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Offline 6thgear

Blackwater 100
« on: July 18, 2017, 04:13:14 PM »
Im going to start putting up. Some pictures and stuff i had from another site relating to the race.




I sent a email to the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Asking there opinion on why the race was stopped. This was there reply-


Although the Blackwater 100 was a very popular and lucrative event in
Canaan Valley, the impacts on West Virginia's largest wetland were
significant and more than a decade later we are still mitigating those
impacts. With a multitude of other public lands open for ATV use
(hatfield/mccoy etc.) We do not anticipate allowing any motorized use
within Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge.


Wildlife Refuge Manager
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Conclusion.


Enviromental groups didnt kill the race, the property it was run on was shut down because of the high levels of e-coli in the river. The property the race was on was owned by a power company (Monongahela Power), and they didnt want to have the liability of an e-coli outbreak on thier hands due to the massive crowds that gathered at the river crossings to watch the race. They started the first motions to end the race, and pretty much nobody fought it because the crowds had brought the locals to hate it when the race rolled around each year. There were murders, drunk drivers killing people, drug deals and drug use right out in the open on main street in broad daylight. The last couple of years the National Guard had to be brought in to keep the crowds under control. Sure, enviromental groups backed the ending of the race, but they werent the ones who stuck the fork in it. Even if there wasnt any danger of an e-coli outbreak the race wouldnt have lasted another 5 years at most, due to the antics of the crowds as I said before. Damn shame, the best offroad race ever had to be ended like that. If people would have used thier heads instead of coming up here and turning the whole area into a giant drunken brawl the race would still be here. From- "Davy Coombs"

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Offline 6thgear

Re: Blackwater 100
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2017, 04:18:28 PM »
Shirts. I own a few of them.


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Offline 6thgear

Re: Blackwater 100
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2017, 04:33:32 PM »
Not in order. But newspaper articles from davis, WV. Where it was ran.








Offline 6thgear

Re: Blackwater 100
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2017, 04:43:59 PM »
Random 250r pictures. From the race.











Offline 6thgear

Re: Blackwater 100
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2017, 04:46:56 PM »
Bob sloan.




Andy lazdins 250r.


Roy dains

Offline Phoenix843

Re: Blackwater 100
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2017, 10:11:45 PM »
Awesome pictures and articles, as a kid I used to watch the videos of the crossing/big hill (think it was rt93) seeing people helping the riders get to the top. Remember the one video of the zilla flying up it. Shame people abused the event and ruined it. I was never able to go and will always regret that. I had two friends who participated.

Would love to see something like this again. Thanks for posting all the info up.


Offline Tbone07

Re: Blackwater 100
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2017, 10:37:37 PM »
Wow these are kickass pictures. Thanks for sharing.

I can vouch for the property damage from riding quads. I've had to put in a lot of hours to mitigate the erosion from riding on my property.

Snowshoe better get their act together too because from what I understand the type of shenanigans that got Blackwater shutdown are starting to happen in WV too.
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Offline jcs003

Re: Blackwater 100
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2017, 04:43:44 PM »
great post!

john

Offline F-Red

Re: Blackwater 100
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2017, 02:18:49 PM »
Reads like a much of Hooligans were causing trouble. Damn shame.  :(
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Offline rk88r

Re: Blackwater 100
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2017, 06:42:53 PM »
Great post, wild things could certainly happen again but, generations that came of age in the 70's and 80's were certainly more "free".
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