Well Its 1oclock I just got back from my first race. I didnt do too bad, could have done better. First off I raced on about 1/2-3/4 mile 125 style track. Track could use some work thats for sure. Lots of bikes there, but they had the most quads they have ever had tonight. 20-25 quads I belive, 95% of them were 400s, maybe 4 Rs decked out, 3-4 raptors and 1 300ex. There were so many that they had to split the 400s between 2 motos and stager start them with the 2 strokes and pros. See there is only 3 classes at this track, 4stroke, 2stroke, and Pro. In my moto they let the pros go first, then the 4 strokes, like 12 of us. We drew numbers and you guessed it I got the very last number so I was starting on the very outside. Well I lined up and they let the pros go, then we moved up and the guy beside me was still putting his goggles on and I was watching the gate and they went ahead and dropped it! I was surprised, so I let er rip. Keep in mind nothing has been done to my motor, just a pipe and filter, well I busted out there and got a 3rd place holshot, not bad for being surprised. Well I was doing so good and was so excited I forgot to pace myself, 3 laps I was worn out not bad, then it happened, my friend I ride with caught me and decided to pass, he rides a decked out raptor, well we went over the jumps side by side and tried to go in the turn side by side well I got squished and his back tire hit my front and it threw me off, he kept going. Well I jumped up hoping I wouldnt get run over, they were a ways back, tried to start and it wouldnt start, well I spent a half a lap trying to figure out why it wouldnt start when I realized it was the kill switch, keep in mind I hardly ever wreck and I never use the dumb thing when practicing or any other riding. If everybody could have seen my face I was red. Ended up finshing almost dead last, my buddy on the raptor ended upgetting a DNF since the battery cable decided to come off. Next moto I got like 4th in the holeshot, everyone decided to slow down in turn one so there was alot of bumping and banging. Well it was one slow guy that shouldnt have been up front, hes good at holeshots or has a bad***** motor but cant jump or corner worth a crap, he held everyone up so when I put a brakes someone slammed into me and I slammed into the guy in front and so on, well my raptor buddy got around him and I started making mistakes and couldnt get around him as fast as I should have which let my buddy get away, ended up finishing 4th after I got around him, almost ran into him a couple times he was so slow. These motos were really short only 5 laps which dont seem like much but I could have done 10 maybe. The first race for the first 3 laps I raced 100%, then the second I proably raced about 75% and tried to pace my self. So I finished 7th overall, while my buddy finshed 10th. Made pissed when I screwed up in the first moto, I could have had a 3rd place trophy, if I had just back out and let my buddy by, then moved back to 3rd when he DNFed. Oh well theres always next race, I had fun which was all I set out to accomplish.
BTW this was at Rolling hills Cycle Park in Reidsville NC