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6/18/2014 2:20pm
What a trip. Everything was perfect!!!!
We flew out to LAX from STL.Got there and then headed to the car rental. We already had a reservation so we proceeded to the line....an hour and half later, we had our car.
The guy that was traveling with me had never been there, so we headed to the beach and the pier.
Then we had to drive to Blomington to pick up our gear bags at the FedEx hub. I can't believe you people out there live in that F-ing traffic!! No thanks!!!
So we get the bags, pick up the Pirate who had been out there for meetings and head to our house with racesocal.com. It was in Murrieta. We pulled up to a nice big 5 bedroom house with a pool in the back yard.
Thursday we loaded up and went to Glen Helen for practice day.
I was so surprised that the National Pros practice at the same time, with goons and all! That seems like a huge risk for them, and I was extremely disappointed that they had NO medical and NO flaggers. The track was OK, nothing too special. I've been to 3 national tracks (Millville, Red Bud, and Glen Helen). The two midwest tracks were head and shoulders above GH.
There were several top pros riding...
A couple of me and my friends...
pirate...
I went looking for Stewart and was going to get a picture with him, and tell him that I was his NUMBER one fan...but he left early. I did meet this guy and chatted for a while. He was super nice and seemed like he truly enjoyed being there and hanging out talking.
After riding we loaded up and went to Chap-moto. Was impressed at the sheer size and amount of stuff they have...but everything was retail....
The next day we went to Milestone.
I really like the tracks here. Much more fun than Glen Helen. We turned a lot of laps and had a blast...even hanging with Jeff Emig for a while, discussing the old tracks in the Midwest.
I even busted some freestyle out there...
After Milestone we went to Troy Lee.
Next day we rode at Cahuilla Creek. Had a blast there and enjoyed the track. Several very fast guys there.
After Cahuilla Creek we went to Motogeezers for a great dinner....
We tried to entice Big Lenny, but even the best bait couldn't get him there....
The final day we went to Lake Elsinore. We had to fly at 4pm, so we were only riding to noon. The tracks there were fun, but the main track was VERY wet at the beginning of the day. I was extremely pleased to see that out of all the tracks we rode, they are the only ones that had flaggers (other than one Finish Line at Cahuilla creek).
All in all it was an absolute blast.
I'd definitely recommend www.racesocal.com if you're ever looking into doing something like this.
We flew out to LAX from STL.Got there and then headed to the car rental. We already had a reservation so we proceeded to the line....an hour and half later, we had our car.
The guy that was traveling with me had never been there, so we headed to the beach and the pier.
Then we had to drive to Blomington to pick up our gear bags at the FedEx hub. I can't believe you people out there live in that F-ing traffic!! No thanks!!!
So we get the bags, pick up the Pirate who had been out there for meetings and head to our house with racesocal.com. It was in Murrieta. We pulled up to a nice big 5 bedroom house with a pool in the back yard.
Thursday we loaded up and went to Glen Helen for practice day.
I was so surprised that the National Pros practice at the same time, with goons and all! That seems like a huge risk for them, and I was extremely disappointed that they had NO medical and NO flaggers. The track was OK, nothing too special. I've been to 3 national tracks (Millville, Red Bud, and Glen Helen). The two midwest tracks were head and shoulders above GH.
There were several top pros riding...
A couple of me and my friends...
pirate...
I went looking for Stewart and was going to get a picture with him, and tell him that I was his NUMBER one fan...but he left early. I did meet this guy and chatted for a while. He was super nice and seemed like he truly enjoyed being there and hanging out talking.
After riding we loaded up and went to Chap-moto. Was impressed at the sheer size and amount of stuff they have...but everything was retail....
The next day we went to Milestone.
I really like the tracks here. Much more fun than Glen Helen. We turned a lot of laps and had a blast...even hanging with Jeff Emig for a while, discussing the old tracks in the Midwest.
I even busted some freestyle out there...
After Milestone we went to Troy Lee.
Next day we rode at Cahuilla Creek. Had a blast there and enjoyed the track. Several very fast guys there.
After Cahuilla Creek we went to Motogeezers for a great dinner....
We tried to entice Big Lenny, but even the best bait couldn't get him there....
The final day we went to Lake Elsinore. We had to fly at 4pm, so we were only riding to noon. The tracks there were fun, but the main track was VERY wet at the beginning of the day. I was extremely pleased to see that out of all the tracks we rode, they are the only ones that had flaggers (other than one Finish Line at Cahuilla creek).
All in all it was an absolute blast.
I'd definitely recommend www.racesocal.com if you're ever looking into doing something like this.
The Shop
Glad you had fun and it was a safe week. LA traffic does suck, especially the 405.
The soil is shale/sand/granite...It got rough, and pushed way out (because of the level of riders there). The layout was pretty easy, with only one "big jump". I believe for the national it was the big triple stepup, but now it's just a big table top....other than that, everything else was super easy.
Besides the pros (RD5, JS7, M Stewart, MA800, Seely, Anderson, Bowers, Wey, JW12, KC11, Josh Hill, BB4, Weston, and others), the level seemed very fast. I'd say most riders were strong intermediate and above....and again, it was everybody out there together. Stewart was passing guys that wouldn't win the local D class....
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