Caption: RVs, campers and tents filled the woods and coal banks around Tamaqua Saturday and Sunday for the extreme off road motorcycle competition, an official national qualifying event of the Reading Off Road Riders. DONALD R. SERFASS/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS

Caption: The dirt bike national qualifiers are large-scale events with an assortment of commercial tents, food vendors and promotional stands set up by corporate sponsors. DONALD R. SERFASS/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS

Caption: An unidentified competitor burns through an extremely rocky section of the course on Sunday while campers can be seen in the background. The event attracted many hundreds to the Tamaqua area for the weekend. DONALD R. SERFASS/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS