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It was fun while it lasted...

vetexp790 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:50:58 GMT

Hate to see Bruce's dream die. He sure had vision, and worked hard with what he had.Ray

Helmet cam 6-21

RM25042 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:24:31 GMT

this one came out ok.. althought the sound lags again near the end. still gives ya a good look at the track

Spruce Mtn Practice from Shawn on Vimeo.

Sunday Practice

RM25042 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:20:20 GMT

here is a short vid of some riding at Spruce Mtn. it rained alittle and was misty for a bit.. but it wasnt that bad. of course as we were leaving the sun came out... around 4.

PHOTOS ARE UP!

motocross-photo — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:39:14 GMT

What a crazy day with weather! The photos are up and ready for viewing and purchasing. Don't forget about the season package - you can still order that. Shoot me an email if you're interested in hearing more about it.

Photos - www.motocross-photo.com
Email - motocross-photo@maine.rr.com

I'll add to the blog tomorrow. Great race day everyone!
~ Judy :Whistling:
*Work Hard, Play Harder*

MMS Spruce Mtn. Pics are online from Cannon Action Photos

rcannon — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:23:26 GMT

MMS Spruce Mtn. Pics are online from Cannon Action Photos and can be found HERE...

or directly : http://CannonActionPhotos.PhotoReflect.com/pr3/thumbpage.aspx?e=4717022

I had fun today... at least I think I did now that I've thawed out...:D

May 10 Race

Becky/Jeremy — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:46:54 GMT

Just making sure everyone is aware that the May 10th race is on and we look forward to seeing everyone there!!:)

Got my first christmas card

RM25042 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:43:00 GMT

Thanks to all the staff for the nice card.... now you're on my card list :P

comments on last sundays race

RM25042 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:28:50 GMT

first of all... please no bashing. if you didnt like it... its ok, just dont rip on anyone about it. So with that said... what did everyone think of spruce mtn this year? not like they drasctically changed the track but i thought it was better. i saw ALOT less boulders on the side of the track:D

MMS Pics are now Online

rcannon — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:39:14 GMT

Pics from this Sunday's MMS race at Spruce Mountain are now online and can be found HERE (http://cannonactionphotos.photoreflect.com/). It was nice seeing everyone at the last race of the year. Wish the weather had cooperated better, but maybe this was a fitting end to a sometimes wet season...

Thanks,

Russ

Second moto helmet cam

RM25042 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:08:55 GMT

Well the anlges alittle off and the sound lags... but whats new. i had to zip tie it on cuz it broke it when i dropped my hemlet.... duh!!!:P welll heres about 2 laps but mostly at the ground :-(

Spruce Mountian Helmet cam from Behind The Bars on Vimeo.

Spruce Mt update

vetexp790 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:37:51 GMT

Just talked w/Bruce, and asured us he would be ditching the track to make sure any rain could flow off. Then before pratice fill in the drainage ditches. The track gravel can absorb a lot of rain. Weather looks promising for sunday, won't be any dust. Be early, short days, early pratice. See you in the morning,. Ray

Casco Bay Photography

Judy Robbins - Casco Bay Photography — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:41:39 GMT

If you email me ([i]cascobayphoto@maine.rr.com[/i]) your rider number I will get you proofs to look over. Visit our website for prices. [i]www.cascobayphotography.com[/i] And thank you for your patience while we are getting our site up and running. ~Judy Robbins

Practice Riding

Becky/Jeremy — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:52:04 GMT

Jeremy and I would like everyone riding to know that the track is available for free practices from now until October 23rd, the Thursday before the race on the 26th! This is for all riders whether entering the race or not...hopefully, those that ride will come support us on race day! :)

hurt riders

RM25042 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:40:01 GMT

#269 John Therrien and #443 Sara Lariviere both had bad crashes.... any word on them?

Thanks!!

Becky/Jeremy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:32:28 GMT

Jeremy and I just wanted to send out a thank you to all the riders, family, friends, and spectators who dropped by for the race on Sunday, Oct. 5th! We hope you all are able to return to the race on October 26th...whether riding or spectating.

Sundays race

RM25042 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:07:19 GMT

Small clips of sundays racing. i had the old cam, but a new editing software, this is a real rough cut... nothing special yet :P

2008 MMS @ Spruce Mountain Sports Park from Behind The Bars on Vimeo.

MMS Pics are now online

rcannon — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:20:24 GMT

Spruce Mountain Pics from Sunday Oct. 5th are now online and can be found HERE.

Is the track open all week for practice?

D-Rock — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:37:30 GMT

Question about upcoming races at Spruce...

D-Rock — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:51:32 GMT

Ok...I'm sure no one wants to touch this subject but I am just wondering what is going to happen with the upcoming October 5th and October 26th races at Spruce. The rumor is that they might not happen...

I would just like to know in advance so we can plan for the change. If there is no change can someone (Serae...Bruce...Ray...) dispel or clarify this possibility.

Thanks!

New race dates

RM25042 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:52:36 GMT

stole this from hemondsmx.com

ATTENTION:
The July 6th race at Spruce Mtn. is postponed to Sunday Oct. 19th. Their Saturday Oct. 4th race has been changed to Sunday Oct. 5th. Please mark this on your calanders!

The spring series will end after the 9th race at Valley on July 20. The first race of the fall series will be at
MX-207 on Saturday
July 26th.

