2009 WORCS Round 5-Riverdale Raceway-Toutle, Wa.

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Good day everyone!! Welcome back to round 5 of the WORCS series!! The race Coverage section has been too quiet this season,so lets liven things up abit!

Round 5 returns to Riverdale Raceway in Toutle,Wa.
WORCS had to do a quick change in venues and dates as Pacific Raceway closed down there MX track.

Toutle,Wa. is located near the beautiful gateway to Mt. Saint Helens National Forest and offers some of of the West Coasts most beautiful scenery.

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As everyone started to filter in Thurs. night, people would start to wonder what was in store for the week ends weather as a storm front moves in producing 50 MPH winds and tornado watch 70 miles away. :eek2:

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The storm front proved to be a short one, and the wk ends weather was actually very pleasant
Racing conditions consisted of just a sprinkle or two and a little chilly in the morning with overcast skies and temps in the high 60's .

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WHEW!! Now that the wk ends weather worries are out of the way-lets have some fun!

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Speaking of fun... I cant think of two more fun loving guys .
WORCS Pro rider "TPQ" Timmy Shelman and Dale Minninger.

Dale has to be one of the most hospitable guys .
Dale cooks up a mean Friday morning breakfast !

HEY... how did I miss that anyways ?? :confused: :o :p

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Ive seen alot of TPQ stickers, but I dont think Ive seen one here before ..:blah:

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Looks like I might have some competition! :eek2: :D

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GNCC Pro racer Jarrod MCClure hopped a plane after the GNCC Sat. and makes the WORCS Sunday Pro main .

Now thats a busy week end! :eek2:

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Theres alot of race action this week end to cover ,kicking off the week ends action was the Friday practice and tech inspection.

Although I love to take pictures of the race week end, I think my favortie is on the Friday practice day !!!
#10 Pro rider Jorie Williams made the switch from his Yamaha to Honda for the 2009 season.

This would explain why I couldnt find you this wek end to say hello... :o :p

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Pro Am rider Gilbert Flores blazin on his Can Am.

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It was great seeing Motoworks own Johnny Leach showing the youngin's how its done! :macho

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Womens A rider Tammy Balser has had a fantastic WORCS season as she is currently undefeated .
Let me tell you ....this girl is fast !! :cool:

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This is one young man I never get tired of watching...
Motoworks Pro Am #49 Dillon Zimmerman.

Zimmerman is so fun to watch- this kid never messes up!Zimmerman will be one to contend with in the future Pro ranks !

He is so smooth and looks so relaxed when hes racing.

Dillon, how do you do it?!! :p lol

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Yamaha's Dustin Nelson makes the technical stuff look so easy....

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MCR's Pro rider #3 Beau Baron's honda seems to be agreeing with him.

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Pro rider "holeshot hotties" Reed Petchnick .

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Riverdale Raceway would bring more diversity as this round would consist of much tighter trails similiar to the GNCC.
Logs, ruts,roots, and alot of trees!
The MX course would require alot of commitment as well.
No enduro section was set up this round, but did include a 1/4 mile drag strip! :eek2:

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The ashault claimed a few riders over the wk end but nothing that caused any serious injury and riders were able to finish up the race .:eek:

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The trees however caused abit of havoc.

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Race 1 gets underway Sat. morning with the unclassified classes so riders could get a sneak peak at whats it store for the days racing...

In race 2, the Youth kicks off the the week ends competition!!

Washington state is known for alot of youth entries and alot of fast racers!
The 2009 season has added several new classes to the line up.

First off the line was the Shifter LC Class.

Open Shifter #154y Tanner Beckman moves up from 2nd position and leads the race to the finish.
Beckman also held the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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#887y Shay Snider led the race in laps 1 and 2, but slips back to the #2 slot on the podium.

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Filling the #3 was day rider #1431 Nathan Palm who held the third position the entire race.

