Racing first national, what to expect?

[MX450]

Im planning on racing my first national this month at mill creek, production C and 450C. Any tips or advice from you guys who have done them? Also, how much is entry fees ect.. i heard you have to pay for practice and buy a transponder and stuff?

Would you recommend running 2 classes? I just dont wont to sit around alllll day long just to race 4 laps.

[FHKracingZ]

practice is $25
race fee is $40 for each AM class.
transponder is $100 and u get $75 back on sunday.

[JJs450r]

hope you have big b@lls :) nah its fun i raced my first national last year at birch its great gets you pumped was hopin to make it to mill but not sure if the mechanic is gonna have er ready by then :( good luck

i signed up for two classes and 4 stroke c and production c and went out for production c practice and got my @$$ handed to me haha if your used to racing two motos a day go for it

[MX450]

well i just raced the SEquads race a mill creek this past weekend and signed up for 2 classes, so i raced 4 motos in one day! and I did better on my last moto then any of them, despite having the worst arm pump ive ever had!

[TWISTED DINLI]

Originally posted by FHKracingZ
practice is $25
race fee is $40 for each AM class.
transponder is $100 and u get $75 back on sunday.

whats a transponder?:confused:

[Moto92]

its a little radio you attach that will track your laps

[Nick110]

Originally posted by MX450
Im planning on racing my first national this month at mill creek, production C and 450C. Any tips or advice from you guys who have done them? Also, how much is entry fees ect.. i heard you have to pay for practice and buy a transponder and stuff?

Would you recommend running 2 classes? I just dont wont to sit around alllll day long just to race 4 laps.

Make sure you pay attention to when your motos are being called to staging. They do not like waiting for you to get to the line.

Ask them for the race order before you sign up and make sure that the 2 classes you are running arent like 2 races apart.

Thats all I can think of right now. Have fun, I have to miss this race because of my motor not being done. But I will be at all of the others. Have fun.

[416exfreak]

Relex.
Breathe.
Have fun.

Those are the 3 most important things of ANY race. :)

Good luck!