Round 11 - Uncle Lem's

[Bonnie Cook]

The day was perfect. Sunny skies were to be out with temperatures in the low 80's. Could you believe weather like this at the end of October. Many riders stayed out late with the kids Trick-or-Treating, but were now ready to face the Uncle Lem's Halloween race!

[Bonnie Cook]

As promised, the track was running through the old house that is behind the starting line rather than through the barn. The house has been a part of the track here at Uncle Lem's since we first held a Mid East event here.
So at Halloween, we dress it up a little.

[Bonnie Cook]

The floors were falling in and one day, the house will cave!!

[Bonnie Cook]

With news spreading that the top three pro riders not going to be in town, the riders showed up for the PRO Class Purse
16 Pro riders signed up for the event.

[Bonnie Cook]

122 Quads listened to the National Anthem

[Bonnie Cook]

Mike Houston, Santo DeRisi, and Bryan Cook were in Iowa for the 12 Hour of America race, but experienced quad troubles, so Houston and DeRisi headed home early and showed up for the event, having had no sleep from the 20 hour drive in.
Here Mike Houston is lined up with Wyatt Westmoreland (on the left) and Nick Lineberger.

[Bonnie Cook]

Kelly Logan, a wide racer out for the win and Matthew Edens, no stranger to good finishes running for Pro Points - line up side by side, close to the outside.

[Bonnie Cook]

Josh Allen - the young Pro Rider that has lots of talent

Travis Styles - a Mid East rider
Both running Pro too.

[Bonnie Cook]

Shon Franklin - 2004 Vet Class Winner
Greg Foggin

[Bonnie Cook]

DJ Sigmon - Top Five Overall so far in 2004
Santo DeRisi - tired from a long drive, but reigning champion of the Quads

[Bonnie Cook]

Cory Salmon - a regular Mid East racer, curious about the Pro Class
Noel Cook - no stranger to winning Mid East races
Gary Bryson

[Bonnie Cook]

With 16 Pro riders staring down at Ricky Towery after he calls "Ten Seconds," the green flag goes up and the two youngest boys on the line get the holeshot ( Iwonder how come??)
Cory Salmon and Josh Allen battle towards the woods.

[Bonnie Cook]

Here, Will Cashion, still in the points chase in the A Class is back on his Honda 400 due to Yamaha problems still.

[Bonnie Cook]

But Will still knows how to get a holeshot.

[Bonnie Cook]

On lap One:
Mike Houston made a fifteen twenty-nine lap time and was out front.
Second place, three seconds back, Santo DeRisi
Third was Jason LaRusso, Five seconds back
Fourth was Josh Allen, four seconds back
Fifth was Matthew Edens, eight seconds back
Sixth, twenty seconds back was Wyatt Westmoreland battling with Kelly Logan
Eighth was Noel Cook, ten seconds back battling with Gary Bryson
AND tenth was Cory Salmon and DJ Sigmon

[Bonnie Cook]

On lap two, Mike Houston was still out front

[Bonnie Cook]

Just seconds back still was Santo DeRisi

[Bonnie Cook]

Third place was coming through the pits, thirty seconds later.
Wyatt Westmoreland was battling with Matthew Edens.

[Bonnie Cook]

Fifth place was Josh Allen

[Bonnie Cook]

Sixth place was Jason LaRusso

[Bonnie Cook]

Seventh Place, fifteen seconds back was Kelly Logan.

[Bonnie Cook]

Not even a mile later, Logan had caught LaRusso and was on his rear tires.

[Bonnie Cook]

Here is GUMP at the check point.
This man is a power house!

[Bonnie Cook]

All alone coming through the check point - in first place was Mike Houston.

[Bonnie Cook]

About a minute and a half back, Wyatt Westmoreland came through the check point in second.
No word on where Santo was.

[Bonnie Cook]

About thirty seconds later was Matthew Edens in third.

[Bonnie Cook]

Josh Allen held onto fourth.

[Bonnie Cook]

Kelly Logan took over 5th place.

[Bonnie Cook]

At the creek jump, Mike was still out front.
Second place was Matthew Edens and Wyatt Westmoreland battling hard.

[Bonnie Cook]

In fourth was Kelly Logan

[Bonnie Cook]

Aaron Wittenberg was having a bad day - running twentieth place.

[Bonnie Cook]

Here, Santo jumps back into the race after fixing his quad.
This is the last time Mike Houston is seen too before Motor troubles plague him.

