Preston 50 Adult Quads

[Pappy]

Well, the turn out wasnt up to par with the past 4 or 5 races and for the people that didnt make it boy did you miss a great time!

The weather was picture perfect with high temps in the low 70's and track conditions were just about perfect for a XC race.

I was checking out the track when I came upon a strange sight. I think them Sturdivant brothers done made someone mad and they have to watch each others backs when they are walking the track:eek: Ill give them this, Brandon can walk as good backwards as Brent can frontwards:blah:

[Pappy]

Bill Marstiller was just having loads of fun waiting for his chance to sign up:p

[Pappy]

Kurt McGill was telling me he was a freestyle expert as well as a damn fast XC rider. When I showed signs of disbelief he busted out a heel clicker:eek:

[Pappy]

Brent getting a few words of advice from his dad before the start

[Pappy]

Pro / A class

The first turn drops the riders down into a ditch and Kurt McGill #669 was doing everything he could to pull out the holeshot

[Pappy]

Kurt got pushed to the outside as Brandon Sturdivant(#165) charges in and Chris Bithell had the holeshot!

[Pappy]

Clouds of dust engulfed all but the first 3 riders

[Pappy]

#165 Brandon Sturdivant takes the #2 spot

[Pappy]

The remainder of the class works into the dust

[Pappy]

#10 Daniel Ramsey is almost invisible in the dust. Despite having a less then perfect start he rode hard and finished 7th overall!

[Pappy]

B class hit the track the second the dust settled with a Z400 rider claiming the holeshot!

[Pappy]

The rest of B class hammers threw the ditch and dust

[Pappy]

All of the B class showed great patience and no one got tangled on the start.

[Pappy]

Vet class was next to hit the track with this 450R rider blazing his way out front

[Pappy]

I missed racing with you guys today but I was glad to see a clean start!

[Pappy]

Check out that rock heading for the KFX rider:eek:

[Pappy]

#404 Marcus Barret and Vern Thompson battle for position. Vern was the winner today in the Vet class and celebrated his 47th birthday yesterday! Congrats and Happy Birthday Vern!

[Pappy]

Riding a borrowed quad, exrider member "Whippy" looked great out there today!

[Pappy]

C Class 16~21 start


Tim Jennings #349 had a great start by grabbing the holeshot. He rode hard today and it was the best race Ive seen him run until his seat came off late in the race:( Tim ended up 7th in his class but I feel he would have been top 3 if the quad would have stayed together. Great race Tim!

[Pappy]

Another shot of Tim and #360 Erik Marquis who finished just ahead of Tim taking 6th

[Pappy]

#360 Erik Marquis

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This Raptor rider was fortunate to be ahead of the rest of his class

[Pappy]

#356 Jordan Kimble got crossed up and #353 Josh Treadway had nowhere to go.

[Pappy]

A 3rd rider commited to the same line added to the tangle

[Pappy]

Jordan Kimble was the first rider to break loose of the wreck and rode on to win the class!!

[Pappy]

#92 Chris Cole had battery issues which caused him to be last off the line. He didnt let that bother him and took 3rd in C Class 22~29

[Pappy]

Chris hammered thru the creek crossing

[Pappy]

#1 Chris Bithell at the start of lap 2. Chris won the overall today

[Pappy]

Chris rode smart, taking his time crossing the creek trying to avoid getting soaked and possibly getting water somewhere it shouldnt be:p

[Pappy]

Holding 2nd place, Brandon Sturdivant approaches the creek

[Pappy]

Brandon hammers the creek:macho

[Pappy]

Kurt McGill lifts his feet up to avoid getting drenched. Kurt finished 2nd overall!

[Pappy]

#62 Eric Helmick had a strong race today until his chain wadded up and left him sitting WAY back in the woods:(

[Pappy]

The action was great as more riders came thru this section

[Pappy]

#79 Jeff Pickens gets his YFZ all out of shape coming out of the creek. Jeff finished 8th today!

[Pappy]

comin' at ya:macho

[Pappy]

#3 Bryan Channell finished 11th in Pro/A today

[Pappy]

George Long sends roost flying on his way to a 6th place Pro/A finish today

[Pappy]

#711 Sonny Howell took 2nd today in 4 stroke B

[Pappy]

#307 Travis Vanscoy was 2nd today in Expert B

[Pappy]

Todays track had just about everything needed for one kickass XC race!

