Breezewood proving grounds "Memorial Weekend Ride"

[Pappy]

Wow, another killer weekend at the Proving Grounds! Even though Dan is still hobbling around like a 90 year old man from his crash, he had the place in great shape as we arrived there friday.

Cody wasted no time in taking advantage of the great track conditions and seeing it was only friday, less crowded tracks!

Quads Photo gallery (http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/ThumbPage.aspx?e=2918898&g=0IPA001S01)

A quick "How To" on ordering pictures.

1. Pick a picture that clearly shows the quad and rider so that I can search for other pictures to add to the Photo CD. (You can email me or include in the instructions all the photo numbers as well to speed it up, but not nessassary)

2. Place your order and pay using the cart.

I will include all the pictures I have of each rider on a CD that you can do with what you please. I am also including a release on the CD so that Walmart, Ritz camera and other photo places wont hassle you when you get prints made etc.

[Pappy]

With only 30 minutes or so before dark, Cody was all by himself, and I must admit, it was nice not having quads and bikes zooming past me every 10 seconds as I got to spend some time with the boy and just relax.

[Pappy]

With night settling in, the riding park was alive with the sounds of families having fun and the occasional pitbike foray into the big barn for some laps....(I dared not go up there, i've seen what happens at 11pm when a pitbike is involved..lol)

Saturday morning arrived and no sooner then the sun rose, people started flocking in for the weekend bash! No sooner then they could get geared up, they took to the tracks.

[Pappy]

A killer rain fell briefly friday afternoon, setting the tracks in prime condtion for those that arrived early!

[Pappy]

gbcap was out early trying to dial in his mx quad

[Pappy]

Greg may be a big boy, but he can sail every jump there is at BPG!

[Pappy]

Dan had brought in lights for the race saturday night as can be seen in the last two pictures. I did not see it, but Rich reportedly climbed each light to adjust them for Dan!

[Pappy]

I think I am jinxed by the weather gods as almost every event I have attended this season seems to want to play games with me:mad: Bright sun one lap, grey overcast the next

[Pappy]

A few areas of the track had been widened over the past month or so to allow more room for passing

[Pappy]

It did not take long for riders to start getting the tracks down, and the speeds started picking up

[Pappy]

Seeing riders go two wide here took some getting used to

[Pappy]

On the upper track, I found the sweet JB CRF150R Hybrid of the Moser's ripping it up!

[Pappy]

Cody came out and did his favorite thing, make bikes pay..lol

[Pappy]

It was easy to spot new arrivals, as they hadnt been coated in Breezewood Brown:p

[Pappy]

The jumps at BPG can either be taken easily, or with a twitch of the throttle be hammered and big air is found!

[Pappy]

Dan was doing all he could to water the tracks, but the wind and sun combined with a few hundered quads and bikes was keeping the dust flying. Trying to get a clean pictures was becoming difficult

[Pappy]

Part of it is my fault, they werent roosting this corner that hard until I set up on it:p

[Pappy]

Breezewoods huge berms beg to be hammered however:devil:

[Pappy]

Its a crappy picture, but it was taken on a dead run as the wreck was happening:p

[Pappy]

Thankfully he was ok.

[Pappy]

Matt "Madmatt" Vansant is a BPG regular and close friend of Dan and Amandas. He is a swell bro and will give you the shirt off his back. He wrecked hard a few weeks back and had to have shoulder surgery but was there this weekend helping all he could!!! I thank you Matt and hope you heal up soon!

[Pappy]

Kelly Winters airs it out over the ski slope jump

[Pappy]

A YFZ rider sweeps a berm on the upper track

[ZeroLogic]

Originally posted by Pappy
A YFZ rider sweeps a berm on the upper track


Looks like he broke his bead.:huh

[Pappy]

I heard a quad come out of a corner behind me, and I turned to see it was a Polaris and he was heading for a double.....

[Pappy]

Now...two things I havent seen is a Polaris doing much of anything on the MX track, and i have only seen a few quads clear this double.....he wasnt one of them

[Pappy]

I am pretty sure his testicles know what his upper frame tubes feel like:eek2:

[Pappy]

Originally posted by ZeroLogic
Looks like he broke his bead.:huh

Nada, you probably just havent seen enough clear pictures showing how alot of tires roll in a hard turn. The bead can break ofcourse, but not this time:devil:

[Pappy]

outacontrols hybrid was running smooth!

