Glen Helen Track prep

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Edited Date/Time 5/23/2015 8:13am
Uh...did Jody just run out of time on this corner? Discarded barriers and fallen trees. When was the last time you saw a "prepped" track with weeds growing in it? Weird.

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deegan711 5/22/2015 10:57am
5/22/2015 10:57am
Looks like an old school track real motocross
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machine 5/22/2015 10:58am
5/22/2015 10:58am
Looks like a GP track and as we all know, those are the best.Whistling
TriRacer27 5/22/2015 11:01am
5/22/2015 11:01am
moto0852 wrote:
Uh...did Jody just run out of time on this corner? Discarded barriers and fallen trees. When was the last time you saw a "prepped" track with...
Uh...did Jody just run out of time on this corner? Discarded barriers and fallen trees. When was the last time you saw a "prepped" track with weeds growing in it? Weird.

That turn gets NASTY. Leave it as is, it's fun to watch.
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mxer512 5/22/2015 11:04am
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i thought it looked a lil sketch on WP's Gopro footage but it was kinda hard to tell from it

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Hut 5/22/2015 11:11am
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moto0852 wrote:
Uh...did Jody just run out of time on this corner? Discarded barriers and fallen trees. When was the last time you saw a "prepped" track with...
Uh...did Jody just run out of time on this corner? Discarded barriers and fallen trees. When was the last time you saw a "prepped" track with weeds growing in it? Weird.

TriRacer27 wrote:
That turn gets NASTY. Leave it as is, it's fun to watch.
Looked kinda sketchy on the one lap with WP. I like it, but not sure what the big dogs think. Cool
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Zaugg 5/22/2015 11:22am
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They couldn't get a dozer up there...

I guess there's a couple places where the dozer said NO!

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mxer512 5/22/2015 11:27am
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bring out twitch and berman with their shovels they will have that thing looking mint in 30
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BroFoSho 5/22/2015 11:37am
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It was like that last year too. Kinda cool with the ledge half way up. But it ended up being really narrow and one lined by the motos
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OW38B 5/22/2015 11:47am
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Are you saying the National Pros are a bunch of "Nancies"?
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Old-Man 5/22/2015 12:42pm
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"When was the last time you saw a "prepped" track with weeds growing in it?"

UMMM..Unadilla every year in the 70's 80's 90's Whistling
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Old-Man 5/22/2015 12:44pm
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deegan711 wrote:
Looks like an old school track real motocross
Yupper, It's fine. We don't need everything clean, folded and put into drawers for us do we?
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RonSkj 5/22/2015 1:18pm
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Looks like the best part of the track.. We don't need perfectly groomed and shaped tracks.
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Zaugg 5/22/2015 1:42pm
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moto0852 wrote:
Uh...did Jody just run out of time on this corner? Discarded barriers and fallen trees. When was the last time you saw a "prepped" track with...
Uh...did Jody just run out of time on this corner? Discarded barriers and fallen trees. When was the last time you saw a "prepped" track with weeds growing in it? Weird.

I don't mind the rough track and leaving it "natural" but having it look like someone's back yard track is a little embarrassing for the sport.

Image if they left garbage cans on the streets of Monoco this weekend at the F1 race?
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Silliker269 5/22/2015 1:44pm
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The "track" bit looks good , maybe they will clean up some of the other stuff for race day
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karsmakers 5/22/2015 1:57pm
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moto0852 wrote:
Uh...did Jody just run out of time on this corner? Discarded barriers and fallen trees. When was the last time you saw a "prepped" track with...
Uh...did Jody just run out of time on this corner? Discarded barriers and fallen trees. When was the last time you saw a "prepped" track with weeds growing in it? Weird.

Zaugg wrote:
I don't mind the rough track and leaving it "natural" but having it look like someone's back yard track is a little embarrassing for the sport...
I don't mind the rough track and leaving it "natural" but having it look like someone's back yard track is a little embarrassing for the sport.

Image if they left garbage cans on the streets of Monoco this weekend at the F1 race?
Looks like a trashy ass back yard with weeds and hoses and assorted other shit laying around......maybe Jody can get up there with his weed trimmer and rent a 5 yd dumpster to throw all the unnecessaries out. In Europe it would be all cleaned up with some pop ups for shade and some hot Swedish chicks to rub down any sore spectatorsGrinning
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mx836 5/22/2015 1:58pm
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mxer512 wrote:
bring out twitch and berman with their shovels they will have that thing looking mint in 30
Haha exactly! Get out there with a damn garden rake if you have to. You can call it "real moto" and "old school", but really it kind of looks unprofessional. I think at the beginning of any race day the track should be fully manicured. After that, who cares, but those weeds gotta go!!
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TailSoHard 5/22/2015 2:05pm
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If I wanted a nice smooth track to race on, I'd be a road bike racer
Doogle167 5/22/2015 2:11pm
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machine wrote:
Looks like a GP track and as we all know, those are the best.Whistling
It is a GP track isn't it?