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Shifter Mod. class #32y Grant Mitchell moves up from 2nd position in lap one to leading the pack for the duration of the race.
Mitchell also held the fastest lap time in lap 3.

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Day rider#2401 Lucas Weaver slips back slightly after lap one to a respectable 2nd place finish.

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#20y Nick Klein wraps up the #3.

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In the 90 mod class,#88y Tyler Beckman moves up the from 2nd position to leading to the checker .

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Day rider #1674 Ben Williams followed by #65y Devin Borges on the #3 .
Williams also held the fastest lap time in lap 3.

Ben, I tried to find a photo of you but had no luck?
If you come across it please let me know and Ill include in the coverage. ;)

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APEX rider #6y Travis Beckman took the win in the 70 mod class.|

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#16y Buddy Williams on the #2.

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#911y Cody Engelhart moves up from 5th position in lap 1 to filling the final spot on the podium in 3rd.

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70SS #711 Chase Higgins on the #1.

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#245y Hailey Cinton held a solid 2nd.

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Day rider #2404 Matt Bradstreet moves up one position in the final lap to the 3rd place finish.
Bradstreet also held the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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In the 90 stock class, #9y Alexander Ortiz takes the win.

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#118y Holly Snider on the #2.

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Rounding out the top 3 in the 90 stock class was #413y Trevor Sortor.

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In race two of the day,Womens A class rider Tammy Balser held the fastest lap time in lap 3 and took home the win.

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MCR's #316 Julie Russell held a solid 2nd.

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#42 Donna Espensen moves up from 4th position in lap 3 to the final slot in Womens A.

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In the +50 class,#21 Rick Ellsworth puts the hamma down and leads the entire race to the finish.

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Robert Greer took the win the in stock C class.

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Day rider #1099 Vern Forenpohar was all smiles taking home the win in the 40+ C class. ..:D

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Day rider #1555 moves up from 3rd position in lap 1 to a 2nd place finish in the 40+C class.

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Day rider # 1675 Robby Halterman on the #3.

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In the womens B class, day rider #2405 Mary McHugh takes the win

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12-15 mod-
#912 Alex Mininger takes the win and also held the fastest lap time on the final lap!
Nice job Alex!:macho

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#30 Allie Shelman rode her lil tail off and made her way to the #2!!

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12-15 mod rider #196 Casey Donahoe wraps up the #3.

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In the Open A class, #45 Garrin Fuller takes the win with over a 2 minute lead over 2nd place! :eek:

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#116 Keith Johnson slips back slightly from the #1 position to the #2 slot

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Tanner Beckman takes the #1 in Shifter Open Sport in Race 7.

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Nathan Palm moves up from 5th position in lap 1 to the #2 slot.

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#887 Shay Snider rounds out the top three in Shifter Open sport.

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#51 Kelsey Lugan made her debut in the WORCS in the Womens ranks.
Lugan led the entire race to the #1.

When asked what was her favorite portion of the track was,she stated the drag strip.

"Riding at over 70 MPH on the strip was a blast!"

Lugan will be moving up to Womens B at Round 6.

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#966 Debbie Bloodworth held the fastest lap time in lap 4 and filled the #2.

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Womens C rider #729 Kalei Strom takes the third.

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In the Sport 8-15 class #88y Tyler Beckman moves up from 2nd position in lap 2 to a 1st place finish.

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Day rider #1674 Ben Williams moves up from 2nd positon in lap one to holding a solid 2nd place finish.

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#65y Devin Borges rounds out the top 3 in the Sport 8-15 class.

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The final race of the day on Sat. was the UTV class.
In the UTV class 1, #1358 Josh Febus ran solo to the #1 on the podium.

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Polaris rider#1 Doug Eichner takes the fastest lap time in lap 3 and also takes the win in the UTV 2 class.

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In the UTV 3 class, #74 Greg Row held the fastest lap time in the final lap and also took the win.

