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Surprise! Riley (Spaceman) Winch won the Jan 4 men’s race. Unfortunately, his times appear to have been reported to NASA instead of NASTAR, and he was omitted from the race results published here last week. All other racers please add one to your place in the first race, and shift to the appropriate spot on […]
After days of sub-zero and single digit temperatures, on January 4 the weather warmed to 20F with some sun and very little wind making for comfortable racing conditions on the course Sugarbush’s Racing Department prepared on the Racer’s Edge trail. Nine women and 28 men, about one third of the total Sugarbush Racing Club membership, […]
Sugarbush Racing Club celebrated another successful season at its year-end banquet held on March 23rd at the Inn at the Round Barn Farm. Always a well-attended event, this year 95 members and guests enjoyed good food and good friends in this quintessential Vermont barn setting, while eagerly awaiting the raffle results for prizes donated by […]
The Sugarbush Racing Club wrapped up its season on Thursday, March 9. Two races were run on the Spring Fling Legends course. Conditions were challenging for the faint of heart as the course was firm and fast. The first race, named for past club president John Wilson, saw 35 racers take on the firm but […]
The consensus among the forty-seven members of the Sugarbush Racing Club who ran the dual giant slalom courses set on Racer’s Edge by the Sugarbush race department was that the courses were indeed straighter and their times were definitely faster. More racers showed up this past week to test their mettle against pacesetter Carson Barbour’s […]
It seems unusual that one of the largest clubs in the valley, the 140 member strong Sugarbush Racing Club, can only field forty to fifty racers each week. This past Thursday only forty-two members showed up to race when the weather and the dual courses set by the Sugarbush Race Department were ideal. Many of […]
Forty-two members of the Sugarbush Racing Club were treated to an excellent dual giant slalom course set by the Sugarbush Race Department which held up well in the cold conditions for the over 84 runs. This was the first of eight scheduled races for the 140 member club which are held at Lincoln Peak on […]
The Sugarbush Racing Club held its annual Kick-Off Party at Sugarbush’s Castlerock Pub on Sunday, December 11th. New and current members gathered for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, and to hear Wheaton Simis, Club President, and other board members speak about the racing season, discount offers for club members through Sugarbush Resort and the social events […]
Eighty-four members and guests of the Sugarbush Racing Club gathered in and around the Koch home on Common Road on the Sunday of Columbus Day weekend to finalize the 2016 season and to really begin the 2017 season in the form of a party! Club President Wheaton Simis greeted everyone and introduced the new club […]
Perfect weather greeted the seven foursomes gathered at the Sugarbush Golf Course for the third annual Sugarbush Racing Club golf tournament on June 30. The tournament is one of many events organized by the club during the year. Following golf, members and guests enjoyed pizza and salad in Hogan’s Pub. The tournament format was a […]
Last Thursday dawned cold and clear for the first annual John Wilson Memorial Race. John served the club in many roles and was a significant player in the recent growth of the SRC. John began his term as President of the Sugarbush Racing Club following the annual banquet last March. He passed away in July. […]
Week after week the Sugarbush Racing Club has tried to adapt to this winter’s crazy weather and stay on track with its race schedule. Last week was no exception. Rain on Tuesday and Wednesday created unsafe conditions for the regular Thursday race.Temperatures dropped Thursday night which permitted grooming of the course. To rescue the week, […]