NEW_RACE_REPORT

NEW RACE REPORTS

9-28-02 LACR MOTO-X I FINALLY WON A RACE AT LACR. AFTER MANY MANY MANY TIMES OF MESSING UP A LEAD I FINALLY CAME THROUGH. MOTO 1 WELL ROY HAD PROBLEMS IN PRACTICE AND DECIDED TO TRY TO TEAR APART HIS MOTOR AND FIX HIS HEAD GASKET. WELL KEITH, GREG AND I WHERE HELPING HIM. THE RACE BEFORE OURS STARTED AND GREG TOOK OFF. I LEFT WHEN THE CHECKERED FLAG WAS FLOWN. WHERE IS THE WATER TRUCK WHEN WE NEED IT. THEY ALWAYS WATER BEFORE OUR RACE. WELL I COME FLYING THROUGH THE PITS WITH PEOPLE SCATTERING. I GET THERE JUST BEFORE THEY START GATE 1. I ROLL UP AND AWAY WE GO. I DECIDED TO TRY STARTING IN SECOND GEAR. WELL I LOOK ACROSS AND I SEE NOBODY BUT WHEN I TURNED I HIT THE SHIFTER AND NETRUAL AND MARIO GOT INFRONT OF ME. WELL WHILE TRYING TO GET PAST MARIO GREG MAKES A CRAZY MOVE TO GET BY. WELL ONCE I FINALLY GET AROUND MARIO ON LAP TWO GREG IS WELL A HEAD OF ME. I SEE THAT KEITH HAD STARTED THE RACE BUT WAS ABOUT 3/4 OF A LAP BEHIND. I DECIDED TO TRY AND GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO GREG SO IF HE GETS OFF THE TRACK THEN I CAN PASS HIM BUT NOT TO WASTE MY ENERGY. WE FINISH GREG,PHIL, MARIO THEN KEITH PASSED EARL AND A NEW GUY. MOTO 2 I GET THE HOLE SHOT AND LEAD A FEW LAPS WITH KEITH JUST BEHIND AND MARIO IS INFRONT OF GREG FOR ONCE. KEITH PASS ME WHEN I HIT NEUTRAL AGAIN. I THEN BEGAN TO YELL OUT LOUD THINGS I CAN'T SAY AT WORK. I DECIDED THEN TO JUMP THE SADDLE BACK JUMP. BOY I JUST MAKE IT LANDING ON TOP. ALSO I DID THE DOUBLE DOUBLE ONCE AS USUALLY. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL I CAN DO IT CONSISTANTLLY. I PULL ALONG SIDE OF KEITH OVER THE SADDLE BACK JUMP. I HAD THE INSIDE LINE AS WE TURN TO GO OVER THE BRIDGE AND THEN I HEAR IT. KEITHS ENGINE WINDING OUT. I KNOW THAT SOUND. HE HIT NEUTRAL. I HIT THE GAS AND TRIED TO EXTEND MY LEAD AND NOT MESS UP ON THE LAST TWO LAPS. WELL KEITH STAYED CLOSE BUT I WON. WITH KEITH GETTING SECOND AND GREG THIRD AND MARIO 4TH. WHEN GREG PASSED MARIO HE CASED A JUMP AND THEN HEARD RATTLING AND SLOWED DOWN. I AM SURE HE AND KEITH CAN'T WAIT TO BEAT ME NEXT ROUND. GREAT RACE KEITH...

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10-20-02 LACR MOTOX WELL THEY CHANGED THE TRACK ON US. IN PRACTICE GREG CRASHED TWICE. I USUALLY DON'T DO WELL WITH CHANGE SO I EXPECTED TO GET THIRD IN THE FIRST MOTO AND THEN HOPE TO IMPROVE FROM THERE. MOTO 1 I GOT THE HOLE SHOT AND WAS RIDING GOOD I DID THE FIRST PART OF THE DOUBLE DOUBLE BUT WAS AFRAID OF THE SECOND PART BECAUSE THERE IS A TURN JUST AFTERWARD. WELL I WAS POUNDING THE BACKSIDE OF THE LANDING OF THE JUMP THOUGH. I GOT OUT TO A COMFORTABLE LEAD AND KEITH BEAT GREG THEN MARIO. I HEAR THE BATTLE BETWEEN KEITH AND GREG WAS A GOOD ONE. MOTO 2 GREG GOT THE HOLE SHOT THEN MARIO, ME AND KEITH. I GOT BY MARIO ON LAP ONE AND THEN SET AFTER GREG. I PULLED ON THE INSIDE OF GREG THROUGH THE DOUBLE DOUBLE AND AS WE WERE GOING AROUND THE CORNER GREG CUT INSIDE AND CLIPPED MY FRONT TIRE AS I HIT THE BRAKES AND I WENT UP ON TWO WHEELS. I PUT MY FOOT DOWN AND PUSH MY QUAD BACK ON TWO WHEELS. I PASSED GREG ON THE NEW SECTION. GREG WENT OUTSIDE AFTER THE SECOND TABLE TOP WHICH USE TO BE A STEP UP AND I WENT TO THE INSIDE. I FINALLY FINISHED THE PASS AROUND THE TURN BEFORE THE DOUBLE DOUBLE. I RODE OUT TO ANOTHER BIG LEAD BUT ON THE LAST LAP I OVER JUMPED THE DOUBLE BEFORE YOU GO OVER THE BRIDGE. I STALLED IT TRYING TO STOP. LUCKLY I HAD THAT BIG LEAD. GREG BEAT KEITH WHICH WAS ANOTHER GOOD BATTLE AND MARIO CAME IN 4TH.