[Pappy]

Night fell and the racing was in full swing. Although the track was lit up pretty well, getting good pics wasnt happening for me anyways:p

[Pappy]

KH426 having some fun

[Pappy]

ANT Burke airs out the 60 foot uphill triple on his 300ex

[Pappy]

I took alot of shots but in all honesty, I was whooped. The work it required to get the shots I wanted required energy I did not have:p Cody raced his TRX90 just to see how the gearing would work and he did great. I have to send his rear shock out for a new rezzy line seeing he bottomed the suspension and the chain ate it:p So much for ride easy...lol

[Pappy]

One of sundays first set of sjots was a new way to exit the track


Step 1.... Clear step up

[Pappy]

Step 2.... Land sideways

[Pappy]

Step 3.....Slide sideays down landing ramp

[Pappy]

Step 4..... Drive away like you meant to do it!:p

[Pappy]

Rich getting ready to go hit the pig:cool:

[Pappy]

Tons and Tons of free food for everyone! Roasted pig, beef, salads, fruits ...im still stuffed. Evereywhere you looked folks were grubbin'

[Pappy]

No rest as riders went right back out. mario gettin-r-done

[Pappy]

Josh narrowly missing a downed biker.


Pick on someone your own size Josh:D

[Pappy]

Dan was steady throwin water but it was just too much for me to shoot alot in. Riding was not way bad, but the very wind that kept the dust blowing away also dried what dan was putting down

[Pappy]

flyboy having a blast!

[Pappy]

WhiteYFZ (Thomas) airin it out over a double

[Pappy]

2 1/2 days of riding in the humidity and heat had us wore out. I had arm pump from shooting so much and Cody had blisters from the hard stock LTR grips. Our weekend was coming to a close:p

[Pappy]

We had a blast, and it was great seeing everyone again, meeting some new folks and I do apologize to anyone I missed! You wouldnt think a day could fly by that fast and not get a chance to say "Hey" to everyone but it does happen.


I hope to see yall again soon at BPG!

www.breezewoodprovinggrounds.com

I will leave ya with a pretty cool parting shot:cool:

IM OUT;)

[Admin]

It looks like everyone had a good time, and great pics as always Pappy!!

[wishmasstir]

wish i could of been there this weekend, looks like everyone had a good time

[Mxjunkie]

Amazing pictures Pap, you just keep getting better and better over the years. :macho: Look's like it was a great time! I was wondering when the next ride is planned. I would like to plan ahead to take time from work and get my quad back togather. I tryed to borrow 4 differnt quad's to ride up there but they all ended up racing the Evansville harescramble with them! :(

[Pappy]

I believe the next big ride will be the July 4th weekend

[Mxjunkie]

Good deal! I'll be there even if I have to put it togather at the track, even though half the time I'm wondering around your trailer looking for master links and such :blah:

[Pappy]

Hey doober is this you?

There were so many people there i didnt get pictures or a chance to say hello to alot of you guys:( I think I only got 2 or 3 pics of my brother as well

[Doober]

Originally posted by Pappy
Hey doober is this you?

There were so many people there i didnt get pictures or a chance to say hello to alot of you guys:( I think I only got 2 or 3 pics of my brother as well

yep thats me, yea u were running around a lot :p

[Pappy]

Originally posted by Doober
yep thats me, yea u were running around a lot :p

I was just looking for clean air :p

[Pappy]

I made sure to get alot of bike shots as well, after getting emails from folks that were there and came here to look for pictures. I wont post a ton of them but I got a few decent ones.

Jeremy works for BPG and in between working takes a few laps on his CRF150R

[Pappy]

My neice Tori getting geared up:D

[Pappy]

Everyone getting a good seat prioir to the races

[Pappy]

Amanda and her cohorts at scoring!

[Pappy]

Some mini freestyle

[Pappy]

I loved the bike races, I wasnt as worried:p

[Pappy]

The finish line

[Pappy]

Cody keepin an eye on the action

[Pappy]

Watching the little guys is so cool

[Pappy]

Dan tellin everyone to have fun and be safe!

[coolguy8769]

ahhhh looks like everyone had a blast!!! i was cussin up a storm when i found out my bike wouldnt be ready in time to go. I want to go back up there soo bad. Now i have to wait for an exhaust cam from hotcams to get here that has a decompression release for the kickstart

[walker054]

it was a great weekend for riding, we made are first trip to BPG and had a good time. Still claening all of the dust off of EVERYTHING!!! Great job on the pictures.

[WhiteYFZ]

pics look great pappy! it was fun while it lasted!:D :cool:

[WhiteYFZ]

pappy, can i post some pics that i have in here?

[Pappy]

Originally posted by WhiteYFZ
pappy, can i post some pics that i have in here?

knock yourself out!

[WhiteYFZ]

here we go.
me

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my bro
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[JRP]

awsome pics pappy/espo! you really look like youve gotten alot better since last time thomas, more control for sure! hopefully i can make it out soon, me and my dad might come up for fathers day weekend!

[outacontrol]

hey tom/pappy nice pics! It was nice talking to you tom. I had an awesome time as usual. Ive never seen that many people there before!

