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The entry fee is $35 for both days; $25 for one day (Saturday or Sunday). The entry fee includes membership in the MHPVA. Test ride pass, $5. Spectators admitted free.
     New this year will be a prize for "best homebuilt." There's no set criteria and the winner won't necessarily be the fastest. The prize will be a copy of Atomic Zombie's Bicycle Builder's Bonanza, by Brad Graham and Kathy McGowan (388 pages, McGraw-Hill, 2004), which retails for $24.95.
     The Michigan HPV Rally uses Human Powered Race - America classes and rules (http://www.recumbents.com/hpra/rulesand.htm).

Schedule of Events (Subject to change)

Saturday, June 5
8 am - Registration, vehicle inspection, practice runs.
9:30 am - Hour time trial (faster vehicles).
11 am - Hour time trial (slower vehicles).
Noon - Lunch break (bring your own food or eat at nearby restaurants).
1:30 pm - Hill climb / coast down (counts as two events).
1 - 4 pm - Urban transportation contest.
(It's possible to compete in this event and the hill climb / coast down).
3:30 pm - 1,000 meter (1 kilometer) time trial.
Tentative: 5 p.m. -- 56-mile road race.

Sunday
8 am - Registration, vehicle inspection, practice runs.
9 am - Speed sprints (flying start, speed timed through 200 feet timing trap).
11 am - Road races (no classes).
2 pm - Awards presentation.

 PLACES TO STAY ON YOUR WAY TO MICHIGAN HPV RALLY

MOTELS
Clarkston -- Clarkston Motor Inn, 6853 Dixie Hwy. (U.S.-10), (248) 625-1522, 12 rooms. About 2 miles northeast of Waterford Hills track.

Hartland -- Best Western of Hartland, 10087 M-59 at U.S. 23, (810) 632-7177, 61 rooms. About 18 miles west of Waterford Hills track.

Waterford -- Best Western Concorde Inn of Waterford, 7076 Highland Road (M-59), (248) 666-8555, 111 rooms. About 3 miles southwest of Waterford Hills track.

Waterford -- Highlander Motel, 2201 Dixie Hwy. at Telegraph Road, (248) 338-4061, 50 rooms. About 6 miles southeast of Waterford Hills track.

Whitmore Lake -- Best Western of Whitmore Lake, 9897 Main St. (off U.S. 23, exit 53), 734-449-2058, 61 rooms. About 33 miles southwest of Waterford Hills.

CAMPGROUNDS
Free camping is available overnight Friday and Saturday at the Waterford Hills Sportsman Club, site of the HPV rally, starting at 6 p.m. Friday. Restrooms and showers available and possibly electrical hookups.

STATE CAMPGROUNDS (www.dnr.state.mi.us)
Highland Recreation Area, 5200 E. Highland Road (M-59), White Lake, (248) 889-3750. Two miles east of Highland.

Holly Recreation Area, 8100 Grange Hall Road, Holly, (248) 634-8811. Five miles east of Holly,

Ortonville Recreation Area, 5779 Hadley Road, Ortonville, (248) 627-3828. Four miles northeast of Ortonville,

Pontiac Lake Recreation Area, 7800 Gale Road, Waterford, 248-666-1020. About 4 miles southwest of Waterford Hills track,

PRIVATE CAMPGROUNDS (www.michcampgrounds.com)

Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park of Holly, 7072 E. Grange Hall Road, (248) 634-8621 or (800) 442-YOGI. About 12 miles northwest of Waterford (I-75, exit 101).

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