[Bonnie Cook]

The Overall winner was Wyatt Westmoreland.
Westmoreland was surprised at the finish just as was the workers!
Wyatt took a thirty second win over Kelly Logan
In third overall was Matthew Edens, just fifteen seconds back.
A minute and a half back, fourth overall went to Jason LaRusso.
Fifth overall went to the A Class winner - Scott Mills.

[Bonnie Cook]

Okay boys, I am done, so post your pictures of Uncle Lem's

[gump]

Originally posted by Bonnie Hamrick
Here is GUMP at the check point.
This man is a power house! powerhouse my ***!!!!!
i was crying like a baby about the 4th lap, blisters again, took a hard shot to the left wrist, butt gaulded, so tired i couldn't even flirt with Bonnie at the check point..
can't believe i put my old body through this and keep coming back.. i love this chit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Flynbryan19]

Around the trees Gump! Not through them......:D

[gump]

Bonnie thanks for the report! sorry no pics here, both my camera men were racing sunday. i had another GREAT race with packman "doug pack" we were nose to tail all day it came down to who would wear out first, i was just about to let him go after trying to past him for a couple of miles and he let me by, if you knew how much that took out of me doug you'd have held me off 30 more secounds and left me! mobyplane, i just knew i'd be seeing the back of that new beast,"yamaha yfz" hope i didn't cut ya off on the start, but i told ya that suki was getting the holeshot, but robinson's new 440 out muscled me to the woods..:mad:
anyone need a slow partner for the 6 hour race?

[mobyplane]

Nice race Gump. You da man! Hey, I sent you a PM. Let me know if you got it.

[Flynbryan19]

Originally posted by mobyplane
Hey, I sent you a PM. Let me know if you got it.

I had sent ya one as well. Just wanted to make sure you had gotten it as well. You still going to the Brushy ride?

[gump]

no yer da man moby, got your pm sent one back, how did the new quad do? boy was that muddy section at the bottom fun or what?
brian as of now i'm going, good thing we aint going today, i'm sore as heck! can't wait to see you run with us.. keep in touch and welcome to exriders!!!

[Flynbryan19]

Yeah I'm pumped!:D

I'm getting everything ready for next year.

Just trying to pay off some bills, get my suspension rebuilt, and get my hands on a kill switch and some hand guards.

See ya at Brushy. Feel like runnin' a hard lap or two? I'm curious to see how my stamina is at this point.:macho

[bullwinkel]

gump this is your brother had a bad race blisters from hell and hit tree got bruse on legg about the size of a softball. i think im to old for this hard core racing or just need more practice. the old z400 was runnig strong but the old man wasn,t. seems like the more i ride the slower i get. :(anybody got any tips.:confused: :confused::confused::confused:

[450r35]

I have a few pics of the creek jump. David running with the pro class.

[450r35]

some of the pics was blury this time I think it was the sun but who knows. here's one of Joey

[450r35]

wife was a little early on my picture.

[450r35]

Just going to hurry and post these

[450r35]

creek jump

[450r35]

another one of the creek jump

[450r35]

one more

[450r35]

I wish my wife would have got one of me like this

[450r35]

last one of the creek. Is cory from the vet class on his way for the win

[450r35]

did get one of you gump.

[450r35]

eddy

[450r35]

Isaac

[450r35]

Here's me getting scaned on the last lap. Had my best race of the year 12 TH overall and 4 TH in the a class.

Thanks again Bonnie , Buren and the rest of the worker for putting on these races.

[gump]

thanks for the pics 450r35, nice to see someone posting, hollar at me at fallston, like meeting the people i talk to here, makes it more fun at the races when you know most of the guys, maybe my slow *** can get in shape over the winter and run with some of yall fast guys!!!
bullwinkle get better and be ready for sunday, you'll love this track, more rookie friendly... and cope "my son" haha !!! that's all i got to say...:devil:

[Wingnut]

Originally posted by 450r35
I wish my wife would have got one of me like this

:macho

[450r35]

I thought that was you Will in that picture but I was in a hurry.