[Pappy]

Woodsracer349 Tim Jennings

[Pappy]

Everyone was black from the mud

[Pappy]

#403 Brandon Sandy finished 3rd in C 16~21

[Pappy]

Hey it's Whippy!

[Pappy]

Chris Cole busting thru a mudhole

[Pappy]

Chris Bithell slides his 450R thru the high side of this rutted stretch

[Pappy]

Brandon S. in hot pursuit. He had a good race going until his subframe broke:grr:

[Pappy]

Kurt McGill had mud flying everywhere

[Pappy]

This rider has his eyes where they need to be...out front :macho

[Pappy]

Bigblockbill (Bill M.)with the hammer down:macho

[Pappy]

Remarkable i didnt get THAT muddy today:p

[Pappy]

Any closer and id be traction

[Pappy]

got ruts:confused:

[Pappy]

Vern has been on fire since he ditched the banshee and started riding the predator!

[Pappy]

oops:p

[Pappy]

hookin' and bookin':macho

[Pappy]

Donnie Masters

[Pappy]

Bigblockbill:macho

[Pappy]

Brent S. making a pass:macho

[Pappy]

sorry i didnt wave back:p

[Pappy]

Jeff Douglas

[Pappy]

A gravel pile gave me a bit of a new view

[Pappy]

I stood right in the middle of the track for this picture:p I think the rider thought I wouldnt get out of the way in time. Im an expert at moving:p

[Pappy]

Hey its that Tim guy again

[Pappy]

I honestly think Tim wrecks or gets stuck just so I can take his picture:eek:

[Pappy]

I love them gravel piles:p

[Pappy]

McGill giving exriders.com a big thumbs up:macho

[Pappy]

Dont worry, I know how it feels to blow a corner and look up only to see a laughing photographer;) :p

[Pappy]

Brent on his way to mechanical problems:(

[Pappy]

Bithell out front and running strong

[Pappy]

Since I raced this track, I really wanted to get pics of this hillclimb with the rock wall at the top

[Pappy]

I geuss the rock wall is around 24 inches tall

[Pappy]

It was cool watching these guys hit it

[Pappy]

Dustin Pigott #7

[Pappy]

McGill hit it:macho

[Pappy]

you can stay to the far right and avoid the wall

[Pappy]

the first time i hit it, i had just enough speed to get over it...next time i hit it a tad bit harder

[Pappy]

Tim, did ya ever find your seat?

[Pappy]

even dirty, the black 450r's look good

[Pappy]

Jeff made it with no problems:macho

[Pappy]

another black R

[Pappy]

Honda took 8 of the top 10 finishes today

[Pappy]

The tie rod nut backed off Brent S. quad causing him to have to stop and look for the nut. Amazing enough, it was firmly planted in the mud of his rim:eek: Hand tight is the best he could do but it worked to get him back to the pits.

[Pappy]

hot, muddy ..a tad bit pissed off Brent couldnt do anything :(

[Pappy]

A bad day didnt stop Brent from running across the opening to cheer on his buddy McGill. Thats class:cool:

[Pappy]

its always a bit shocking to look over and see a buddy's quad broke down

[Pappy]

Git'er Done:macho

[Pappy]

is that duck AMA legal:devil:

[Pappy]

yep, i found me a high speed corner:macho

[Pappy]

go get'em Bill:macho

[Pappy]

I surprised alot of riders because they couldnt see me till my lens was on'em:devil:

[Pappy]

an open section and time for a few deep breaths

[Pappy]

I think he said his exrider name was "Littlepick"?

[Pappy]

I believe this was the only 250R at the race:(

[Pappy]

flat tires suck:grr:

[Pappy]

"look Pappy...no seat":(

[Pappy]

wake up Vern:eek:

[Pappy]

ya'll aint never seen a photigrapher that far back in them woods have ya:p

[Pappy]

someone dropped the hammer:devil:

[Pappy]

how did the new houser parts work Bill?

[Pappy]

downhill:macho

[Pappy]

i felt real bad for ya Tim:(

[BIGBLOCKBILL]

Originally posted by Pappy
how did the new houser parts work Bill?

Great pics pappy,you only called me Brent once. The new stuff works great,no more bucking rear. With some tuning it will work even better. The 500 kit worked well enough to eat my cluchtes,thank god it was towards the end of the last lap,but seriously it ran awesome.