Track practice??

skillingmx — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:15:02 GMT

Is track open for practice yet? Saturday 6.28?:)

What A Day !!!

motoxlover — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:24:09 GMT

Today was one of the best days we could have asked for.The track was great! The DJ that played the music and did the announcing was the best.The flaggers all did a terrific job,the track held together wicked good,and last but not least the weather could not have been more perfect...It was nice to see all the motos go so smooth,and have minimal crashes.Hope everyone that did crash is ok, and hope that everyone enjoyed Spruce Mountain,and will come back again next year!Way to go Bruce.Thank You very much for all you did to make today go so well.:smooooth:

Dont stand to close to the track

RM25042 — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:37:51 GMT

Every week... i stand as close as i can to the action, cheering on the people i know (sometimes people i dont know:D) but this week i got hit in the forehead with a rock. funny thing is, the bike were coming at me not going away from me. i think i got it on vid.. but heres the pic of my forehead:w00t:

Heres the vid

RM25042 — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:00:54 GMT

Heres the vid of the rock.. you can see it in the upper left corner. it came from the suzuki.. 789

Spruce Mountain Race

motoxlover — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:07:52 GMT

Bruce has been spending alot of time making some really nice track changes,trying to do what people had suggested.He has worked really hard and it would be nice if people would show up and support the track.We rode there the other night and it was awesome.We thought the last race there went really well and have looked forward to going back there.Hope to see you all there this weekend.

dispelling a rumor about the MMS

Serae — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:02:42 GMT

I heard Sunday at Valley that there was a rumor going around at the Winchester Regional that the MMS was not going to exsist next year. I am hear to tell you that that is NOT true. We will be in operation next year.
To check the MMS points or results go to www.mainemotocrossseries.org

Constructive Criticism Only, NO BASHING PLEASE!

MMS820Dad — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:05:57 GMT

This statement is not to offend or personally attack the management at Spruce Mountain but to improve on what is already there.

Last year was your first ever race at Spruce Mountain with a good turn out. I thought for the most part it went well. There were some issues and concerns that I thought would be addressed for the races the following year. For your efforts last year you got two races for 2007. I expected a little more from your track to stay on the Maine Motocross Series schedule. Did you think that we would not see or comment on your progress thus far. I’m sure you work hard on your track but you have to look at it from our point of view. We have too much money invested in this sport to have a new track owner pulling the wool over our eyes. For example, explain why you didn’t groom behind the gates from last years race and why the track wasn’t groomed for the racers for this race? It didn’t seam to be a big priority for you to make your track look good. It was my observation you need some help to get your track into shape for the race but I didn’t see you ask for help on this web site. With my kids being members of the Maine Motocross Series that travels around the state to different tracks, we look forward to camping and racing at professionally ran tracks. I do know the amount of effort it takes to get a track into shape and I do know what it takes to get a crew for race day. It also looked like you were reinventing the wheel on the way things should run from where your EMTs’ were positioned to the watering of your track and leaving a puddle of water for the 50’s on the start line. Even the A & B riders had some choice words to say. It looked like it was your first attempt at running a race. My point to this is if you need some help put the word out. I know people would be happy to arrive early to help once they get to your track on Saturday. I don’t want this to be a personal attack on you or your staff. We as members feel we deserve to be treated as a valuable customer and deserved to be heard. I would like to thank the Thunder Worriers for working that day. Its not easy to work and race. It also shows how much they care for the sport, the series and there home track. Finally to the MMS membership, please make comments and suggestions that would improve this facility.

First moto helmet cam

RM25042 — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:20:35 GMT

so i thought i'd give a moto a try.. still needs adjusting and new batteries

Helmet cam from practice

RM25042 — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:13:16 GMT

well heres another atemp at the helmet cam... still needs to come up alittle and i think the batteries are low.. cuz it cuz out and only got almost one lap. but you can see some action just at the end.. to the left there are three guys piled up.

Video of PW50 from Sunday

p.biggs 7 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:11:13 GMT

First attempt at linking the video...hope it works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkUEdhItcaE

flaggers must be blind

mainiac — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:55:33 GMT

#365 30 +c boo koo rider , from what i hear my accident where i was run over by another rider was not flagged what so ever and could of turned out to be worse, lucky i only suffered a ac separation and torn ligiments with a rotator cuff injury. the track was nice but needs to be changed in a couple places before i and im sure others will be back... i dont think they were prepared for this race.flaggers need to be trained not be pulled out of the crowd, they were to busy watching the race rather then for accidents.

Spruce Mountain Practice

motoxlover — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:55:06 GMT

Just wanted to let everyone know that Bruce's track is open for practice and is in pretty darn good shape.The boys have been having a ball riding there and want to have some people come up and check it out and ride with them..Hope to see some people show up and try this track and give it a shot.Bruce is trying really hard to make a friendly track for all ages...:hehe:

Parking/Pit Area

MXLord327 — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:57:49 GMT

Does anyone know if the parking & pit area has been expanded from last year at all? It was really tight, I hope there is more room this year.

race order ????

rgn54 — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:35:56 GMT

have they made up a race order for sunday????? if so what is it....

thank you

Practice at Spruce Mountain

baja290gofast — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:20:27 GMT

Looking for others who want to get together at Spruce Mountain for some practice laps. Getting back into racing after retirement 6 years ago due to injury and Bruce's track is close with some good terrain to get some good practice laps in. Let me know if anyone is interested getting out and practicing at Spruce Mountain. Email dcrooker@sundayriver.com.

Thanks,
Dan

practiced tonight!!!

vetexp790 — Thu, 31 May 2007 22:14:08 GMT

Rode at Bruce's tonite, he'd groomed it, just a bit of rain.Made for some good laps. Burnt a tank of gas. Any one get's an urge to ride, call Bruce.

Bruce....

Mains 835 — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:05:43 GMT

Bruce give me a call at 5150969 thanks!

How far from Oxford, ME

Chris314y — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:26:22 GMT

We have a summer place in Oxford and I was wondering how far Spruce Mountain is from our place in Oxford?