hustle and bustle surrounding the Holiday Season, but I wanted to take a few minutes to bring you up to speed on what you can expect for the 2012 Cape Fear 1000 Rally.

First, many of you have asked and it is time to formally announce the starting locations (by now most of you should know the dates - the third weekend of April, starting on Friday and ending in Wilmington, NC on Saturday) for the 24+ hour riders. They are: Arcadia, FL; Jamestown, NY; and, Paris, TN. This year the starting time will be moved up one hour, rather than starting at 11:00 am Eastern, +/- 10 minutes, as we have for the last several years, your will be starting at 10:00 am Eastern, +/- 10 minutes, and the DNF time will be 29 hours from your official starting time (i.e., start at 9:57 am on Friday, April 20, 2012 you will be DNF at 2:57 pm on Saturday April 21, 2012). There will not be a penalty period this year - if you are not in on time, you did not finish. The Rest Bonus will be extended, a minimum of 4 hours, up to a max of 6 hours, and the more time spent resting, the more points you can claim. One new feature for 2012 will be a mandatory odometer check - and with it, mileage caps. Details on how this will work will be in the rallybook, so there is no need for you to try to outguess the rallymaster on how he plans to pull this off. It is well-thought out, thoroughly tested and straightforward, so I only expect 30% or so of you to mess it up.

Also, many of you asked, and given the response to my question earlier this year, we will be bringing back the 10-hour Mini-Rally on Saturday, but will be limiting registration for that event to 20 entrants (a 2-up registration will be considered a single entry). The remaining 100 registration slots will be divided amongst the three starting locations of the 24+ hour event.

Several have asked about priority registration. In the past, I have sent out "Christmas Gift" emails to riders of prior events, guaranteed entry for riders who were preparing for the Iron Butt Rally or the IB5K Rally, or sent early registration invitations based on the number of previous CF1K starts. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your point of view, the number of participants in the CF1K has gotten to the point that I could probably fill all available slots without traveling down the pyramid to those riders that have only started one prior CF1K. So, for 2012, if you have started 5 or more prior CF1Ks, you should be getting an early registration invitation email from me. If you are not in that group, you can still get an early registration - however, you will have to work for it. If you want to ride the 24+ hour version and by-pass the general registration, and if you are one of the first 25 prior participants to do so, you must convince a friend or riding buddy that has not participated in a 24-hour or longer rally to sign up with you and you agree to mentor that newbie rider throughout the process - from registration through the end of the Awards Banquet Saturday night. If you choose this option, you do not have to wait for an email, simply send me your name and email address and the name and email address of the newbie that you have brought in and I will take care of it from there. If you want to ride the Mini-rally and by-pass the general registration, and if you are one of the first 5 prior participants to do so, you must convince a friend or riding buddy that has not participated in a LD motorcycle rally of any sort to sign up with you and, again, you agree to mentor that newbie rider throughout the process - from registration through the end of the Awards Banquet Saturday night. If you choose either of these options, you do not have to wait for an email, simply send me your name and email address and the name and email address of the newbie that you have brought in and once the newbie is registered I will take care your registration from there. In any event, all early registration must be complete by the end of the day January 4, 2012 as general registration will open on Friday, January 6, 2012.

Please feel free to share this information with any groups or discussion boards you feel might be interested.

Well, that should give you something to chew on the next few days, so I will close out for now. I hope to get the website updated between now and the 1st of the year, but we all have family and work commitments, so bear with us and be patient. I look forward to seeing all of you in April, if not before.

Jim Bain, Rallymaster
Cape Fear 1000 Rally

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[guitardad]

Hopefully, I've got a Noob lined up for the 10-hour. I always enjoy the last-minute wrinkles Jim can throw at us for that. Woot!!

[STATMATT]

Is anyone looking for that newbe they are talking about for the 24 hour...
PM Me...

STATMATT

[STATMATT]

No takers on the mentor for the 24 hour version...

guitardad,
did you line up your Noob for the 10 hour or do you still need someone?


Also what is the website to register for this?

What is the cost?

Any coaching on how to do this event simply would be helpful. At this point I'm just looking to register and do the best that I can with the information I have.

STATMATT

[guitardad]

Hey Matt - Yes, I have my "mentee" registered for the 10-hour. I'd be happy to help you as best I can for the 24-hour, at least the "getting set up" part. Open registration won't be available for a couple more days - opens on 1/6/12, usually at oh-dark-30. Jim will put a link on the rally home page, so start there: http://www.capefear1000.com and click on the "Sign up" link on the right side of the page. Cost for the 10-hour was $95 - I expect the 24 is a little higher, but not much.

Hey Tina - don't you need sombody to mentor?! "Pay it forward" for all the help Bob gave you last year!

[bstransky]

Is anyone else riding the 24 hr, aside from me (and possibly Matt)? Hopefully we can skip the tornadoes this year!

Bob

[BMWGirl]

Hey Tina - don't you need sombody to mentor?! "Pay it forward" for all the help Bob gave you last year!

Don't ASSume too much there Mr. Fisher.

I think you're just suggesting this to MAKE me ride with that ugly gsAAAAA (hint hint)

I LOVE THIS RALLY!!!!

Remember people, the past couple of years this rally filled up within a few HOURS of opening registration!!! Better be alert when that email comes out!

[guitardad]

If you're going to try the "mentor" thing, you'd better be quick about it. The email I got from the RM said we needed to have both new rider and mentor registration completed by 1/4 - TODAY! Of course, if you were able to register early, and only need to get the new rider done, you migh tbe OK. But don't delay!!

[Marty Cover]

registration didn't open (at least on my browser) until 0100 and at 0107 only Jamestown was left as a start point

[Maria V]

Wow, that does fill up fast.
I am in for the 10-hour, looking forward to it!

[guitardad]

So on the Rider's list, it looks to me like Miss Kitty is mentoring a newbie! How cool is that?! http://rides.jasonjonas.com/riderList.php?rcid=0&id=210

[Marty Cover]

really kewl

[wilsonjw42]

Marty, it was great to see you on the Jamestown list! I woke up about 0200 and logged on to get one of the last Jamestown slots. It's almost unbelievable how fast this rally gets filled to the brim.

Looking forward to seeing you in Jamestown, on the road, and in Wilmington!

-- Jeff

[bstransky]

You know who you are...

Any interest in a group ride out to Moonshine the weekend before? I'm planning to attend and have a room with an extra bed not too far away.

Since we all need to be in Paris to start route planning on Wed anyway, I'm planning to stay in the midwest and visit a few Alton Brown locations (Feasting on Asphalt #2) and some civil war sites (Grant's 1862 Tennessee/Cumberland river campaign) as well as pick up some good BBQ for the SCGT on Sun/Mon/Tue.

Just sayin' that the offer is out there...

Bob

[BMWGirl]

Well the time is here!! I'm so excited to start this rally. I have a "Mentee" that will be joining me in TN for the start of the rally and then we'll be "coasting" through to the finish line.

Good luck to all the club members that are riding in this - I'll see you all Saturday night for dinner!