[flyboy62]

i will post some up.

rich airin out the step up

[flyboy62]

this guy was ripin it up!:D

[flyboy62]

my bro doin a no foota....

[flyboy62]

#313

[flyboy62]

me gettin some air...

[flyboy62]

zak burke cleaning out the corner on his sick 90!

[flyboy62]

ant burke playin on the ski jump

[flyboy62]

#600 isnt afraid to cross it up!

[flyboy62]

me throwin up some dust

[flyboy62]

i think ant likes the ski jump?!?!

[flyboy62]

#67 on the uphill triple

[flyboy62]

#153 was tearing it up!

[WhiteYFZ]

Originally posted by JRP
awsome pics pappy/espo! you really look like youve gotten alot better since last time thomas, more control for sure! hopefully i can make it out soon, me and my dad might come up for fathers day weekend!

thanks man. ill c u there fathers day weekend mabe

[flyboy62]

TJ sliding into the turn

[flyboy62]

my brother sliding into the turn

[WhiteYFZ]

flyboy i dont see any pics:confused:

[flyboy62]

sry my bro tryed to post a pic of him but he does not no how to:(

[WhiteYFZ]

wheres the 1 of me!!! lol

[eastside 400]

this guy was ripin it up!

flyboy62 that was me, any chance you have any more pics of me #58 red/green honda or my friends #511 grey YFZ? thanks, good pics

[Pappy]

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[Pappy]

is this your buddy?

[diangelo#67]

man I'm sure feelin that 2 weeks off ridin thing whew... awesome pics cant wait to get back up there had a great time the pig was hittin, oh that kool-aid or what ever we need more of that next year wow!!!!

[YFZRB]

Heads up Pappy looks like flyboy is makin a move on your teritory.

Nice pics flyboy especially the one of me! Dang I didn't realize that step up throws you up so high.

Anyway, another killer weekend at Breezewood. Great weather, seein' old friends, meetin' new friends, and the night races were awesome!

Thanks Dan and Amanda your great hosts!

[Pappy]

Originally posted by YFZRB
Heads up Pappy looks like flyboy is makin a move on your teritory.



he did a great job ruining about 30 minutes of great light:p

[sunco]

Flyboy 62 & Youngblood get better each time we come to Breezewood. Good job boys. How about RB - he's found the love of his life - YAMAHA. Great riding RB. Give him some gas & he'll jump anything

Pappy , I had to laugh , Lisa & I were looking @ the pix in the gallery - when she saw the ones of Zach she said we'll be going to Breezewood when we're 70.

Thanx Amanda & Dan (get better soon) we enjoyed our weekend. Always a great time.

Alot of work goes into the weekend - Thank you everyone.

Hope my R will be fixed by then. See yall on Fathers Day.

I am Sunco but we are The Sunrise Crew. Stop & say hello .

[Mean250r]

Originally posted by Pappy
he did a great job ruining about 30 minutes of great light:p
LOL man i hate it when people do that ha ha

Man i gotta make it out to breeze. Im gunna try to get out there one of these weekends

[jherbie28]

big thanks to dan and amanda for another great 3day weekend, also big thanks to the love of my life shells, thanks to kev, tiff, barry, pap and zach............ill get you next time:devil: even tori like to help out:p c'yall next weekend:cool:

[WhiteYFZ]

I'd like to give a thanks to Dan and Amanda. It was a great weekend and the cabin was great.

A thanks to pappy for the great pics and helping me with my camera.

And deff a big thanks to KH426 (Kevin) who fixed my bike for me as soon as it broke down.!!!

thanks alot guys and girls!.

We will be back soon!

[tamehart]

Looks like a great time. I hope to get out for the next ride and join the fun.

Awesome photos pappy

[dan harris]

Great Pics Pappy. Thanks to everyone who made it out for the weekend. We enjoyed having everybody. Thanks especially to all the people who pitched in to help make the weekend such a success. We look forward to seeing everybody for our Fourth of July Weekend. We have our Second annual Couch race planned, the winning team will win a 3 month membership and the to 10 teams will get this killer trophy.

[jherbie28]

me and kev are going to kill it, awsome trophy:D

[YFZRB]

No way! Me and flyboy are gonna take the checkered! :devil:

[flyboy62]

ooooo yeaaaaaaaa:D :D

[Ghost-Rider]

Great pics pappy, looked fun but a lil dusty, its pouring here right now...2nd say of pouring rain ugh.

[jherbie28]

no way rich, you and flyboy are going DOWN!:macho its going to be awsome. will cya next week brother:cool:

[CRich[814]]

damn, theres alot of 125's up there. awesome pics you three. i hope sometime this summer ill make it up. doubt it though haha.