[450r35]

Found one more picture of Jason Wyatt

[barry rhames]

everyone ready for shadey acres i hope i will be it all depends on bbi getting my bearings in tommorow i havent been here in a while who is 450r35 and congradulations on your finish next time i hope you get second i need to win one .lol:devil: gump you looked strong on the start we need to practice you can teach me how to take off and i can show you how to go fast for one of 6 laps

[gump]

hell i thought i was fast for 1 lap.. it's those other 4 i have trouble with, my starts are my claim to fame..
look good on the start is my moto!!!
can make up escuses after your out of site from the crowd :blah:

[holeshot19]

Originally posted by barry rhames
everyone ready for shadey acres i hope i will be it all depends on bbi getting my bearings in tommorow i havent been here in a while who is 450r35 and congradulations on your finish next time i hope you get second i need to win one .lol:devil: gump you looked strong on the start we need to practice you can teach me how to take off and i can show you how to go fast for one of 6 laps thats who that is , 450r35 is jason walker , we are like glue, if he is ether in front of me or im in front of him:mad: and get this i done a piston and cam in jasons motor and i installed a cam and changed the oil in the shocks on tim allens bike and he is wearing me out

[gump]

fallston is one of my favorite tracks from last year, got a 3rd there my best ever finish,and i'll have to do it again to keep tony cearly behind me in points! here's a pic from last years senoir start... hey barry look where i'm at on this start... :macho
http://img126.exs.cx/img126/4420/ALAN2ndINWOODS.jpg

[barry rhames]

did you know your my hero

[gump]

Originally posted by barry rhames
did you know your my hero smartass!!!!:mad:
guess that's why i like ya!!:D

[barry rhames]

damn i thought old people slept a lot just kidding im missing some prime sleeping time now just got my quad back together

[barry rhames]

ok on the mid east site under interstate it said 3 races this winter i miss alot of meetings but i only herd of 2 6 hour races whats the other one

[barry rhames]

does anyone know the dates on those three

[Bonnie Cook]

NO POINTS SERIES THIS YEAR IN THE INTERSTATE Barry.
Disregard the rules at this point.
I will have the rules available for the team race at the tracks with me if you feel you need to contest anything.

[barry rhames]

no idont contest i just complain just kidding iwas wandering what the third one was im kinda about it all im not good with points anyway

[gump]

i sucked today at fallston!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but i didn't cheat :confused:

[mobyplane]

Neither did i gump, and that makes both of us winners even though we sucked. I know that it was happening yesterday and has been happening for the last few races. It's very frustrating, because guys like us are out there workin' our *** off, trying to compete honestly.

[barry rhames]

yes well you know who the people are cheating. consider your self better than them you know it and buy your own sweat shirt couse you didnt win the points. me personaly im going to send them out thru the woods on lap one so they can beat me with out passing me and get a plank with a picture and a sweat shirt. the depressing thing is none of the people that i hear about cheating are racing for money so that only leaves lieng to your self ,and every one needs to be a little nicer not cussing at them while your running over there foot **** does happen you know i mean while that person was rolling down the hill right in front of me i didnt run over him or cuss him after i was by him i can take one or the other but not both

[gump]

just watched the video my bro and dannys400ex took of the race, got the starts and the rest was at the hillclimd, got some nice ens of you going up barry, and nice try on that second one moby...:D

[mobyplane]

Well, I made it up the hill all 5 times. It just took me two tries on my 1st and 3rd lap. Not sure why they wouldn't let me go to the far left on lap 1 which was my intention. Then when my next choice wasn't available (3rd lane from the right), I had to take lane 1 to the far right. I just wasn't mentally committed and executed poorly. It was unfortunate since I was in 2nd place at the time (new territory for me!). But I learned alot of good leasons and really enjoyed the race. It's been an exciting rookie year for me. I'm looking forward to next year. 99% of the Senior guys are great to compete with, good sportsmans, and fun to talk with before and after the race.

[gump]

it's easier to get that 2nd place at the start than keeping it with this group we ride with, edenfield ,hunter and robinson took it personal when i holeshot their candyazz's !!! :D and yer right senior class is in my opion is the best group of guys out there, were a small class and have gotton to know eachother very well.. the boys will see that candyazz part on here and will just give me hell at the next race cause it's all good with us, talk a little smack and race." they know their faster than me, and i know it" but not one time have the top guys cut the track, or cheated to win! hunter even stopped sunday to help robinson put the fire out on his quad dropping him to 5th place.
i'll quit *****ing about the track cutting.. i had to vent cause he was 3 points behind me and now way ahead with 1 race left... guess that's racing...

[mobyplane]

Hunter helped me out at Circle J when I flipped over and was stuck under my bike. I suspect that a guy who cheats would not take the time to help out his competitor the way that he did that day.

