On The Pegs January 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 1 | Page 118

On The Pegs
A Wintry Weekend at
Wildwood
By Stephanie Vetterly
October 13/14, 2018
It’s only October, but it feels as if snow should be falling any minute, or at least
that’s how it felt for the closing event of TI’s season. Wildwood Lake Raceway
has been part of the Trials Inc series since 2013; while many things have changed
in the sport of trials over the years and in the terrain itself, one thing remains
true: if you want to ride a section in a cave, ride at Wildwood. Yep, that’s right!
Rumored to be the only event in the United States that hosts a section in a cave,
riders are given a nice scenic, but muddy, tour through the woods of Ohio to get
to the infamous cavern.
On any normal day throughout the year, Wildwood can be seen as a place to
ride motocross, grand prix, and ATVs. 2018 was a brand new year for this loca-
tion. Not only did property owner Brent Windland host his 6th annual trials
event for Trials Inc, he hosted his first AMA sponsored Extreme Enduro entitled
“Bad Medicine @ Fallen Timbers” at the end of July. Brent is looking to repeat