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In the Sunday morning racing action,first race of the morning was the Open C class.
#183 Pat Cervino led the entire race to the finish.

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#444 Connor Lorence moves up from 3rd position in lap one to a second place finish.

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#51 Kelsey Lugan slips back one position from 2nd place in lap 1 to 3rd place finish.

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In the Prod. C class, #334 Eli Madero held the fastest lap time on the final lap and took the #1.

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12-15 Open spt. class-
APEX rider #154 Tanner Beckman was on a winning streak for the week end!

Beckman held the fastest lap time in lap 3 and took the win .

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#32 Grant Mitchell wrapes it up on the #2.

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#323y Tyler Woods ends the day in 3rd.

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12-15 mod. Sport win went out to #30 Allie Shelman .

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#196 Casey Donohoe finishes 2 seconds behind Shleman and also has the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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On the #3 was day rider #2407 Isaac Wilson

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In the Spt. 15-29 A class, #114 Rob Brown led the entire race and also held the fastest lap time in lap 2.

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On the #2 was #77 Justin Hunter wraps it up 5 seconds behind Brown.

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#137 Caleb Casebier moves up from 7th position in lap 1 to taking a 3rd place finish in Spt. 15-29 A class.

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30+A Class rider #23 Jeff Bertuzzi gets out front and led the entire race to the finish.

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Holding a solid 2nd was # 66 Keith Marx ,

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Sport 15-29 class winner was #177 Cole Fite .

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#714 Steven Albert II held the fasest lap time in lap 3 and takes the #2.

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On the #3 was #59 Shawn Anderson .

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In the 30+ B class, # 88 Bart Probst takes the #1 and also held the fastest lap time in the final lap.

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#44 John Lorence moves up from 3rd position to a 2nd place finish in the final lap/

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#318 Bret Probst slips back slightly to the #3 in the 40+B class.

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In the Sunday morning youth classes-
70 Open class # 6y Travis Beckman ran 15 laps flawless to the #1.

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Right on Beckmans back door was #16y Buddy Williams wrapping it up on the #2.

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#65y Devin Borges on the #3.

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70SS Spt. class-
#11y Chase Higgins led the entire race.

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100y AJ Bihary held the fastest lap time in lap 12 and finished the day in 2nd.

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#245y Hayley Clinton took the #3.

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In the stock 70 class, #9y Alexander Ortiz held the fastest lap time in lap 8 and goes on to take the win.

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Day rider # 1673 Trenton Serface finishes up on the #2.

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#122y Ricky Easterwood Jr. held a solid 3rd place finish.

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4-6 50cc class, #199y Hunter Shumaker held the fastest lap time in lap 9 and took home the #1 .

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#23p Aidan Cash took a 2nd place finish.

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Day rider #2403 Joseph Bradstreet moves up from 4th position to rounding out the top 3 in the 50cc 4-6 class.

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The final race of the day was the Sunday Pro Main. Race 13 got underway at noon .The race action would endure some brutal sections for the 2 hour event .

Pros are off the line- Yamaha's #94 Dustin Nelson gets out front!!

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I thought for sure Nelson had this one wrapped up, but a collision on the final lap would set Nelson back with an injury and would have to settle for a 16th place finish.

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This would leave room for MCR Racings #3 Beau Baron to move in and take over the win.
Baron moved up from 3rd position in lap one, to the 2nd position in lap 2- which was also the fastest lap time of the Pro class.
Baron closes in on the #1 on the Pro Podium in lap 7.

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Motoworks #62 Jeremy Warnia would take home the #2.

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Atvriders.com's #110 Jarrod McClure shows good sportmanship and compassion for a fellow rider and aids Nelson who was pinned between a tree after going over the bars, he then proceeds with the race once he knows Nelson was OK.
Its great to see this act of sportmanship even in the Pro ranks.

McClure takes home the final slot on the podium .

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In the Pro Am class, #422 David Haagsma moves his way up from 9th position in lap 1 to the #1 on the Podium.

