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10-19-03  ITP I DECIDED TO RACE TWO CLASSES THIS TIME. I NEED THE PRACTICE. PRACTICE WENT OK UNTIL I CLEARED THE BIG STEP UP BUT LANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE TRACK AND BLEW THE CORNER. THEN COMING DOWN THE HILL I ROLLED THE QUAD. THE QUAD AND I ARE OK. MY RACES WERE 5 & 7.
400 4STROKE NOV. MOTO 1--I COULD HAVE HAD THE HOLE SHOT BUT I DOWN SHIFTED INSTEAD OF UPSHIFTING SO KEITH AND SPANKLER GOT PAST ME. I TRIED TO STAY WITH THEM BUT IT WASN'T HAPPENING. I DID THE SAME THING AS IN PRACTICE ON THE STEP UP. I FIGURED  OUT THAT THE THE SIDE I WAS JUMPING ON THREW YOU THAT WAY. I STALLED IT A BUNCH. LOTS OF MISTAKES.
OPEN NOV.  MOTO 1--NOT A BAD START. ABOUT MID PACK  I LET OFF THE GAS WHEN #00 RUBBED TIRES WITH ME. AGAIN TOO MANY MISTAKES AND ENDED UP 4TH.
400 4STROKE NOV. MOTO 2--GREAT START... KEITH AND I WERE SIDE BY SIDE UP THE HILL AND I DECIDED TO GO WIDE AT THE BOTTOM AND CUT IN TIGHT AND PAST HIM FOR 1ST.  GOING OVER THE OTHER STEP UP. I LEAD FOR A COUPLE OF LAPS AND THEN STALLED IT IN THE BIG SWEEPING CORNER BY THE START AND KEITH HIT ME FROM THE BACK. SPANKLER WENT AROUND THE OUTSIDE. I  DECIDED TO LET KEITH AROUND SO HE COULD CATCH HIM SINCE I WASN'T GETTING ANY CLOSER. KEITH THEN WENT OVER THE BERM IN THE BACK SECTION ON THE LAST LAP. I  STOPPED AND LET HIM BY SINCE HE IS IN THE POINTS CHASE AND I AM NOT. I ENDED UP 3RD ,  KEITH GOT 2ND AND SPANKLER 1ST..OH YEAH TONY JONHSON GOT 4TH BECAUSE HE HAD SOMEBODY ELSE RIDE HIS FIRST MOTO. SINCE HE CAN'T WALK.
OPEN NOV. MOTO 2--BAD START. I WAS IN  LAST  PLACE AND STAYED WITH THEM THIS TIME. WE WERE ALL BUNCHED TOGETHER BUT ON THE LAST LAP I STALLED IT AND IT WOULD NOT START.
10-12-03 SO. CAL.--I HAD TO START WITH THE ENGINE ON BECAUSE MY STARTER WILL NOT ALWAYS START ON THE RAPTOR. I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL EVERYBODY LEFT THE LINE. OK STARTI WAS RIGHT BEHIND SHAUN, PATTY AND ERIC AND IN FORNT OF TODD. THE FIRST HILL HAD A ROCK FORMATION WE HAD TO GO OVER. I HIT THE GAS A LITTLE HARD AND THE QUAD WENT STRAIGHT UP. I FLEW OFF AND  LUCKILY THE QUAD STOOD STRAIGHT UP. TODD WENT AROUND ME BUT GOT STUCK WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR PATTY, SHAUN AND ERIC TO GET UNSTUCK  ON A ROCKY DOWNHILL. PATTY THEN WAVED ME PAST SINCE SHE ALREADY HAD A FRONT FLAT. I WAS THEN FOLLOWING SHAUN. WE LOST THE RIBBON. I SLOWED QUICKLY TO TRY TO FIND IT BUT SHAUN RACED OFF AWHILE THEN CIRCLED BACK. WE FINALLY SAW A FEW MOTORCYCLES FOLLOWING THE RIBBON SO WE WENT TOWARDS THEM. I ENDED UP IN FRONT OF SHAUN. WE  CAUGHT ANDREA AND TROY. SHAUN HAD A LINE THAT TOOK HIM AHEAD OF ME. I FOUND A BETTER LINE AND PASSED HIM AND TROY. THEN I PASSED ANDREA UP A HILL WHEN SHE WAVED ME BY. I NEVER SAW SHAUN AGAIN. I KNEW I WAS WAY BEHIND SO I DECIDED TO JUST USE IT AS A PRACTICE. I WAS GOING AS FAST AS I COULD. I THEN CHASED DOWN ERIC. THEN I SAW ANOTHER QUAD. I SAW THAT IT WAS JENNIFER.  SHE WAS COMING TO A HILL WE WENT UP IN THE FIRST NAT. WHERE SHE PASSED ME. SHE WENT TO THE WRONG PATH AND I PASSED HER WITH HER OWN LINE. JENNEFER CAUGHT BACK UP WHEN I MISSED THE ALT. BUT ONCE WE GOT THROUGH THE CANYON I OPENED A HUGH LEAD AND WON OUR CLASS.
