The 40th annual Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally will take place June 7-8 at the Waterford Hills sports car racing track in Clarkston, the location since 1986.
Come see some unusual – and fast – 2- and 3-wheel cycles. Spectators admitted free.
Classes for streamlined, unstreamlined cycles, tandems, women, youth and tricycles.
Free camping available at track Friday and Saturday nights.
Entry fees (same as in 2024): $30 for one day, $45 for two days. High school & college teams, $40 for first vehicle and rider; $10 for each additional vehicle or rider.
40th anniversary T-shirts are planned, to be ordered in advance and delivery made at rally.
To register in advance, which saves time Saturday or Sunday morning, click here:
Saturday, June 7: Registration starts at 8.
ONE-HOUR TIME TRIALS: Separate races for faster & slower vehicles, starting at 9:30 (streamliners, street liners, other fast vehicles) & 11.
Tentative: Concession stand open for lunch.
After lunch: HILL CLIMB / COAST-DOWN; riders start at bottom of hill and race up it one at a time. At top, they start coasting until they stop.
Then, standing start KILOMETER.
Late afternoon: If time and enough interest, urban transportation contest, tricycle race or old-timers race.
Trackside barbecue planned Saturday evening. Details to come.
Sunday, 8:30 a.m.- 12:30 approximately. SPRINT (top speed) EVENT: Racers start at top
of hill, pedal down it one at time, then timed over 200-foot stretch. Then, ROAD RACES on short course, not including hill, usually faired classes in first race, 12 miles, then unfaired classes, 9 miles.
Then, awards ceremony.
We will need volunteers to help set up and run events.
| if you have questions, suggestions or comments, contact rally organizers Mike Mowett, mowett@aol.com, or Mike Eliasohn, mikethebike2325@comcast.net TO GET TO THE RALLY: From I-75, get off at exit 91. Take M-15 south to Dixie Hwy. (US-24). Turn left, continuing south about 1 mile and turn left onto Waterford Road, then proceed to track. If coming from the west, take U.S. 23 north (or south) to M-59 (Highland Road). Go east on M-59 to Airport Road, then left (north) to US-24. Turn left, then immediately right onto Waterford Road. Go about a half-mile to track. CAMPING Free camping available overnight Friday and Saturday in the infield of the Waterford Hills track, starting at 6 p.m. Friday. Restrooms, showers and electrical hookups. STATE CAMPGROUNDS (www.michigan.gov/dnr, then click on "make a reservation. Highland Recreation Area, 5200 E. Highland Road (M-59), White Lake, 248-889-3750. Two miles east of Highland. Holly Recreation Area, 8100 Grange Road, Holly, 248-634-8811. Five miles east of Holly. Pontiac Lake Recreation Area, 7800 Gale Road, Waterford, 248-666-1020. Closest to Waterford Hills track, about 4 miles west. OAKLAND COUNTY: Groveland Oaks County Park, 5990 Grange Hall Road, Holly, northeast of Holly, 248-634-9811. HOTELS / MOTELS (with approximate distances/direction from Waterford Hills track) Clarkston - Olde Mill Inn of Clarkston, 5835 Dixie Hwy., 248-623-0300. Across Dixie Highway from Waterford Road leading to track. This is the closest motel to the track. Hartland - Best Western of Hartland, 10087 Highland Road (M-59) at US-23, 810-632-7177, 61 rooms. About 18 miles west. Waterford – American Inn and Suites, 7076 Highland Road (M-59), 248-666-8555, 111 rooms. About 3 miles southwest. Waterford – Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 4350 Pontiac Lake Road, 248-674-3434, 83 rooms. About 7 miles southwest. Whitmore Lake - Days Inn, 9897 Main St. (off US-23, exit 53), 734-550-0105, 60 rooms. About 33 miles southwest. | |||
