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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, […]
Thirty-seven racers made it to the starting gate on short notice during the President’s week which is not normally a race week but race chairperson Lauri Landau arranged to make it happen! The club has had two races postponed due to weather issues and is desperately trying to get back on track. The racers included […]
Sugarbush Racing Club members received an email alert at 7:30 in the morning on February 11 that there would not be a race that day. They were advised to exchange their race skis for their powder skis. After the February 4 race was postponed due to a lack of snow, this race was cancelled as […]
There was too little snow to set gates on Racer’s Edge this past Thursday and forecasts do not bode well in this winter that never was. However, the festive spirit that prevails for the Sugarbush Racing Club did not seem to be dampened for the seventy members who gathered at the Mad River Barn for […]
Problems with timing conglomerates that have plagued the Sugarbush Racing Club’s first two races have apparently been corrected mostly due to the tireless efforts of club racing chairperson, Lauri Landau. She has spent countless hours converting from one system to another and registering each racer individually herself in time for race number three. The dual […]
Nearly fifty racers were on hand for the second of the Sugarbush Racing Club’s eight race series many of whom were new members or racing for the first time this year. Disappointingly, the race venue was held at Racer’s Edge rather than Spring Fling but the dual format giant slalom course held up well under […]
Over forty racers were on the scene for the Sugarbush Racing Club’s first race of the 2016 season this past Thursday. The race had been scheduled for the previous Thursday but it was postponed due to the lack of snow. The conditions this week caused the race to be held on the Legends Race Arena […]
Sunday, December 13, the Sugarbush Racing Club held its annual Kick-Off party at Sugarbush’s Castlerock Pub. Seventy-four new and current members gathered for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres to hear Win Smith, Sugarbush President, and Russ Kauff, Director of the Ski and Ride School, talk about the upcoming ski season, improvements at the mountain and an […]
Sugarbush Racing Club welcomes new members to membership mixer Sunday, December 13, 4:30 to 6 p.m., at Castlerock Pub, Sugarbush. Thursdays are race days for the club. From early January to March, the Sugarbush NASTAR course is home to the club’s eight-race series. The course is open exclusively to club members from 10 a.m. to […]
On one of the Mad River Valley’s most beautiful fall Sundays this Columbus Day Weekend, The Sugarbush Racing Club held it’s fourth annual cookout at the home of Peter and Debbie Koch on the Common Road in Waitsfield. Over seventy-five members and guests enjoyed the views of Sugarbush Resort’s Lincoln Peak and Mount Ellen along […]
Perfect weather greeted the six foursomes of ski racers gathered for the second annual golf tournament, one of several non skiing events the 140 member Sugarbush Ski Racing Club has planned. The event , the brainchild of Social Chairperson, Deb Koch, and her partner, Pat Apigian, was held at the Sugarbush Golf Course on a […]