Haagsma and Zimmerman put on a heck of a battle!:eek2: :cool: :macho

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Motoworks #49 Dillon Zimmerman finished the day 2 seconds behind Haagsma!!

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Pro Am rider #116 Keith Johnson round out the top 3 one second behind Zimmerman! :eek2:

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Well, thats a wrap!!
Ill have up some Pro video this week as well,Ill post a link to it shortly.

I thought I would throw up some wallpapers a little later as well for your enjoyment.
Make sure and check out the Pro race report on the homepage as well as the fastest 5 minutes in motorsports video-its awesome!!

Id like to thank everyone who helped get Brandon up and running for the Sport class race on Sat.
Thank you to Motoworks for getting us a pipe in time for the wk ends racing for Kelsey.
We sure missed seeing everyone -it was good to be back!!
Speaking of Motoworks....

BIG props to them and all ther ehelp and support helping get some of the quad racers quads transported for the events that are far away. I know the riders appreciate it and your team has been a big asset to our series . ;)

Round 6 will be held at Straddleline Mx Park in Wa. state in Aug.
This had an awesome round of Endurocross last year and offers an awesome facility for racing.

I hope everyone enjoys your summer ,we will see you in Aug. !!

This concludes Round 5 race re-cap.

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Gilbert Flores aboard his Can Am..

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Motoworks Dillon Zimmerman
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A little Kawi action...

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A lil TPQ !
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For the Yamaha fans ..

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Last one for now ..
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OK.. maybe one more :p

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Originally posted by QuadJunkies
Motoworks Dillon Zimmerman



Great pics as always Tina! It was great to see you again!

This is an awesome shot of Dillon, too bad it will be the last one for a while. Dillon crashed hard at the Quadcross race on Saturday night and was airlifted to the hospital. He has about 9 broken ribs, a broken scapula, a punctured lung and a bruised kidney. From what I was told, he is in ICU but is able to sit up and talk, but is in a great deal of pain. Hopefully he heals fast!

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Originally posted by raptorchick
Great pics as always Tina! It was great to see you again!

This is an awesome shot of Dillon, too bad it will be the last one for a while. Dillon crashed hard at the Quadcross race on Saturday night and was airlifted to the hospital. He has about 9 broken ribs, a broken scapula, a punctured lung and a bruised kidney. From what I was told, he is in ICU but is able to sit up and talk, but is in a great deal of pain. Hopefully he heals fast!

OMG, our hearts are with the Zimmermans,please give them our best and let me know if you hear of any changes.
My family just adores Dillon. :(

Lisa, its always great to see you too! Wish we had more time to hang out . Id love to come up for a day or two extra sometime.

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Lisa-
Do you know if Ty was at Unadilla this week end? I thought he told us last week he woud not be at Quadcross .

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Yes, Ty was at Unadilla, but he is with Dillon now.
From what I know, Dillon is still in icu and having some problems breathing, but he is expected to make a full recovery, which is very good news.


As for getting to hang out more, pm me your email addy so I can add you and the family to the list when I send out invites and directions for our BBQ in August. It's going to be on 8/14. I hope you guys can make it!

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Originally posted by raptorchick
Yes, Ty was at Unadilla, but he is with Dillon now.
From what I know, Dillon is still in icu and having some problems breathing, but he is expected to make a full recovery, which is very good news.


As for getting to hang out more, pm me your email addy so I can add you and the family to the list when I send out invites and directions for our BBQ in August. It's going to be on 8/14. I hope you guys can make it!
hhmm... its going to be pushing it, but we will try! Is it far from the track?
We wont be up there until about 6 or 7 pm on Friday, but we would LOVE to come ! :)
Ill shoot you my info. ;)

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Sorry guys and gals...
Looks like youtube has REALLY started compressing videos so its abit distorted. . :(
It is rather large .
This video is just under 10 minutes
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