Mid East Round Five-Greeneville,TN

[Bonnie Cook]

Round 5 of the Mid East Series was at I-81 Speedway in Greeneville, TN. The race started out with over a hundred quad riders, looking forward to the seven mile rocky track. Ten Pro riders lined up on Row One. Current point's leader, Bryan Cook.

[Bonnie Cook]

Second Place in points, Mike Houston was looking forward to the race day. Being the featured rider on the Plaque, Houston was looking for an Overall.

[Bonnie Cook]

Travis Styles, aboard the Honda 450R is no stranger to great finishes.

[Bonnie Cook]

Mike Smith, found out just an hour before race time that he was paged to leave for Iraq by the end of the month. Smith figured he had a once in a possible life-time chance to race Pro, and that he did.
Mike we wish you love and luck over in Iraq, fighting for our country. After a welcoming round of applause on the starting line, Smith ended up not finishing the race.

[Bonnie Cook]

Billy Good, Native to TN, showed up to see how he would fare against the Mid East Pro Riders and found his way onto Pro Row.

[Bonnie Cook]

DJ Sigmon needed a good finish, after blowing his quad at Round Four in Hickory, NC

[Bonnie Cook]

Ricky Towery calls it out:
"Ten Seconds..."

[Bonnie Cook]

The green flag went up and Mike Houston dusted out the Pros, taking the holeshot. Getting into the woods first at a race like this was crucial because the motocross track was going to be dusty. Santo DeRisi jumped over the whoops second with Bryan Cook in third.

[Bonnie Cook]

On the second row: the A Class.
Eddy Siegers takes the holeshot, but looses his swing arm after the whoops. Will Cashion takes a blow when getting hit off the double jump. Cashion still held onto the lead into the woods.

[Bonnie Cook]

The 4 Stroke B Class was another battle off the starting line.

[Bonnie Cook]

With over thirty riders in the 4 Stroke C Class, everyone knew there would be one hang up atleast.
Here is turn two.

[Bonnie Cook]

Aaron Wittenberg had to borrow his brother's quad, and look what happens!!!!

[Bonnie Cook]

Second Lap, Mike Houston still held onto just under a thirty second lead. Looking good!!!!

[Bonnie Cook]

Santo DeRisi was pushing his Yamaha to get a hold of Houston. Would he be able to in the five lap race?????

[Bonnie Cook]

Bryan Cook was holding onto third, still less than a minute from Houston. The top three pulled nearly two minutes over fourth.

[Bonnie Cook]

By the end of the second lap, Aaron pulled in with a flat tire.

[Bonnie Cook]

Aaron may look down, but he went to the pits for just a few minutes and kicked it back out onto the track in high gear!!!!

[Bonnie Cook]

Wyatt Westmoreland, showing out on the Honda 450R. Currently running fourth in the Pro Class.

[Bonnie Cook]

Travis Styles was under twenty seconds behind Westmoreland and looking for to close in the gap.

[Bonnie Cook]

DJ Sigmon was still running and in behind Styles.

[Bonnie Cook]

After just moving to the A Class, Jason Wyatt was holding onto first place.

[Bonnie Cook]

Joey Coogler kept Wyatt within seeing distance, hoping to be able to hold Wyatt's pace and make a move.

[Bonnie Cook]

Isaac Bentley was holding onto third place in the A Class, and hoping to put in great finish.

[Bonnie Cook]

After suffering an injury off the start, Will Cashion could no longer take the pain in his back. I just got an email from his mom saying he may have bruises, but that won't stop Cashion!

[Bonnie Cook]

Shon Franklin, in the Vet Class, put on another great fight to hold onto the class lead.

[Bonnie Cook]

Corey Mitchell rode all over Franklin, never letting him have an easy fight!

[Bonnie Cook]

Billy Good was holding onto a top ten overall ride.

[Bonnie Cook]

Jason LaRusso was back at Round Five and looking to compete.

[Bonnie Cook]

Devin Westmoreland returned to the Mid East Series after being gone for several years from racing. It was good to see Devin turn on the heat and put in a solid finish.

[Bonnie Cook]

Freddy Montgomery

[Bonnie Cook]

GUMP!!!!!!

[Bonnie Cook]

Adam Buchanan, one tough rider, was racing hard with pins in his wrist. Buchanan was running in second all day, right with the first place finisher.

[Bonnie Cook]

Taking the checkered flag second, Mike Houston

[Bonnie Cook]

Third Overall, Bryan Cook

[Bonnie Cook]

DeRisi was tired after chasing down Houston for the Overall.
Congratulations Santo!!!!

[Bonnie Cook]

Results:

[Admin]

Awesome Report Bonnie :D

Congrats to Santo on his Overall. Also, I hope Will is 100% by the Patriot.

