It is with great disappointment that RC Productions must announce the postponement of the IE Half Riverside that was to be held September 14th, 2008. If you have registered online your credit card will be refunded and if you registered by paper we will mail either your check or a refund check.
Our goal was to bring the same type of exciting events you are used to in other areas to the IE, close to home. Although we successfully put on IE Half Ontario in February, last Thursday the City of Riverside informed us that our course would not be approved.
We asked for approval earlier this year and after some discussion the direction of the course was reversed in order to clear main streets earlier in the day. We incorrectly assumed we had approval when the City asked for a professional traffic plan for the course you saw on the web site. We contracted $8,000 and completed the traffic plan which shows where to place barricades for all intersections, what type of barricades, how many officers are needed and what street closure information must be provided. Due to construction on the courses the permit was denied.
Two other issues also impacted the viability of the IE Half. Our title sponsor, Express Jet, withdrew their sponsorship from the event after ending service from Ontario last month. The Riverside Press Enterprise presented us with a contract to be a major advertising sponsor, but after an initial agreement, they informed us they could not participate as planned (however, they did place one add a week).
RC Productions will try to revive the Inland Empire Triple Set of races in northern, central and southern IE next year. This will depend on, among other things, finding a title sponsor to help alleviate the cost of producing these races.
We appreciate that many of you planned your race schedule with our event in mind, and we apologize for the inconvenience this has caused all of you.