5-8-04 BADGERS COURSE A--- FIRST RACE BACK ON THE RAPTOR. MY START WAS SO BAD SHAUN COULD SEE ME AT THE END OF THE BOMB. I PASSED A PATTY WHEN SHE WENT A LITTLE WIDE GOING DOWN THE HILL TOWARDS CHECK 1. I THEN PASSED 2 PEOPLE CUTTING THE CORNER INTO CHECK 1. FOLLOWED A COUPLE QUADS DOWN THE ROAD PASSED WHERE TONYS QUAD DIED. I FINALLY GOT PASSED TROY AND WAS CATCHING MCKENZIE AND SHE GOT SIDEWAYS SO I TRIED TO PASS ON THE LEFT AND TIPPED OVER. ALL THAT WORK FOR NOTHING. I THINK 4 PEOPLE PASSED ME. I CAUGHT BACK UP TO PATTY BEFORE CHECK 4 AND FOLLOWED HER UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE HOME CHECK WERE I LET HER GET AWAY. I WAS POUTING A LITTLE THERE. WHEN I MADE THE TURN TO GO BACK TOWARDS THE HILL I SAW THE LINE OF QUADS GOING UP AND THOUGHT I COULD CATCH THEM ALL. I COULD HAVE BUT PASSING WAS A DIFFERENT STORY. I GOT PATTY AT THE TOP OF THE HILL WITH A NICE PASS.
I PASSED SOMEBODY THAT CRASHED JUST AFTER CHECK 1 AND THEN DRAG RACED CHRIS AND LEFT HIM BEHIND. THERE IS TROY AGAIN WITH MCKENZIE JUST INFRONT OF THEM. I COULD CLOSE ON TROY BUT THE DUST AND LACK OF PASSING AREAS. I MADE ONE LAST DITCH EFFORT JUST AFTER CHECK 4 AND IT DIDN'T PAY OFF. I SLOWED DOWN TO STAY OUT OF THE DUST KNOWING THAT THERE ARE NO PLACES TO PASS TOWARD THE END. I WAS JUST TRYING TO STAY OUT OF DANGER SO IF THEY MESSED UP I WOULD BE ABLE TO PASS THEM STILL THEN ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE FINISH BOTH OF THEM SLOW AND I CATCH RIGHT UP. AFTER THE ROAD CROSSING IT WAS A MAD DASH TO THE FINISH. |