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aFACEdismembered 5/22/2015 2:15pm
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So is the consensus that if the fencing, hoses and other assorted's were removed it would be ok?

...because if you people are bitching about weeds, rocks and a few rain ruts I have no hope for this sport.

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Price check on Vagiclean, aisle five. I repeat: price check on Vagiclean, aisle five.

That's Vagiclean.

We've got a customer down here with a full-on fallopian fungus. He's baking a loaf of bread and I think it's sourdough.
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kawirider819 5/22/2015 2:19pm
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TailSoHard wrote:
If I wanted a nice smooth track to race on, I'd be a road bike racer
So you wouldn't want to race on Unadilla in the early morning when the track is absolutely pristine?
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mx836 5/22/2015 2:22pm
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TailSoHard wrote:
If I wanted a nice smooth track to race on, I'd be a road bike racer
Ever ridden a road bike? Pretty bumpy.
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h&m_cycle 5/22/2015 2:27pm
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aFACEdismembered wrote:
So is the consensus that if the fencing, hoses and other assorted's were removed it would be ok? ...because if you people are bitching about weeds...
So is the consensus that if the fencing, hoses and other assorted's were removed it would be ok?

...because if you people are bitching about weeds, rocks and a few rain ruts I have no hope for this sport.

Ok, that's is good, Dilla & Binghamton (no rocks please)...
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ocscottie 5/22/2015 2:28pm
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pelted wrote:
Price check on Vagiclean, aisle five. I repeat: price check on Vagiclean, aisle five. That's Vagiclean. We've got a customer down here with a full-on fallopian...
Price check on Vagiclean, aisle five. I repeat: price check on Vagiclean, aisle five.

That's Vagiclean.

We've got a customer down here with a full-on fallopian fungus. He's baking a loaf of bread and I think it's sourdough.
HAR! i love that flick Laughing
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machine 5/22/2015 2:31pm
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machine wrote:
Looks like a GP track and as we all know, those are the best.Whistling
Doogle167 wrote:
It is a GP track isn't it?
Well...you got me on that one...Grinning
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It's just confusing because there's still something green
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anniebertmojo 5/22/2015 4:20pm
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moto0852 wrote:
Uh...did Jody just run out of time on this corner? Discarded barriers and fallen trees. When was the last time you saw a "prepped" track with...
Uh...did Jody just run out of time on this corner? Discarded barriers and fallen trees. When was the last time you saw a "prepped" track with weeds growing in it? Weird.

it was press day, so I'm sure the track will be adjusted to some degree by Saturday and prepped proper. And if there are weeds in in Saturday, so what... it's motocross. By race time they will be gone with all the riders riding on it.

Also if you've ever raced at GH, they are always making new sections into the natural terrain hill area's being the National or REM track. Jody, GH and DC have put together a great race that will satisfy all. I can tell you this... it will be rough, rutted, fast, combined with steep up and down hills and pure moto. It will push the riders and bikes to the limit. The weather will be perfect, partly Sunny around 70

Photo: Racer X


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FreshTopEnd 5/22/2015 4:40pm
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moto0852 wrote:
Uh...did Jody just run out of time on this corner? Discarded barriers and fallen trees. When was the last time you saw a "prepped" track with...
Uh...did Jody just run out of time on this corner? Discarded barriers and fallen trees. When was the last time you saw a "prepped" track with weeds growing in it? Weird.

anniebertmojo wrote:
it was press day, so I'm sure the track will be adjusted to some degree by Saturday and prepped proper. And if there are weeds in...
it was press day, so I'm sure the track will be adjusted to some degree by Saturday and prepped proper. And if there are weeds in in Saturday, so what... it's motocross. By race time they will be gone with all the riders riding on it.

Also if you've ever raced at GH, they are always making new sections into the natural terrain hill area's being the National or REM track. Jody, GH and DC have put together a great race that will satisfy all. I can tell you this... it will be rough, rutted, fast, combined with steep up and down hills and pure moto. It will push the riders and bikes to the limit. The weather will be perfect, partly Sunny around 70

Photo: Racer X


That was one of the more cool (and challenging) sections to shoot last year. It's pretty steep. Love what they do for the place for a big race; wish I was there.



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TailSoHard 5/23/2015 8:02am
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TailSoHard wrote:
If I wanted a nice smooth track to race on, I'd be a road bike racer
kawirider819 wrote:
So you wouldn't want to race on Unadilla in the early morning when the track is absolutely pristine?
Ok, ya got me lol but still, I don't mind a couple bumps every once in a while...

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