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Congrats! :) :macho
I too got 3rd place... In 30 + C today.
What an awesome coarse! I am one that does not like to jump... But today, I hit some jumps that scared THE YOU KNOW WHAT out me at first, but quickly enjoyed them!:eek: No... I did not get the air that some others got, but I had a blast!
Looking forward to the next race in Taft, California in February.
Cory... (400grl) got 1st in her class!:macho
thats GREAT!!!
Did Corry run Prod A.... DAYUM... You one fast women!:macho
Here are a couple pictures. I think I was the only 400ex in my class, and my head gasket blew on the starting line right before the flag dropped, but I still surprised a few people. I was in fourth out of 22 at the first turn! Even with a blown head gasket, it still ran pretty good - it just sounded terrible.
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In these last three, a guy stalled in the whoops (which were nasty), and I "helped" him along. I'm pretty sure he would have done a face plant if I hadn't been there.:devil:
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Stalled and couldn't get started -- crap!!
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I had a great time this weekend. Didn't do to well, but it was a lot of fun.
Unclassified - First lap was good, second lap, coming off the last straightaway on the back side, the bike died....lost complete electrical power. So we got it back and found that two wires came off the silenoid. "Fixed' that, and was almost late for Race 3
Production A - Killed it on the line(First serious race, got nervous/excited and dumped the clutch instead of riding it out. Caught up to a few by the second corner, passed a few in the off-road section and straight aways...then stopped to help out the guy that crashed in the Vintage track(the S-Turns) His brother had stopped when the guy crashed, and was flagging people around, so I got off to see if the guy was alright. When I got to him, he was snoring...he was out cold. When he came to, he was panicing pretty bad, and started moving alot, so I kept telling him to calm down and that medics were on there way. It didn't help much, but I did my best to get him to stay still. The brother was pretty panicy also, so I was trying to calm him down also. Finally, the sweeps and medics arrived, and after a little bit, the brother thanked me, gave me a big ol hug and told me to keep racing, I heard later that the guy was flown out, does anyone know his condition? After a few laps with passing no one, being so far behind, I came into the back stretch, and the bike died, come to find out, In my hurry/frustration to not be late for the race, I forgot to top off with gas, that, mixed with my slight fuel leak I didn't know about, I ran out of gas. With only 10 minutes to go, and being so far behind, I just had them tow me in so I could get prepared for Race 6.
Open A - Had starting problems of a different sort. Thought I had plenty of time, got all geared up, FUELED UP MY BIKE!!!(lol), and headed to the line about a "minute" after Jeremy Butler did, I didn't think I'd be late. I came onto the gate when Open B took off. In my surprised confusion I asked someone if it was infact the Open Class Race, It was and I took off at about the time Open B was around the holeshot corner. I took off pushing hard, and tried to catch up to my class. I ended up passing almost all the B class riders. I'll have to see how far I was behind my class, when WORCS posts the results.
Justin, Production A - For some reason, something did not want Justin to race this weekend. While getting ready to head to the line, the Dale he was riding would not start, come to find out, the Fuel pump suddenly stopped pumping right after the Unclassified race. So the bike was down for the weekend, he traded his class, and ended up racing Sport 15-29 A today on the bike I was riding. He ended up quitting after the first lap, because the bike would just die all of a sudden(it was doing it to me also, but not NEAR as bad), it died on the lip of a jump once, and almost killed him, so he decided it was not worth getting hurt in a class that he would not be running for the championship in. It ended up being a lose positive battery cable :mad:
Ann Marie, Womens B/C - She also ended up running "my" bike, RIGHT after I finished the Open A race, pulled off, fueled it up, changed number plates, changed transponder, tightened a few things up, and she took off. She ended up in about 5th for the Holeshot, and fought her way up to 2nd place. So her season definatly started well.
Hopefully my actual bike will be ready for Taft(I borrowed Justins bike for the weekend, I just used my parts for what it needed), I'll be building it this week, because I just got my motor Friday. Hopefully we can get the others up and running to there full potential. Hopefully I will get a little better at starts, won't be late for any races, and won't need to stop to help a hurt rider....I'm hoping i'll get used to the bike a little better by Taft also
Even with the bad luck, and my horrible finishes...it was still fun as hell. All in all, I think it was a decent start to my first serious season.
yeah my first race didn't go off too good either, spent the 2 nights before the race putting my YFZ together and finally got it and left at 2am and got to the track at about 7 and the line to sign up was huge so naturally we didn't get to sign up in time for the unclassified. This means my YFZ would have no break in time on the engine and also the rear shock was all spring, the idiots at alba messed it up and so it wouldn't adjust, I think they forgot to put oil in it, anyways it also wouldn't start and the rear brakes weren't working after I put new pads in so I had to go to plan B and race my brother's Honda which is nice but with no stabilizer and stock rear shock it was a little harsh and I've only ridden it twice before, so I lined up for Production A, not knowing the course or the quad and having 2 hours of sleep under my belt I got a bad start as usual but figured I'd work my way up, then right after the table coming out of the pits I shift and the quad stopped pulling, I though I just hit nuetral but I look down and see the sprocket spinning and the chain hanging down, so I had a nice view of the race from the sideline and got towed out at the end of the race. Then I raced Open A and didn't do too good, didn't qualify for pro-am, then I did the Sport 15-29 A and had a blast and ended up getting 3rd so I'm happy to have a trophy. I'm just really looking forward to getting my YFZ all prepped for Taft, it's gonna be sweet, I'll see you all there! :D
WOW... Was alot of the other riders having a wk end like you two had??!! :eek2: :huh
Hey, I think I saw you sitting on the side of the track....were you giving riders the thumbs up as they went by?
I'm the same way though, can't wait to finish up my bike for Taft. I'm ready to go racing again!!