| RACE REPORTS |
| 3-10 LARC GRAND PRIX----Well this is a 45min. motorcross event. The course is two tracks put together. Well There were 12 beginners. Well I got my usual bad gp start an was last off the line. Well unlike in Jan. I got stuck behind some really slow riders. So I had no idea who was in the lead. It took me over a lap to get around the slowest riders. THe track was chewed up because we were the second to last race. Well I did not realize that the table top right after the start made you drift left until I hit the jump in third. I was in the air and realized that the side of the table top was coming up fast. I end up riding down the side. Well then I got stuck behind a big guy on a 250r. I was faster but he sure knew how to ride and take up the whole track.I finally got around him and there were only a few people ahead of me that I could see. I caught both of them. One was a raptor that waved me by and the other was a kid on a blaster that I was laping. Well I was on the inside and going around the last turn he decided to come over on me and I hit him and then he moved over. I end up 5th in my class but 1&2 were in the wrong class because they beat most of the riders that were two gates ahead of us. Well I had a good race and jumped some jumps that I had never cleared so I guess I am getting better..... |
| 4-13 WHITE BROS. 4STROKE CHAMP. TT- THIS IS MY FIRST TIME RACING TT. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. TWO BIG SWEEPING CORNERS WITH ONE STRAIGHT AWAY AND FOUR TIGHT CORNERS AND A SMALL TABLE TOP. WE GOT TWO PRACTICE SESSIONS WHICH WAS NICE SO WE TRIED DIFFERENT TIRE PRESSURES. ALSO THE PROS RACES BEFORE US SO WE COULD WATCH TO SEE HOW IT IS REALLY DONE. THE INT. STARTED IN FRONT OF US NOV. THE WAVED THE L |
| 4-28 LACR MOTO-X THIS WAS NOT A GOOD DAY FROM THE START. I TRIED TO PRACTICE WITHOUT A CAP ON MY DRY SUMP. MY BROTHER-INLAW TAPED A RUBBER PIECE FROM HIS CIGARRET LIGHTER IN THE HOLE SO THE OIL WOULD NOT COME OUT. I HAD TO BORROW OIL FROM ROY BLOODWORTH SO I COULD RACE. IN MOTO ONE WENT OF THE TRACK TWICE AND CASED IT ON A TRIPLE JUMP. I ALSO GOT HIGH CENTERD ONCE. SO I HAD TO GET OFF AND MOVE MY QUAD. THE SECOND MOTO I CRASHED AFTER GETTING THE WHOLE SHOT. I END UP 8TH . I THINK I SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN BED. |
| 5-4 BIG 6 GRAND PRIX@ GORMAN- I WAS GETTING SICK ON FRIDAY BUT I STILL WENT UP AND STAYED THE NIGHT UP THERE. WHEN I WOKE UP I COULD FILL MY TONSIL HITTING THE BACK OF MY TONGUE. I DECIDE SINCE I WAS THERE I WOULD RACE. WELL THE START WENT WELL. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK GOING IN TO THE WHOOP SECTION WHICH THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED AND I HIT HIM. WELL EVERYONE GOT AROUND ME WILL I WAS TRYING TO GET AROUND HIM. I PASSED SEVERAL RIDERS ON THE TRACK SECTION. I WAS STUCK BEHIND A GIRL ON A 300 EX ON THE TRAIL SECTION. WELL I PASSED HER AND A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ON THE TRACK. I KEEPED PICKING PEOPLE OFF ONE BY ON AND WAS FEELING GREAT FOR SOME REASON. WELL I CAUGHT UP TO A GUY GOING SLOW BUT HE DECIDE TO PICK UP THE PACE. WELL THEN WE CAUGHT A GUY I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO BEAT SINCE NOV. WELL WE BOTH PASSED HIM AND THE CAUGHT UP TO LAP A SIDE CAR. WELL HE WAVED THE RIDER IN FROM OF ME ON BUT CUT ME OFF. I WAS ALMOST A QUARTER OF A MILE BEHIND THE NEXT GUY BY THE TIME I GOT AROUND THE SIDE CAR. THAT WAS WITH TWO LAPS LEFT. WELL I CAUGHT HIM AT THE END BUT I COULD NOT PASS HIM. WELL NOT A BAD JOB. 4TH IN MY CLASS AND 16TH OVERALL OUT OF ABOUT 40. |
