koontz Adventures Youth HS race

[Pappy]

Today was round 5 of the Koontz Adventure Series (http://www.Koontzadventures.com). The event was held at Halleck Farms in Fairmont WV.


Team Quadshop youth rider Cody Hill was present and looking forward to doing well.

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Ryan Hill was also attending and making his racing debut! He wanted badly to get his Quadshop sponsored Eton 50 to the line and race!

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21 youth riders make themselves ready for the parade lap. This was an incredible turn out and starting next race the 50cc & 90cc will be split and run at different times.

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Starting row 8 to 10 year old 90cc getting ready to see who had what it takes to win todays event!

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90cc 11 to 12 year old start had some wheel bumping but the first turn was clean

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90cc 8 to 10 start was clean and the first turn looked to get busy in a hurry with the riders jockeying for a good position

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Cody Hill(yellow eton) took the inside line and was 4th going into the woods

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50cc open start was full of first time racers and a few old hats. Second from left on the red eton is rider Ryan Hill! 8 riders represented the 50 class

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Entering 4th Ryan had a tuff track ahead of him. They scale down the course, but its very intimidating and the kids love it!

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A father shouts words of encouragement as his son, currently running 1st screams down the straight-away!

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This younger rider was really ripping it up. he rode fast and was very smooth.

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Cody Hill running 3rd on the first lap leads Brandon Boso away from the barrels.

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Brandon Higgins leads A.J. Richards to the barrels on lap 2. Brandon kept up the pace and placed 3rd in class

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Elizibeth Scritchfield trys to hold off Brandon Boso, she finished 4th in class!

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Lap 3 had Cody Hill running in 2nd place and ripping it up. Cody Cooper follows on his trx90

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Overall winner Donnie Howell had his Polaris 90 rolling!

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Hunter Knight follows Ryan Hill on lap 3. Hunter took the 50cc class win!

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Cody hill picks off lappers in this and the next picture.

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Last race Cody was having trouble taking the pass and moving on. NOT today! Lap 4 Cody had a firm grasp on 2nd place!

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This young rider gets caught up with a 90cc class rider on a steep off camber. This wouldnt be the last time these 2 riders hooked up

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She has heart!! She didnt back down one inch and held her position!

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Lap 5 and Cody continued to hold 2nd place!! He was making things happen but riding clean!

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This 50cc rider hammers thru the mud!

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Bottlenecks started to form everywhere when the 90cc class met up with the 50 class

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Ryan Hill puts the 50 to work as he leads fellow class racers

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Eye's shut from the jolt he recieved at the bottom of the steep drop off

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The honda 90 isnt alone in the woods these days as 50 & 90cc quads are now well represented at every race

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Cody kind of surprised me and I didnt get the sharp picture I had hoped for, but check out the front suspension working like mad! It allowed him to hit sections like this much faster then the other riders!

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The 11 & 12 year old 90cc class formed into a tight train that just kept plowing along!

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Lap 8 and Cody still held second and there wasnt anyone even close to him. It appeared he had it locked up!

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This course offered the riders elevation changes that had all the trimmings, loose rocks, roots and tight tree's in places

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Lap 9 provided me with this sight....my 2 sons racing. Cody made the pass clean

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Inexpierence caused this hang-up...and BOY did she let him hear about it:p

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This rider gets his front wheels high after hitting a large embedded rock

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This section of track on lap 10 proved to be the downfall of many riders. The area just to the right is filled with large rocks and grapevine. Shown here are the 2 different lines with a rider taking each

[Pappy]

The 50cc riders just happened to get all bottlenecked up about the same time as Cody reached this area. Ryan and others were being helped thru the section by a course worker and other track help. I didnt even see Cody approach but did get to see him get hung up after trying an alternate line:( I rushed to help him but he was hung up pretty good allowing 2 other riders in his class to pass him. He ended up 4th in class. Thats racing:p

Ryan was running 3rd until this same bottleneck which put him back to 7th.

