We like to use the phrase “Not Supposed to” often in our speech. In general, this short phrase is all about expectations. Things we expect not to happen under normal circumstances. In the world of ECEA Enduros there are things that are not supposed to happen.
In this day and age, a club is not supposed to lose access to land where they had an awesome race for years and then come back two years later with an even better track of land and an even better race course. But on Sunday it happened. In 2024 racers win MX and SX races on Honda 4 strokes, they are not supposed to win gnarly North East Enduros. But on Sunday someone did. A 16-year-old kid from down the road is not supposed to enter an Enduro and beat a group of world class riders but on Sunday Tyler Dibartolo did just that on his Honda 250rx.
This Sunday RORR and VRTF joined forces to put on the 50 th annual Moonshine Enduro on a new property just outside Fern Glen PA. Putting the race course aside, this property is one of the most gorgeous pieces of land we have raced on this year. The course flowed through beautiful forests with brown dirt and massive rock formations. I have no idea how the RORR/VRTF crew got access to this property, but man did we all benefit. What a spectacular tract of land!
We were blessed with 5 sections, plus a 6 th section as a A/B split. This was a real deal ECEA PA Enduro consisting of 4-6-mile sections of flowing, rocky and technical single track with constant elevation changes, some rock gardens, and a lot of brown forest dirt. There was a LOT of fresh cut trail. So How many of us got our handle bars wedged in between the giant boulders? I did! All of the sections were awesome, but man did section 3 stick out for me. Section 3 took us back to the parking area for lunch via 5 miles of single track mixed in with a Hare Scramble course that weaved up and down the ridge- what a wild ride! Pure Adrenaline
Tyler Dibartolo (Honda) Took the day and the Jug- amazing ride young buck!
Zack Miller (RJU) came in 2 nd on the day
David Knight (KTM) got on the podium in 3 rd
Tyler Dibartolo (Honda) took the overall in A
Luke Matz (Yah) was the B overall champ
Dillion Marchello (KTM) took the overall in C
Sarah Mickey (Husq) won the women’s class
Tony Hall (KTM) took the Master A win
“Mad” Mike Lesniak (KTM) won Masters B class
Keith Barrrow (GG) took the Golden Class win
Charlie Stapleford (Husq) won he Legends class.
Thank you to all the members of RORR/VFTR for all the work you put into this event. Moving an Enduro to a new location and cutting all that new singe track had to be a challenge and you guys hit a home run. I have no idea how you were able secure this awesome property but please let’s race here every year!! Thank you to the land owners for sharing your property with us- it is truly appreciated!
See you all down in South Jersey this November-