10-27-02 ITP QUAD CROSS SERIES-- THIS RACE IS RUN ON THE REM TRACK. THE TRACK IS FAST AND DANGEROUS. IT HAS THREE DROP-OFFS. A WOMEN RIDER BROKE HER LEG WHEN HER
THROTTLE STUCK GOING OVER ONE OF THE DROP-OFFS. A LITTLE KID GOT HURT JUMPING THE JUMP BEFORE THE FINISH LINE. MOTO 1 THE BANCHEE GUY GOT THE HOLE SHOT AND I WAS IN SECOND. I COULD NOT GET AROUND HIM BECAUSE THE COURSE IS NARROW AND EVERYTIME I TRIED TO PASS HE GOT IN MY WAY. I FELT IF I GOT BY HIM I COULD LEAVE HIM IN THE DUST BUT SINCE THIRD WAS WAY BEHIND US I BACKED OFF AND FIGURED I WOULD JUST TRY TO BEAT HIM IN THE NEXT MOTO. MY QUAD WAS MAKING ALOT OF NOISE. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE CHAIN BECAUSE IT WAS LOOSE AND THE BOTTOM ROLLER WAS BROKE. MOTO 2 THE PLAN WAS TO START CLOSER IN AND TRY TO GET THE WHOLE SHOT AND NOT GET FORCED TO THE OUTSIDE LIKE IN MOTO 1. WELL...THE GATE DROPPED AND I HIT THE GAS AND DID NOT GO ANYWHERE SO I TRIED TO GET IT INTO SECOND AND THE QUAD DIED. AS I WATCH THEM GO OUT OF SITE I FINALLY GOT STARTED. MY PLAN WAS NOW CATCH THEM ON LAP ONE AND PASS THE RAPTOR GUY(I FORGOT HIS NAME) ON LAP TWO AND START TO WORK ON BANSHEE GUY ON LAP THREE. WELL I GOT AROUND RAPTOR GUY ON LAP TWO AND THEN TRIED SOMETHING I DID NOT THINK WOULD WORK. AFTER THE THIRD DOWN HILL THERE IS A CORNER WHICH THE OUTSIDE IS VERY SOFT AND IN THE FIRST MOTO MY TIRES GOT OUT THERE AND JUST SPUN. WHEN WHEN WIDE AND WAY TO THEN CUT INSIDE. WELL I GOT TRACTION SOME HOW AND PULLED ALONG SIDE OF HIM. I ACCELERATED OVER THE JUMP AND MADE THE PASS. I THEN PULLED OUT TO A BIG LEAD. I THEN GOT MY QUAD HOME AND MY TRANNY DIED. I HOPE TO BE READY BY THE NEXT LACR RACE THE WEEK BEFORE THE NEXT ITP RACE.

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11-24-02-- ITP QUAD CROSS SERIES-- MY QUAD IS STILL BROKE SO ROY FROM Bigkidracing.com LOANED ME HIS 440 EX.. I MUST SAY THAT IT WAS BETTER THAN I THOUGHT. I WOULD NOT TRADE MY RAPTOR FOR A 440 EX BUT I WAS IMPRESSED. IN PRACTICE I RODE OVER MY LEG BECAUSE THE QUAD DID NOT HAVE HEAL GAURDS. MOTO 1-- I GOT A BAD START AND WAS IN FOURTH AROUND THE FIRST CORNER. I PASSED TWO RIDERS BY THE END OF LAP TWO BUT FELL TO FAR BEHIND THE 1ST PLACE GUY TO CATCH HIM. MOTO 2 --I KNEW I MUST GET A GOOD START SO I TRIED A DIFFERENT GATE AND TRIED TO TIME WHEN THE GATE WOULD DROP. I HAD A PERFECT START. I BEAT ALL THOSE BIG QUADS TO THE FIRST CORNER AND WENT INTO THE SECOND CORNER AND I DECIDED NOT TO LET OFF. (I KNEW I HAD TO GET A BIG LEAD EARLY BECAUSE I AM OUT OF SHAPE AND ROY'S QUAD DOESN'T HAVE THE RESERVIOR SHOCKS AND THEY FADED DURNING THE LAST FEW LAPS.) I GOT OFF TO THE SIDE AND REALLY GOT MY WEIGHT INTO IT. THEN IT HAPPENED. THE BACK END JUST KEPT SLIDING AND I STARTED FACING THE WRONG DIRECTION AND GOING UP ON TWO WHEELS. I STUCK MY FOOT DOWN TO GET BACK ON FOUR WHEELS.(DON'T EVER DO THAT KIDS. ITS BAD BAD BAD.) THEN I STARTED TO WHEELING BACKWARDS. WHEN I FINALLY CAME TO A STOP ALL I COULD SEE WAS A SEA OF BLUE QUADS COMING TOWARD ME. I WANTED TO GET GOING BUT I KNEW IF I MOVED I WOULD PROBABLY GET HIT. AFTER EVERYONE PASSED I TRIED TO GET GOING AND THEN I RUSHED AND STALLED IT. I RODE PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST RACES I HAVE EVERY RODE EXCEPT THAT SPIN. I RODE LIKE A MAD MAN TO CATCH UP. I ENDED UP 3RD IN THE MOTO AND 2ND OVERALL. NOW I AM TIED FOR FIRST. IT WILL COME DOWN TO THE FINAL ROUND. I HOPE I HAVE MY QUAD BACK. THANKS AGAIN ROY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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