What a Blast!!! Riding with the Pro's!!

[Pappy]

I had the chance today to kick it with some of the fastest riders in the gncc series today.

#28 Rick Cecco was hammering the Mx track all day and left more then a few tree's with his signature on it out in the woods:macho

[Pappy]

#2 Chris Borich was getting seat time and it was awesome just to watch him ride.....not to mention lead him in the woods:eek: :devil: ;)

[Pappy]

Borich decided he had enough of following this bike and shot to the inside and was gone:D

[Pappy]

It was really cool watching how they work and work on the quad and rider to get the most out of both.

[ReconRider25]

:eek: you got to ride with borich????you lucky sob.......:p where was this place you rode?

[Pappy]

Gncc Womens Champion Traci Cecco was out tearing it up as usual. Here she is watching for her husband and fellow Rider Rick (465stroker) to join her on the track

[Pappy]

Chris seemed to really like this facility as did all the other riders. Fast was the name of the day:D

[Pappy]

I think Chris had the most fun just out play riding with his younger brother.

[Pappy]

After a few play laps it was back to business:macho

[2001400ex]

Well...how'd you do against them?

[Pappy]

Flat tear'n it up:cool:

[Pappy]

Originally posted by 2001400ex
Well...how'd you do against them?

i did fine. i didnt get run over...and i didnt get called lapper:p


Traci getting some roost:D

[Pappy]

The track we rode at is ..well plain awesome for quads!!

[Pappy]

Santo De risi dialing in what he feels will be a winning combination!!

[2001400ex]

Originally posted by Pappy
i did fine. i didnt get run over...and i didnt get called lapper:p

Sounds and looks like you guys had fun, nice pictuers too!

[Pappy]

Traci had enough of the mx track and heads out into the woods track. Tight and technical with its share of roots ..rocks offcambers you name its got it!!!

[Pappy]

Traci rentered the mx track and was gone again:p

[Pappy]

Santo's partner in crime had the hammer down on his kick *** 400ex based gncc machine:macho

[Pappy]

Chris and his brother had a blast!!!


here little bro takes the inside line and shows his big brother that he can drop the hammer too:macho

[Pappy]

Chris has power in reserve it seems. He would slow down and then turn it on...simply amazing to watch these guys ride.

[Pappy]

:cool:

[Pappy]

:D

[Pappy]

Usually Chris is hard to get pictures of....but not today:p

[Pappy]

Traci on the move!!

[Pappy]

someone say air? just a little at this track, although by the end of the day a tabletop got really interesting

[Pappy]

My son Cody rode hard all day. We figure he did almost 50 laps on this 1 1/4 mile track:eek:

[Pappy]

He had a total blast riding and hanging out with everyone.

[Pappy]

i wish i would have been able to get more pictures of Santo and Rick. They spent alot of time fine tuning thier set ups and it just happened to coincide with when i was taking pictures.

After they got things dialed in we all went to the woods with me leading the way:eek: i pulled over after a mile to wait for Borichs brother, his bars came loose and we just made our way back to the trucks:(

i went back to my house and showered and when i returned maybe 30 minutes later them boys was flat haulin ***. they did maybe 10 laps when tragedy struck:(

Santo had hit this table top and was getting major air and on the second lap he had caught a bike rider. The bike rider went thru the berm with Santo close behind. I dont know what possessed the bike rider to do this, but he flat screwed the jump up. He went for the downside with way to much nose over and upon contact with the landing lost it big time. The whole time he is going down Santo is 20 feet in the air heading straight for him:( Santo laid on the body english and by the grace of god and his riding ability he was able to just narrowly miss the wrecked rider and bike. When the dust cleared Santo's rear tire was stopped just inches from the injured riders head:eek: Clearly Santo was shook up but man did he ever have a close one.

The bike rider was severly injured with a femur broken in several places and possibly a broken shoulder. It could have been tragic if not for luck and Santos ability to get his quad where it needed to be. me and Joe Borich took off running as we could see the take off of the jump but not the landing. We knew it wasnt good because it was silent when it should have been Santo hard on the gas after the landing. Thank god for Santo's safety as we expected to see him crashed.

[2001400ex]

Damn, good thing for the both of them that he was able to have enough skill to control his quad, because the guy on the bike could've been killed, and Santo could've been sued for running him over IF it happened. The mood is never pleasent when something like that happens...

[MotoX3]

Thats bad about the bike rider:( ...but good to hear Santo is ok:) ...awesome pics too

[Pappy]

Here is the jump the wreck happened on. this pic was taken early, by this evening santo was clearing it and going much higher

[cletusEX]

Was this up at Tomahawk? If it was where any of them clearing the big double? I was gonna come up today and ride a little but I had some last minute stuff to get ready for the HS tomorrow.

[Tommy 17]

awesome pics...


ouch on the broken femur... i know what thats like... not fun:(

[Pappy]

Originally posted by cletusEX
Was this up at Tomahawk?

yep, i will be leaving shortly to go cover the race. look for full race coverage tonight!!

[BIGRED400]

You get my vote for JAM UP Photographer and comments.....
Totally Awesome, GREAT JOB:D
BIGRED400

[roostin_dale]

awesome pics pappy!

[markeg192]

So I guess Pappy gets so far ahead of those guys that he stops and takes pictures of them while they catchup!!!

[sly400ex]

Where ar the pics of you tearing it up? Which scooter did ou have out there, the trx or yzf?

[Ryan]

Great pictures, Pappy!

It must be alot of fun riding with them guys!

[465Stroker]

Originally posted by Pappy
I had the chance today to kick it with some of the fastest riders in the gncc series today.

#8 Santo De risi was hammering the Mx track all day and left more then a few tree's with his signature on it out in the woods:macho

Hey Kenny - That first photo is of me! Had a great time meeting your family - Thanks for the photos!

[QuadJunkies]

Loks like a great Wk end !!!!!! Pappy, if you get any word on the biker rider, please let us know how he is.......:(

[Pappy]

sorry rick:p I dont know if i just named the picture wrong or posted the wrong pic for the description:p


and please tell traci thanks for the autographed cards for the kids, lilman slept with his last night:D all he wanted was her phone number:eek: he is hell on wheels for being 5:D