7-19 LACR--I WENT WITH MY NEW YFZ 450 TO GET SOME PRACTICE IN. I LOOKED AT THE SHEET OF 7 OTHER RIDERS AND EXPECTED TO GET 5TH OR SO SINCE I HAVE NOT RACED A TRUE MX TRACK SINCE OCT. MOTO 1--I COULD HAVE HAD THE HOLE SHOT IF I WOULD HAVE CUT BRIAN RODGERS OFF SO I JUST FELL IN BEHIND HIM HOPING TO FOLLOW AND STAY CLOSE. WE CAME TO THE FIRST BIG DOUBLE AND I ROLLED IT AND LARRY FLEW OVER ME. THEN AS WE PASSED UNDER THE BRIDGE I TRIED TO LET KEITH BY ME SINCE LARRY AND KEITH ARE IN THE POINTS BATTLE.  WELL AS KEITH PASSED HE HIT MY TIRES AND I KILLED IT. THREE OTHER RIDERS PASSED BEFORE I COULD GET IT STARTED AGAIN. LAP TWO I PASSED TWO GUYS BACK AND ON LAP THREE I OVER CLEARED A JUMP AN CRASHED. I BENT MY TIE ROD AND DIDN'T KNOW SO WHEN I WENT AROUND A COUPLE OF CORNERS I THEN ROLLED IT. SO NEEDLES TO SAY I SLOWLY FINISHED THE RACE. BRIAN GOT 1ST, LARRY 2ND, ME 7TH AND KEITH 8TH(HE THREW A CHAIN).  MOTO 2--I WAS IN 6TH GOING TO THE FIRST BIG DOUBLE AND EVERYBODY EXCEPT ME CLEARED IT. I WAS GOING TO TRY IT ON THE SECOND LAP BUT THE QUAD JUST DID NOT FEEL RIGHT. MIKE STRAIGHTED MY TIE ROD INBETWEEN MOTO'S. I ENDED UP 8TH OUT OF 8.
ITP ROUND 4---THANKS TO ROY HE ALLOWED ME TO USE THE TNT SPONSORED 440 EX. PRACTICE WAS GREAT BECAUSE I JUST FOLLOWED BRITTNEY AROUND SINCE IT WAS MY FIRST MX RACE IN 4 MONTHS. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A BAD IDEA. THE QUAD WAS SET UP ALL WRONG FOR ME. WHEN I LANDED ON JUMPS MY HEELS HIT AND THE THUMB THROTTLE WAS WAY DOWN. WELL I WAS IN 3RD UNTIL THE END OF THE 3RD LAP WHEN MY FOREARM GOT TIRED AND I HAD TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE I COULD NOT USE THE THROTTLE WELL. I AM NOT SURE WHAT PLACE I ENDED UP IN. MOTO 2 I DIDN'T HAVE A RIGHT GRIP BECAUSE KEITH LOST IT IN HIS 2ND MOTO.I WAS WITHIN SIGHT OF THE LEADER UNTIL LAP 3 AGAIN AND MY HAND STARTED TO SLIP OF THE BARS. I SKYED OVER THE HILL AND WHEN I LANDED MY HAND CAME RIGHT OFF. I WAS GOING FAST UNTIL THAT HAPPENED. OH WELL I WAS HAPPY TO BE OUT THERE RIDING AND GAINING POINTS. AGAIN THANKS TO ROY AND KEITH FOR ALLOWING ME TO USE THEIR QUAD.
RUTS DAY 2--IT WAS HOT BUT NOT AS HOT AS THE DAY BEFORE. SHAUNS QUAD WAS DEAD SO HE CHEERED US ON. WELL I SHOULD HAVE NEVER SHOT MY MOUTH OFF ABOUT GOOD STARTS. ANOTHER NOT SO GOOD START. I DIDN'T BEAT LEE OFF THE LINE SO I WENT LEFT TO AVOID THE DUST. NOT A GOOD IDEA. IT WAS REAL ROUGH OUT THERE. I HAD TO SLOW WAY DOWN. I ENDED UP JUST IN FRONT OF ERIC AND BEHIND TWO OF THE NEW GUYS. AS WE LEFT THE BOMB AREA. I PASSED THE FIRST OF THE TWO NEW GUYS AFTER THE LITTLE CANYON. WITH IN A MILE I PASSED THE OTHER GUY. WE WENT DOWN A SIDE OF A CREEK AND I WENT STRAIGHT BECAUSE I JUST SAW A LITTLE BUSH. WELL THAT LITTLE BUSH HAD A BIG ROCK IN THE MIDDLE AND I HIT IT AND SPUN DOWN THE HILL AS I GOT SIDEWAYS I BAILED OFF. LUCKLY THE QUAD DID NOT ROLL. MY ARM START TO REALLY HURT THOUGH. I LOST ONE POSITION. I FOLLOWED HIM UNTIL JUST AFTER THE HOME CHECK. I COULD TELL SOMEBODY WAS AHEAD OF ME BUT I COULD NOT TELL WHO. ON LAP TWO I KEPT GETTING CLOSE BUT ONCE I GOT INTO THE DUST I WOULD BACK OFF. AFTER THE LAST CHECK I SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS OUR LAST LAP AND I KNEW I COULD NOT PASS THE PERSON AND I THOUGHT IT WAS ANOTHER OF THE NEW PEOPLE. I DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE JERSEY. THEN I SAW THE WHITE FLAG AND I WAS PISSED. SO I TOOK OFF AFTER THE PERSON. I  GOT CLOSE BUT I KEPT GETTING IN THE DUST AND MESSING UP SO I SAID FORGET THIS I AM NOT HURTING MYSELF TO BEAT SOME NOVICE. IT TURNED OUT TO BE JENNIFER WITH LEE JUST IN FRONT OF HER. IF I WOULD HAVE KNOW I WOULD HAVE WENT FOR HER. CHARLIE WON. LEE 2ND -7 MIN., JENNIFER 3RD 9 MIN., ME 4TH 9:45, P57 5TH ??, TROY 6TH 13:20, ERIC 7TH 14:50, JANN 8TH 18:20, P65 9TH 2LAPS, RICK 10TH 2 LAPS, P60 DNF, ANDREAS BAD LUCK CONT. WITH A DNF.
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