| 5-11 AMUTER DAY@GLEN HELEN--THIS WENT WELL FOR ME THE FIRST MOTO. I PLACED 2ND OVERALL AND 1ST IN NOV. THEN THE SECOND MOTO. I LOST ALL BUT 1ST GEAR.ON THE SECOND LAP. WELL I WAS CATCHING 1ST WAS I STOPPED TRYING TO SHIFT BUT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME. I END UP 2ND IN NOV. |
| YAMAHA DEALER SERIES #1 I STALLED IT ON THE START. THEN I WENT ON A TEAR AND PASTED 14 PEOPLE IN MY CLASS.I END UP 8TH. IT WAS NICE TO BE AT GLEN HELEN WITH SOME GOOD SHOCKS. I REALLY TIRED MY SELF OUT THOUGH TRYING TO CAUGHT UP. 2ND MOTO I GOT A DECENT START BUT I TIRED WITH TWO LAPS LEFT AND WAS JUST TRYING TO STAY NEAR 4TH AND 5TH. I TRIED TO PASS 5TH GOING DOWN THE HILL BUT HE ALMOST FORCED ME OFF THE HILL SO I HAD TO HIT THE BREAKS AND I COULD NOT RECOVER FROM THAT. I END UP SIXTH FOR THE MOTO AND RACE. |
| YAMAHA DEALER SERIES #3 WELL THE DAY DIDN'T START OFF WELL. WHILE TIGHTING SOME BOLTS RIGHT BEFORE PRACTICE I FOUND A PROBLEM. MY FRAME WAS BROKE ON BOTH SIDES OF MY GAS TANK. SO I DID NOT PRACTICE. AFTER STEVE(MY MECHANIC) TRIED TO CONVINCE ME TO GO HOME I DECIDE TO RACE BUT NOT TO JUMP. THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK. WELL MOTO 1 THERE WAS ANOTHER PILE UP IN THE SECOND CORNER. THE GIRL WITH THE BLUE AND PINK QUAD WAS IN THIRD AND GOT TANGLED UP THERE AND UP AT THE TOP OF THE HILL. WELL TONY MUNIO ROLLED HIS NEW CANNADALE JUST BEFORE THE BACK SECTION AND STILL WON THE RACE. I GOT 9TH IN THE FIRST MOTO. WELL AFTER ANOTHER LONG WAIT IT WAS TIME FOR THE SECOND MOTO. I WAS NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. WELL I ACTUALLY GOT A GOOD START AND AGAIN THERE WAS A TRAFFIC JAM IN THE SECOND TURN. I PUSHED SOMEBODYS QUAD THAT WAS STUCK IN FRONT OF ME. THAT HILL WAS GREAT TODAY COMING DOWN I PASSED A COUPLE OF PEOPLE DOWN THERE. COMING DOWN THE MUDDY STRAIGHT AWAY I TRIED TO PASS A FEW PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE BUT I CARRIED TO MUCH SPEED INTO THE CORNER AND GOT STUCK. WELL I DECIDED I WOULD JUST PASS THE GIRLS AND PACK IT IN AND JUST GET A COUPLE OF POINTS. THEN I SAW THE WARRIOR IN FRONT OF ME SO I WENT AFTER HIM. WHEN I PASSED HIM I SAW RICKY AND HAD TO PASS HIM AT THE FINISH LINE JUMP ON THE WHITE FLAG. I HEARD HIS FRIEND SAY CATCH HIM BUT I TOOK OFF. THEN I SAW JON BERGMAN AND HAD TO TRY AND CATCH HIM. HE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS THAT MOTO. I TRIED HARD BUT WITH NOT JUMPING IT IS REALLY HARD TO GO FAST. WELL I GOT 10TH THAT MOTO AND END UP 9TH. THAT DROPPED ME FROM TIED FOR 4THTO 6TH IN THE POINTS. WELL I HOPE TO GET MY QUAD FIXED BY NEXT ROUND. |
| 6-21 LARC MOTO X- I HAD TO BORROW A QUAD FOR THIS RACE. WELL I HATE TWIST THROTTLE. IN PRACTICE I WENT OVER A BERM AND HIT THE SIDE OF A JUMP. I NEVER FELT COMFORTABLE IN THE FIRST MOTO AND ENTERED THE FIRST CORNER LAST SINCE I DID NOT WANT TO GET TANGLED UP. I FIRST PASTED THE MARIO JR. THEN EARL. WELCOME BACK EARL. I KEEPED ACCELLERING ON ACCIENT AND COULD NOT PASS ANYBODY ELSE. THE SECOND MOTO WENT WELL FOR ME EVEN THOUGH I DID NOT PLACE BETTER. I THE BOY ON THE BLASTER CAME INTO A CORNER TO HARD AND GOT INTO ME. HIS QUAD ENDED UPSIDE DOWN. LATER IN THE RACE I PASSED #57 WHEN SOMETHING WENT WRONG BUT HE SOON PASSED ME BACK. WELL I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY QUAD BACK...... |
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