[gump]

damn bonnie aint ever gonna do a race report for fallston... :(

[robinsonmotors]

I CAN DO THE THE REPORT GUMP, LET'S SEE 'THERE GOES THE PRO'S. LAP 2 THERE GOES THE PRO'S. LAP 3 THERE GOES THE PRO'S . LAP 6 OR WAS THAT LAP 5. WELL U GET THE PICTURE NOT A WORD ABOUT THE OTHER CLASSES. SOME OF US '' OTHER'' RACER'S HAVE HAD THERE FIRST HOLE SHOT, LEAD THERE FIRST LAPS , WON THERE FIRST RACE, NOT A WORD OR PICTURE' ARE WE NOT IMPORTANT TOO? I THINK WE ''OTHER'' RACERS MAKE UP ABOUT 95% OF THE FIELD. AND WE HAVE TO WAIT A WEEK TO SEE PICTURES OF THE PRO'S AND ALWAY'S AND ALWAY'S A PICTURE OF YOU GUMP, ARE U A RACER OR A MODLE? THERE TO BUSY COUNTING THE $$$$$$ FROM US ''OTHER'' RACERS TO POST A RACE REPORT,BONNIE, THANK FOR WHAT YOU DO BUT IT COULD BE A LOT BETTER.IF YOU NEED SOME HELP TAKE SOME OF THAT$$$$$ AND GET SOME, A BIG THANK YOU GOES TO JEFF HUNTER NOT EVER ONE WOULD GIVE UP A WIN TO HELP SOME ONE, THE BIG HONDA WAS ABOUT TO BE A FLAME BALL.LAP 7 A PRO WON!!!!!!! AND U OTHER BOY'S STOP CHEATING U KNOW WHO U ARE!!!! THE END ..... THAT MY STORY I'M STICKING TO IT.SEE EVERY ONE IN HICKORY ,HOW'S THAT GUMP????

[gump]

your learning young grass smoker... i mean grasshopper :D
now start promoting the mideast here and z400 central, ********,atvnc, etc... and you can model for bonnie..
plus i'm just pretty!!!!!! :blah:
hickory should be interesting, if you know what i mean!!!!

[barry rhames]

and bonnie thought i might protest somthing gump is thhe model becouse hes my hero if you want to get pic of you up, paint everything orange just kidding bonnie

[gump]

only pics we have are 2 of robinson and 1 of me from fallston, what was left on a throw away camera, send em to me jeff and i'll post em here.. maybe 450r35 has some pics.. 1 race left is my guess why we don't get a race report, no need to motivate.. it's sad!! but bonnie may be out of town, if i didn't love racing so much i'd ask buren for a job reporting...
mobyplane,packman,and you other guys i need a partner for the 6 hr race!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[450r35]

Yes I have some pictures have not had time to go through them yet. Maybe I will get to it this week

[holeshot19]

Originally posted by 450r35
Yes I have some pictures have not had time to go through them yet. Maybe I will get to it this week the only pix those girls take if and i say someone is jumping something or is crashing out so that leaves me out

[Bonnie Cook]

I am glad everyone has time to sit here and knock on everyone else during the week.
I want to thank everyone that reads the Mid East stories here on ExRiders.
I never once said that I was going to be the only one doing this. That is why I talk about ExRiders so much at the races. Everyone almost at the track owns a camera. Take a picture!!!!!
Have some one parked next to you that isn't racing take your picture by god and post it on here!
I post information about the Pros mostly because these guys can use this as sponsorship. I am sorry I have to run a series in one day and cannot stand in one place and take pictures of every single rider. I would love to pay someone to do it.
I take pictures for fun - not for money. Remember that. If you were to look on the mid east site you will see more than 50 pictures after each race of EVERYBODY and FEW PROS.

That is my website on mid east - this isn't - this is for everyone to read about what went on at the race track.

[Bonnie Cook]

And AS FOR THE SENIOR CLASS.
This class has been the biggest group of whiners for the year!
That is right. At the last 7 races, someone from the Senior class has had a complaint. WHY???????
I do not know!!!!!!
I thought that the older you get, the wiser you were? Am I wrong. I sure hate to get older if it isn't true.
Settle things amongst yourselfs sometimes.
Buren and I docked the last rider ONE POSITION based on our interpretation of the incident. HE had all his punches and his lap times were consistent, not too fast.

The only way to settle this class's problem is to start you on the last row and let all my workers ride behind you and watch every single one of you!!!!!!!!
Through out these last seven races, some one has whined about nearly EVERYONE OF YOU cheating. So how am I supposed to know where the root of the problem is???????
Good grief.

[SilverFox]

AMEN SISTER!!

[gump]

yeah you bunch of whinners !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ooppss i'm one of them :D