More killer REM shots from Harry Leitner

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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2015 2:09pm
I think this week's is the best REM coverage ever. Looks like it was a beautiful day. Harry Leitner photo credits






The REM facility benefitted greatly by the sculpting the facility got on those two different occasions thanks to Red Bull. I think the REM "back track" has grown up to be National quality in its own right but I am a bit biased having been a REM regular for years. Frank and Myra Thomason deliver year after year after year.

The pictures of the track just look awesome.
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Crush 1/18/2015 9:13pm
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That looks amazing!

You guys have some amazing tracks, I'm jealous!
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The Rock 1/18/2015 9:14pm
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Well said Outsider.

LACR having reopened to the north, Glen Helen/REM in the middle and Pala reopening in the south makes it a good time to be a SoCal MXer....not to mention the gas prices.
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The only reason I am happy to be moving to vegas this June is that I will be able to finally ride at GH!!! Woohoo

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Working on getting a project bike, probably a 125.. will get smoked on those hills, but wtf, gonna race it anyway! Woohoo
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The Rock 1/18/2015 11:22pm
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Randy Skinner can give you some tips on riding a 125 at REM.
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Looks great, went and watched a REM race when we were over last April, going to check out practise Thursday in a week in a half when we are bake over, my son wants to ride it ( so do i ) but not enough time to organise it.
Might go out and watch Sunday after A3
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Tonynz 1/18/2015 11:38pm
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So forget REM is on Saturday so won't go and watch as will be at A3
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Yea the track is great, but I still miss Frank's (and Stu's) races at Carlsbad.
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REM is great and Frank is a class act. If Saturday doesn't work out -- because of A2 Supercross this year for me -- you can still enjoy most of the REM track each month during Don Suitor's SRA Grand Prix. It's a 45 minute GP that utilizes most of the property at Glen Helen. Lap times are 7 to 10 minutes...really great group of riders, too.
www.sragp.com

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douglasredding wrote:
REM is great and Frank is a class act. If Saturday doesn't work out -- because of A2 Supercross this year for me -- you can...
REM is great and Frank is a class act. If Saturday doesn't work out -- because of A2 Supercross this year for me -- you can still enjoy most of the REM track each month during Don Suitor's SRA Grand Prix. It's a 45 minute GP that utilizes most of the property at Glen Helen. Lap times are 7 to 10 minutes...really great group of riders, too.
www.sragp.com

Doug
Those gran pix's are so fun.. you get your money's worth for sure! Pretty sure it was SRA that ran the sheriff's road course before?
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Brent wrote:
Yea the track is great, but I still miss Frank's (and Stu's) races at Carlsbad.
The drive was nice from Hermosa to Carlsbad for sure but I will never forget the day I made my maiden voyage to REM at Glen Helen with the false notion it would be easier than Carlsbad. WRONG! Different not as historic of course but what a great (ever evolving) track and great group of people. Great group of racers and sobering to see the passing of time and kids that used to be on minis now making names for themselves like Mitchell Falk and Ryan Surratt.

I am keeping my eye on an up and comer by the name of Alexander Harris and look forward to seeing his REM results. Kid is 13 five foot eleven and at other tracks around SoCal keeps up with 250s ridden by kids two to three years older than him on his 125 two stroke.. Alexander was insane in the mud at the Trans World race a couple of weeks ago.

How many CA kids do you know that can go fast in the mud?
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Out of curiosity are there jumps with landings on the REM track? Ive raced Glen Helen but never even walked the REM track.

Looking at those pics I dont see any landings to downside...
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The Rock 1/19/2015 3:31pm
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Did you click on the link? There are many more shots with air time.

Not familiar with "landings to downside: but here is a back section not shown that fast racers can leap out of and people at me feel good just catching air coming out of. I haven't raced there since 1/4/14 (no race this year 1/3 waaaah) but on 1/4/14 the track was super challenging. Going up and down Mt Whitney is one of my favorite parts of the course next to going WFO into the back section.
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mx317 1/19/2015 4:46pm
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I had a conference in Vegas and drove out so I could race there. My avatar pic is from REM.
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Outsider wrote:
Those gran pix's are so fun.. you get your money's worth for sure! Pretty sure it was SRA that ran the sheriff's road course before?
Yes, they have run the Sheriff's high speed training course. In a year you may do that, the back of Mt. Saint Helen's ridge-line, boyscout trail, REM, the Pro-2 truck stadium course, Shoei and Yamaha hills. There's also a very cool course marked behind Talladega that is like a couloir for a while...only done that once or twice but it was very cool. You really never know what you're going to get...makes it interesting.

That whole property is like Disneyland for off-road.

Doug
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The Rock wrote:
The drive was nice from Hermosa to Carlsbad for sure but I will never forget the day I made my maiden voyage to REM at Glen...
The drive was nice from Hermosa to Carlsbad for sure but I will never forget the day I made my maiden voyage to REM at Glen Helen with the false notion it would be easier than Carlsbad. WRONG! Different not as historic of course but what a great (ever evolving) track and great group of people. Great group of racers and sobering to see the passing of time and kids that used to be on minis now making names for themselves like Mitchell Falk and Ryan Surratt.

I am keeping my eye on an up and comer by the name of Alexander Harris and look forward to seeing his REM results. Kid is 13 five foot eleven and at other tracks around SoCal keeps up with 250s ridden by kids two to three years older than him on his 125 two stroke.. Alexander was insane in the mud at the Trans World race a couple of weeks ago.

How many CA kids do you know that can go fast in the mud?
Yea Surratt is a hell of a kid, he went by me so fast a couple weeks back it almost spun me around, fast little fucker Cool

Hey in regards to the mud skills, you know as well as I do that back in our day, to even keep up at Carlsbad, you had to be a good mud racer in the morning, and a good blue groove racer in the afternoon, because old man Grismer always left the sprinklers on too long night before the races...Tongue

I always prided myself on that, it's the GH ruts that get me now in my old age...

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douglasredding wrote:
Yes, they have run the Sheriff's high speed training course. In a year you may do that, the back of Mt. Saint Helen's ridge-line, boyscout trail...
Yes, they have run the Sheriff's high speed training course. In a year you may do that, the back of Mt. Saint Helen's ridge-line, boyscout trail, REM, the Pro-2 truck stadium course, Shoei and Yamaha hills. There's also a very cool course marked behind Talladega that is like a couloir for a while...only done that once or twice but it was very cool. You really never know what you're going to get...makes it interesting.

That whole property is like Disneyland for off-road.

Doug
Yeah it is like disneyland! I was doing a GP a few years back, couldn't remember if it was SRA, Johnny Cambell passed me on the road course going through the waterhole going Mach 10.. it was fun
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3 weeks left for my shoulder to heal and I will be racing that series. Can't wait! Recently moved out here so I have yet to ride at Glen Helen.
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Rock you have always had nothing but good things to say about REM. I only wish I could get out there sometime and ride that track. It looks awesome!!
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Joe Sutter has been working some of his magic on the REM track the last few weeks!...Track was really good last Saturday and the last few weeks!!
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This week it is drone footage.

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