Hangtown conditions

FreshTopEnd
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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2012 12:25am
For what it's worth, the 10-day forecast runs up to the Wednesday before the race at this point, and it is showers the five days running into Wednesday. We had showers overnight, and generally the temps have been and are predicted to be mild for a May. The rub is that unless something changes radically, we're on track for terrific conditions.

Late May is always a crap shoot here; more often than not it's pretty hot, so this is good news.

They should be on the track build by now I think. Hope they're adding width and a really photogenic whip generator of a jump.
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jtomasik
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5/9/2011 9:36am
Nice. The field in both classes is gonna be stacked. Hope nobody gets hurt. Pourcel's got his ride for the 450s, correct?
navalseabee
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5/9/2011 9:40am
jtomasik wrote:
Nice. The field in both classes is gonna be stacked. Hope nobody gets hurt. Pourcel's got his ride for the 450s, correct?
yea im pretty sure he signed with Moto Concepts Yamaha team.
mag23
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5/9/2011 9:46am
last year was crazy... I don't think I took my jacket off all day! Hopefully track is good... we'll see
BLAHBLAH
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5/9/2011 9:53am
It has been pretty windy the last week or so here... Hopefully that will die down and we will have perfect 80degree weather. If not who cares it's TGO!

The Shop

5/9/2011 10:21am
I have been to, Hangtown, twice,
Once in 1990 and then the infamous mudder of 1991, i even raced the amatuer day of it,(i say raced more like survived it)
lol im a fairly decent mud rider, but thats the worst ive ever seen it, parts of the track had 8-12 inchs of water running across it,i finished in the top 15, of the +25 class, not bad considering i didnt have mud tires or my bike set up for 40 extra mud pnds lol and was also active duty in the US Navy at the time.

Lets hope that this yrs Hangtown is dry or semi dry, with both classes being so stacked, should be some awesome racing for the opening round, USGP this weekend, then Hangtown, cant wait,
500guy
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5/9/2011 10:29am
I just ran across that photo you took of Roncada and Stewart. I have to say that was one of my all time favorite races and the photo captured the memory for me.
smit9722
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5/9/2011 10:35am
Anyone have a link to the entry list for hangtown?
FreshTopEnd
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5/9/2011 10:35am
Thanks Jay. That was a great day. We've really been fortunate over the last few years to have relatively mild conditions for the race, both when it's been wet and when it's been sunny.

02 was really rainy. The ten years or so before then it seemed like it was a 100+ every time.

A day like last year would be perfect. The clouds made for great shooting.
mag23
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5/9/2011 11:28am
I just realized, Hangtown is upon us... Finally.
GuyB
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5/9/2011 11:35am
Looking forward to getting up there. Smile

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