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After the race we removed this section of grapevine from Cody's quad:p

[Pappy]

I also raced today, and only planned on riding the course and not actually racing. I tried to be last off the line, i ended up hitting the first turn in 8th. The second turn which leads us into the woods found all but the leader in my class bottlenecked. I quickly saw a line and that was that. I caught the leader a few miles in and quickly passed him. After running into riders hung up on everything you can imagine, I had enough time to watch a rider tackle a hillclimb that 3 others were already hung up on. As he neared the top I dropped the hammer....only to catch him faster then planned and ofcourse, he nails a tree at the top. I couldnt let off the gas so i tried shooting around him, which worked fine until i clipped a tree sending me one way and the 450R another.

[Pappy]

After flipping the quad back on all 4's I tried getting it started but it was almost impossible due to the incline. I dismounted and searched for a rock to help hold the quad and keep it from sliding further down the hill everytime i kicked it. Now I dont know about you, but I aint never seen a section of trail without a good rock...until today:mad: So back on a kicking like mad to no avail. The rest of my class caught me and all but 3 passed me. Finally getting going I realized my day was done. The clutch lever was bent so bad it was almost impossible to use.

[holeshot19]

Originally posted by Pappy
After flipping the quad back on all 4's I tried getting it started but it was almost impossible due to the incline. I dismounted and searched for a rock to help hold the quad and keep it from sliding further down the hill everytime i kicked it. Now I dont know about you, but I aint never seen a section of trail without a good rock...until today:mad: So back on a kicking like mad to no avail. The rest of my class caught me and all but 3 passed me. Finally getting going I realized my day was done. The clutch lever was bent so bad it was almost impossible to use. and where can i get some i like the ones with a flange and i have been buying 2 sets of bike grips 2 make 1 set

[Pappy]

We run spider grips!

All mine come from Jeff at the Quadshops trailer :devil: (when he isnt looking:eek: ) but C&d carries them as do others. I love them!!


And I might add that Cody grabbed my camera and took some pics. What exactly does a 10 year old boy take pictures of:confused:

[Pappy]

Maybe he has my eye for catching stuff on film:p

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I couldnt explain what the heck this fella was doing:p

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He missed the fist fight in turn one:eek2: i saw it...and it was very uncalled for and the rider who thru the punch should have been yanked off the track

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He almost got a wreck on film:p

[batgeek]

i get a bigger kick outta watching the kids race than the adults!! :D

[MOFO]

Originally posted by batgeek
i get a bigger kick outta watching the kids race than the adults!! :D

same here! Friends of mine will take their kids to the track every once and awhile... its a hoot! :D

[cjpoole1]

Man, I wish Mid-South would do the kids races.:mad:

[Lil - Braff]

Awwww!! Those little kids are soo cute! lol Great job Cody and lilman! How long was the kids track? and how long did they run? And like always great pics!!!

Yea the kids really get into it! It seems like whenever i watch a kids race, the Eton90 always is alot faster.:confused:

[lsittingbull]

Yea, those little E-ton 90 sure is fast, I just bought my little girl one and man :eek2: that little thing scoots. I should of bought me one of those besides the kfx/400.

[Pappy]

Originally posted by Lil - Braff
Awwww!! Those little kids are soo cute! lol Great job Cody and lilman! How long was the kids track? and how long did they run? And like always great pics!!!

the course is usually 1 mile or a bit either way of 1 mile. the top riders usually complete 10 to 12 laps in 20 minutes. So thats 10 to 12 miles in 20 minutes...and on these small machines THATS FLYING!

Id like to see them run for 30 or 45 minutes myself.

