Do you get a practice ride in Hare Scrambles? I have never ridden one yet. I sound like a broken record with this, but to stop my hand problems, I take two aspirin with a snack (so as to not upset stomach) before I go riding. On my practice ride, I have a bit of trouble hanging on, then for the rest of the day my hands are fine and no more of a problem. If I do not take the aspirin, they will give me trouble all day. I was really worried until I found this fix. I had started riding MX after a loooong spell of not-riding and I thought I would not be able to continue. I was worried my Carpal Tunnel would stop me from doing what I love. Then I found the very simple fix of the aspirin from another rider and it works.