[cdalejef]

Originally posted by EXriders Admin
Awesome Report Bonnie :D

Congrats to Santo on his Overall. Also, I hope Will is 100% by the Patriot. Sure you do! ;) :p

[Admin]

Originally posted by Jeff@QuadShop
Sure you do! ;) :p

I just don't want to hear any excuses when I leave him in the dust that he was racing injuried:devil: :blah:

Seriously, I look forward to racing with the top runners in the class and I hate to see anyone get hurt. Will has come a long way this year as a racer, and I enjoy battling with him on the track.

[Out_Sider]

i'd like to race a few harescrambles..but right now my schedule is full of MX :D

[Wingnut]

Originally posted by EXriders Admin
I just don't want to hear any excuses when I leave him in the dust that he was racing injuried:devil: :blah:

No excuses from me. I'm back to about 70%, and that's more than enough. Aren't you due for a DNF?:confused:

oh oh oh.. more smack talk.


Goin to get a soda and some popcorn... (runs down hallway)

:eek: :eek2:

[Admin]

Originally posted by Wingnut
No excuses from me. I'm back to about 70%, and that's more than enough. Aren't you due for a DNF?:confused:

Watch your Tongue, there whipper snapper!!!

I almost DNFed before the race even started. I was about to load up the Z for the race the other day and noticed a few drops of blue fluid on the shop floor. It ended up being radiator fluid, so I was like, huh????

I went for a ride and came back and half the fluid was gone in about 5 minutes of riding. I found out that my water pumps mechanical seal went bad, so luckily I just bought another spare engine and took the seal out of it.

I wouldn't have finished one lap before the engine would have seized up most likely, so I am thankful that I noticed it at the last minute. I am sure you are just as happy as I am that this tragedy was avoided.

By the way Will, I have had my share of problems this year. I probably shouldn't have finished Rausch Creek, but I never quit if I can avoid it at all cost.

[Wingnut]

I know you've had problems. I'm just tired of that 20 point lead you have. Wouldn't you like to watch the AM race for a change? :blah:

[Admin]

Originally posted by Wingnut
I know you've had problems. I'm just tired of that 20 point lead you have. Wouldn't you like to watch the AM race for a change? :blah:

lol:D

See Ya on the LINE at "The Patriot."

[barry rhames]

so was that you that got landed on

[barry rhames]

yeah i know what ya mean i should have quit when my rear skid came of but i didnt and now im rotor shoping

[Wingnut]

That was me.

[barry rhames]

now i know what to do to catch you no ihate you got hurt nobody wants to win that way

[gump]

Originally posted by EXriders Admin
I just don't want to hear any excuses when I leave him in the dust that he was racing injuried:devil: :blah:

Seriously, I look forward to racing with the top runners in the class and I hate to see anyone get hurt. Will has come a long way this year as a racer, and I enjoy battling with him on the track. come on Will brings us anthor overall back to the mideast!!! show em who has the best riders... i would go but that would show em who has the worst riders... :D

[barry rhames]

some day im going to be the top runner in the class

[barry rhames]

bonnie when are you goin to update the mid east web site remember me.... lol

[barry rhames]

ill talk to yall in a couple days im going to buy an orange 450.lol:devil:

[gump]

:D

[barry rhames]

gump was that you pullin the hole shot last weekend

[gump]

nope.. died on the start.. last off the line and it got worse after that :(

[barry rhames]

what happend

[s.d.BABB]

well let me put it this way. I drove from chattanooga tn to race and all i got out of it was a bent belly skid, two bolts ripped out of my swingarm skid that i have to re-tap, brand new set of cut razr 2's and a concusion from piledriving the ground head first in 4th gear pinned. And dont let me forget... a 85.00 texaco bill.
Pointy rocks the size of iceburges....I will not go back...All 6 of my buddies agree that the rocks were no fun...Us non-sponcered riders can not afford to tear up our quads once a week and have to spend 300.00 fixing it.

[barry rhames]

i make a belly skid you wont bend . it was rough i lost a rear skid too but i did enjoy it i like the hard stuff though

[s.d.BABB]

yeah i like the rough stuff.... but dang.....ther are no reason cutting a course through a jagged rock garden.....racing supose to be fun and challenging...not a rock crawling contest...i should have raced a grizzly if i wanted to rock crawl. I know the track supose to be challenging but dang.....I dont like abuseing my 12,000 quad....i spent way to much time building it just to tear it up in an hour......dont get me wrong i (and my buddies) loved the track and the trails....we were impressed......but why should we have to shred through tires and rip hi dollar aftermarket parts off our quad just to have fun?