[Ralph]

i dont usualy offer this, but....


your welcome to adopt me

[TDBRPH]

Originally posted by Pappy I dismounted and searched for a rock to help hold the quad and keep it from sliding further down the hill everytime i kicked it. Now I dont know about you, but I aint never seen a section of trail without a good rock...until today:mad: So back on a kicking like mad to no avail. The rest of my class caught me and all but 3 passed me. [/B]


The "magic" button on the YFZ would have been nice in that situation

;) J/K

[Codeman]

I thought I did really good, even tho I didnt get the holeshot. I was in 4th and started passing and moved to 2nd and i really thought I had a shot at the leader until the bottleneck on the last lap:mad:

The course was ruff but with my training and set up I was able to get thru it easily. It was tuff competition in the 90 class and trying to get around the 50s. lets hope next race will be totally different as we wont be running over the small kids.I think it will make it much safer with split races.

Im happy I didnt wreck, but yet I did get real muddy and mom wasnt happy but she will live:blah: I wish that they made the 90s race for an hour so i could wear out some of the older kids.

Most importantly I had fun and everyone was safe and nobody was hurt.

I would like to thank the promotors of the race for letting us kids race. And i would like to thank the Quadshop, Burgard Cycles and I would really like to thank my family for all thier support.

lets hope I do even better in the next race!

Cody

[brian-250]

ballance is gonna have some compilation(sp) and a #2 on his quad i a few years:eek2:

[Ralph]

hey cody, ur pretty tough riding without gloves

[JOEX]

Originally posted by Codeman
I thought I did really good, even tho I didnt get the holeshot. I was in 4th and started passing and moved to 2nd and i really thought I had a shot at the leader until the bottleneck on the last lap:mad:

The course was ruff but with my training and set up I was able to get thru it easily. It was tuff competition in the 90 class and trying to get around the 50s. lets hope next race will be totally different as we wont be running over the small kids.I think it will make it much safer with split races.

Im happy I didnt wreck, but yet I did get real muddy and mom wasnt happy but she will live:blah: I wish that they made the 90s race for an hour so i could wear out some of the older kids.

Most importantly I had fun and everyone was safe and nobody was hurt.

I would like to thank the promotors of the race for letting us kids race. And i would like to thank the Quadshop, Burgard Cycles and I would really like to thank my family for all thier support.

lets hope I do even better in the next race!

Cody
Way to go Codeman!

With that kind of attitude you'll go a long ways:)

[MotoXC33]

Pappy I really didn't have a clue what kind of place i was in going into the woods. I know you were right beside me to my left. The front end came up and didn't drop till I got to the first turn. Were you ahead of me going into the woods? I know when I got to the first uphill of the track, there was a single file line of quads sitting and waiting. I just passed them and made my own line up the first hill that was kind of at an angle. But I don't remember seeing you anywhere along the way... I ran 1st place in my class till the last lap. I stalled over a log, and my wire for the starter snapped at the connecter during the race. I pushed my bike to the next downhill and drift started it. I was passed by 2 riders in my class while I was pushing. So I finished 3rd in my class and 18th overall. Look forward to seeing you at the next race...

[Pappy]

Originally posted by MotoXC33
Pappy I really didn't have a clue what kind of place i was in going into the woods. I know you were right beside me to my left. The front end came up and didn't drop till I got to the first turn. Were you ahead of me going into the woods? I know when I got to the first uphill of the track, there was a single file line of quads sitting and waiting. I just passed them and made my own line up the first hill that was kind of at an angle. But I don't remember seeing you anywhere along the way... I ran 1st place in my class till the last lap. I stalled over a log, and my wire for the starter snapped at the connecter during the race. I pushed my bike to the next downhill and drift started it. I was passed by 2 riders in my class while I was pushing. So I finished 3rd in my class and 18th overall. Look forward to seeing you at the next race...

I went into the woods right infront of you, and never saw a line at any hill, but I know what one you are refering too. Im certain you passed me at the hill that had the creek at the bottom:p

I didnt even try on the start,,,infact i was preoccupied watching the fight and didnt even know we got the flag until I heard the quads start..lol

That was a pretty cool track if you like hills. God knows there was enough of them!!

[cdalejef]

Great job Cody and Ryan!!! :macho

[Ryan]

Originally posted by Jeff@QuadShop
Great job Cody and Ryan!!! :macho


I enjoyed the race coverage of the mini's :macho