Southwick racing photos from Saturday

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Edited Date/Time 11/3/2014 6:28pm
Racing returned to Southwick after a year of non-activity there.The J Day Offroad series held their season ending race at Southwick with a massive turnout. The results can be found here. www.jdayoffroad.com
I loaded up a bunch of photos from the race into my photo gallery. www.pbase.com/thomasef
Here are a few larger photos, right click the link under each photo and choose open in a new tab or window to see them full size.

The track was in pretty good shape.

http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo323/motoxtombo/J%20Day%20Wallpaper…


http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo323/motoxtombo/J%20Day%20Wallpaper…

Robby Marshall won the overall at Southwick,He locked up the championship last week.

http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo323/motoxtombo/J%20Day%20Wallpaper…

Kyle Hangos easily won the Pro 125 class,he also locked up that championship last week.

http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo323/motoxtombo/J%20Day%20Wallpaper…

Derek Pacheco got up from this crash,caught his breath and finished the day.

http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo323/motoxtombo/J%20Day%20Wallpaper…
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Johnny Depp 11/2/2014 6:45pm
11/2/2014 6:45pm
I love it, The Wick has added some logs. Very creative and adds excitement and interest without being death defying. What the heck are those Armco barriers for?
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Motoxtombo 11/2/2014 6:53pm
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Johnny Depp wrote:
I love it, The Wick has added some logs. Very creative and adds excitement and interest without being death defying. What the heck are those Armco...
I love it, The Wick has added some logs. Very creative and adds excitement and interest without being death defying. What the heck are those Armco barriers for?
The logs were in the extreme section of the woods part of the J Day course,they used about half of the MX track and the rest was in the woods. The Armco barriers are in the staging area going to the starting gate for the track,they have been there for years,I'm not sure why they used that instead of a simple fence.
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zehn 11/2/2014 7:16pm
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Sweet pics, thanks for sharing
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Joko 11/2/2014 8:46pm
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I didn't agree with the log section; too troublesome, good way to pickup
an injury. Even the A riders were thrown off, luck more than skill prevailed.

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Johnny Depp 11/2/2014 9:04pm
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Note where the spectators are. The guy that crashed must have been trying to triple the inside? Bad choice. Mayhem, I love it.
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Vet57 11/3/2014 2:32am
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Johnny Depp wrote:
Note where the spectators are. The guy that crashed must have been trying to triple the inside? Bad choice. Mayhem, I love it.
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Markee 11/3/2014 3:40am
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Man that looked fun!

Why do do guys prefer the 2 stroke in that style of racing?
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Crush 11/3/2014 4:01am
11/3/2014 4:01am
How amazing does that dirt in the woods section look?!?!
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hellion 11/3/2014 4:35am
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There was a bypass line for the logs, which honestly weren't that tough. If you're good, triple in. If not ride the wide line and take them one at a time.

As for the two stroke, they are just lighter and more nimble and that matters much in a thirty minute race that always includes a very technical section. Honestly, the foopers looked slower even on the Moto track part. But, then, all the good guys are on dingers anyways.....
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IWreckALot 11/3/2014 4:37am
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Markee wrote:
Man that looked fun!

Why do do guys prefer the 2 stroke in that style of racing?
Lighter and easier to maneuver around trees and obstacles. The real advantage of the 4 stroke is acceleration on straights but 4 strokes take a lot more effort to maneuver in the trees. Being smooth on a 2 stroke through the trees/ obstacles is more important than gaining the 4 stroke acceleration advantage on the straights with woods racing.
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Joko 11/3/2014 6:12am
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Roughly 95% of the bikes were 2 strokes. A lot of KTMs, YZ's...
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Johnny Depp 11/3/2014 9:47am
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Thanks for the video, it looked like a blast. I didn't realize there was that much land around the track to use.
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nytsmaC 11/3/2014 12:28pm
11/3/2014 12:28pm
It's crazy how fast those guys are through the trees. No fuckin way I could even imagine trying to get through there at that speed without clipping something and torpedoing myself into a stump or something.
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Kryan5 11/3/2014 12:31pm
11/3/2014 12:31pm
These J Day races look like a blast. What is the farthest south they come? I'm in south central Pa.
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Motoxtombo 11/3/2014 6:25pm
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The logs weren't that bad, I remember back in the early 80's I rode the amateur day at the Daytona supercross and the whoops were made up of logs covered with dirt,and the dirt didn't last too long so we were riding on bare logs,it sorta sucked..


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Motoxtombo 11/3/2014 6:28pm
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Kryan5 wrote:
These J Day races look like a blast. What is the farthest south they come? I'm in south central Pa.
They race mainly in New England and eastern New York,Plus they have a race in Florida now around Daytona bike week.

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