[Pappy]

haha..sorry about calling you brent. you need a chicken or some sort of animal on the bumper so i can pick you guys apart:p

[BSTURDIVANT]

I aint that ugly!!!!:eek:

[BIGBLOCKBILL]

And I'm not gay!

[Pappy]

it took me a minute but I figured it out:D

[WOODSRACER349]

I found my seat but i ran 4 laps without a seat and it was pretty rough goin up hills n stuff without it but i didn't wanna quit the race just because my seat wouldn't stay on. i was runnin a strong 1st place then on my 3 lap i smacked a tree and bent my bumper into my plastic and my plastic was just hangin on my quad and my seat wouldn't latch back cause it bent the mounts for it so i had to run the last 4 laps without it. sucked since i was runnin so good out there and was having a blast cause i wasn't even getting tired. but i guess i will save it for halleck if i race it.

[whippy]

hey pappy great pics,Bill good race and Tim sorry about runnin over your seat. Had more fun sunday than I have all season, And i finally won another one, too bad it was on a borrowed stock quad, hey and i finally beat the sturdivants. JK brent and brandon sorry you guys had such bad luck with your bikes.

[Houser450R]

great pics pappy, i didnt think that u wasnt gonna move when u took my picture, oh thinks for putting in a picture with big block bill he is just a pro :huh

[Pappy]

ive had my toes run'd over a few times:p i usually am pretty safe regardless of how it looks on film. ofcourse there is those times...like on that rock ledge...where a rider damn near jackasses himself and takes me out in the process:D

life or limb...I WILL GET THE SHOT:macho

then there is always that rider who takes a completely different line and gets me all muddy:blah:

[Pappy]

Im pretty sure this is Roger Summerfield who finished 3rd overall!

[Pappy]

My ears where ringing at this corner:p

[Pappy]

littlepick

[Pappy]

BIGBLOCKBILL getting ready to lay the smack down:macho

[Pappy]

And the pass is all but done:cool:

[Pappy]

I can make out the number to say who it is, but they was rollin!

[Pappy]

i think the rider and quad have become one....or he just got covered in that nasty grey spooge:eek2:

[Pappy]

I like this shot

[Pappy]

Vern getting his predator into the groove

[Pappy]

Nicholas Marsh

[Pappy]

First time id seen the Moose bumper

[Pappy]

Do they run this track when there is no leaves on the tree's? Id love to get some different angles

[Pappy]

dont you love technology:o i figured brent wanted a close up:devil:

[Pappy]

some more of the rock

[Pappy]

289

[Pappy]

i dont think 2 riders hit it the same way:p

[Pappy]

i better post a few yamaha's or people might say im anti-something or another:o

[Pappy]

28 hondas
7 yamahas
4 suzukis
1 polaris
4 kawasakis

kinda equal:confused: :blah:

[Pappy]

another R

[Pappy]

yfz

[Pappy]

i was hoping his brakes worked:o

[Pappy]

we need to get a set of elkas on verns predator:devil:

[Pappy]

hammer it:macho

[Pappy]

Josh T.

[Pappy]

there was even a handful of 400ex's there:eek:

[Pappy]

Sonny Howell 4 stroke B

[Pappy]

D. Pigott

[Pappy]

it must be the angle, because that yfz looks wide

[Pappy]

I should have stayed in this spot longer...i think it would be cool with the green tree's and a bright colored quad

[Pappy]

it's ok to punch the gas when you see the camera...it wont tell:devil:

[Pappy]

i love digital. see this rider:confused:

[Pappy]

that there be Marcus Barrett #404 and he has blue eyes:devil:

[Pappy]

man, dust and no goggles:(

[Pappy]

someones thumb was tired

[Pappy]

mean looking aint he:( :p

[Pappy]

i think i need a sign that say's....smile ya silly chit:D

[Pappy]

another yfz

[Pappy]

i do believe he is haulin ***:macho

[Pappy]

did anyone see me in the helicopter getting pics:confused: :huh

[Pappy]

now this is cool. if i have time ill follow a rider just incase he screws up.

[Pappy]

well i cant tell who it was, but believe me if you would have dumped it...i would have caught it:devil: :blah:

[Pappy]

i think me trying to get down this hill without getting squashed was the tuffest part of my day:p