Racers, how did you do this weekend?

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kawboy388 4/6/2009 6:57pm
4/6/2009 6:57pm
Went 2-2 for 2nd OA. Crappy,cold,windy as hell day. Bad start (dead last) in the first
moto. Somehow instead of being in third for the start (which worked awesome last
week) I was in FOURTH, spin,rev,bog. Catch up to the pack fairly quick, and what is
in second to last ? A KX 500 who seems to take up the whole track, I have to wait to
get to a technical section to pass (in the immortal words of Hannah, "You can pass
what you can't see"). Pass a few more and after the race I have no idea how I did,had
to check the board.


Second moto, holeshot, till a green fender comes up and t-bones me in corner one,
sending me off the track. Then an exact replay of moto one.
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gt80rider 4/6/2009 7:14pm
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4-12 in +30B for god knows what overall....... had an uber great time as the track was a muddy f'n mess, looked about like daytona 08.... landed completely sideways off one of the doubles and still didn't crash because it was so slick....second moto i crashed 6 times.... i have been picking out of the last bits of mud out of my eyes all day today.... good times..... LOL.....
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Cygnus 4/6/2009 7:17pm
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gt80rider wrote:
4-12 in +30B for god knows what overall....... had an uber great time as the track was a muddy f'n mess, looked about like daytona 08...
4-12 in +30B for god knows what overall....... had an uber great time as the track was a muddy f'n mess, looked about like daytona 08.... landed completely sideways off one of the doubles and still didn't crash because it was so slick....second moto i crashed 6 times.... i have been picking out of the last bits of mud out of my eyes all day today.... good times..... LOL.....
Where?
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Highsider 4/6/2009 7:24pm
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Void Main wrote:
No broken bones, margaritas on the way home. Doesn't get any better than that!
Where did you accomplish the "no broken bones'...I can figure out the margaritas!

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zippy895 4/6/2009 7:35pm
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7th in a mtb race at tsali,n.carolina
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Yamaha24 4/6/2009 8:36pm
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gt80rider wrote:
4-12 in +30B for god knows what overall....... had an uber great time as the track was a muddy f'n mess, looked about like daytona 08...
4-12 in +30B for god knows what overall....... had an uber great time as the track was a muddy f'n mess, looked about like daytona 08.... landed completely sideways off one of the doubles and still didn't crash because it was so slick....second moto i crashed 6 times.... i have been picking out of the last bits of mud out of my eyes all day today.... good times..... LOL.....
Cygnus wrote:
Where?
Yeah last I heard Brush was called off due to the weather and I thought RMXA was off. Going to run the last hare scram next weekend though.
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raddad 4/7/2009 7:14am
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Void Main wrote:
No broken bones, margaritas on the way home. Doesn't get any better than that!
Highsider wrote:
Where did you accomplish the "no broken bones'...I can figure out the margaritas!
What the heck, shouldn't you have been racing Sunday Highsider?

Let me guess Void Main, you have a margarita machine in the motor home..Wink
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mxer993 4/7/2009 7:25am
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We crashed and burned this weekend. Practice on Saturday was great. Then came the rain on Sunday. Garren has not ridden in the mud in a...
We crashed and burned this weekend. Practice on Saturday was great. Then came the rain on Sunday. Garren has not ridden in the mud in a long time. First set of motos he crashed 3 times. Come second set of motos and did not even make one lap of the his first moto. He came off start in a great position, then got bumped went down and him and bike both got ran over. His bike shows the signs of being ran over and so does the bike. He ended up with a splint of his right wrist. Went to the ortho today and was told his right arm is fractured in the radius and he could have some possible fractured ribs. He said there was nothing he could do for the ribs just watch him. I can't believe this he told him he could ride if he wanted to. But Garren decided he would sit out for the 4 weeks. This is the first broken bone for him in over 2 years.
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sorry to hear about the crash. Can't believe he said he could ride. Sitting out for a few weeks is probably smart.
I could not believe he said he could ride either. But you are right about sitting out for a few weeks. I want to make sure the ribs are all healed up before he goes back out. I was also surprised that Garren said he would just wait. It acutally may take me that long to get the bike repaired, so it may be a good thing he is waiting. Not acutally sure of all the damage to it right now. It looks like the bracket that holds the numbers plates is bent a little. Also, may have some damage to the subframe. We are going to take it apart this week when my husband gets home from Indiana. We are hoping that it is not that bad.
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Highsider 4/7/2009 7:20pm
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raddad wrote:
What the heck, shouldn't you have been racing Sunday Highsider?

Let me guess Void Main, you have a margarita machine in the motor home..Wink
I pussed out due to snow, here and to the south 100 miles, or so, on Sunday. Saturday a buddy and I were going to lay out a small practice track and ride, but I think he pussed out thinking it was raining at my place. Bummer all around. Glad you got to ride.
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Void Main 4/7/2009 7:33pm
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Heh heh, no margarita machine (and no motorhome). Actually I didn't race but went down to St Joe's (Flat River) Missouri and had a great time dozing in the woods. They were setting up the Enduro course so we rode a lot of that along with a lot of racing each other through the woods on no trail at all (what I enjoy most). There's a good Mexican place we always stop at in Herculaneum on the way home.
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jeffro503 4/7/2009 7:42pm
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Hey Pilot dude. I might know you from a few year ago if you did any racing up here in the NW. I used to race the +25A and +30A classes a lot up around here. Stopped most of my outdoor stuff around 2003. But rode with Don Biseglia , Trevor portner , Ted Holt , Darrel Zumstien , Dave eakon and so forth. I rode #503 on kaws for many years in the 250 INT ( kept trying to go pro.....but kept breaking my damn body!) last couple years in 02' and 03' i was on a CRF 450. I also ran the Hindsight MX for about 3-1/2 years....did you ever make it to our track?

Anyways....always good to see another NW rider on here.
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jeffro503 4/7/2009 7:44pm
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Also....i notice a lot of the "big talkers" on the boards that seem to know everything don't chime in on how well they did this past weekend or anything. At Least I DID race.....unlike a lot of these guys on here that try to make you think they do.
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Larry 4/7/2009 7:45pm
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Void Main wrote:
Heh heh, no margarita machine (and no motorhome). Actually I didn't race but went down to St Joe's (Flat River) Missouri and had a great time...
Heh heh, no margarita machine (and no motorhome). Actually I didn't race but went down to St Joe's (Flat River) Missouri and had a great time dozing in the woods. They were setting up the Enduro course so we rode a lot of that along with a lot of racing each other through the woods on no trail at all (what I enjoy most). There's a good Mexican place we always stop at in Herculaneum on the way home.
Sounds like you had the most fun.
I have chosen which race to go to based on what restaurant I wanted to eat at on the way home more than once.
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Devil1nNj 4/7/2009 7:54pm
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Not so hot.

DNS DNS for DNF overall.
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pilotdude 4/7/2009 8:05pm
4/7/2009 8:05pm Edited Date/Time 4/7/2009 8:16pm
jeffro503 wrote:
Also....i notice a lot of the "big talkers" on the boards that seem to know everything don't chime in on how well they did this past...
Also....i notice a lot of the "big talkers" on the boards that seem to know everything don't chime in on how well they did this past weekend or anything. At Least I DID race.....unlike a lot of these guys on here that try to make you think they do.
Yeah, I noticed that too man. I know almost all the names you mentioned. Don Biseglia built a track for me in 98 on some land my dad owned. I don't think Darryl Zumstein was there but his brother Brent was and we talked. He is still in 40+C and I got moved up this year to B. Ted Holt was there and I think he went 1-2 for 2nd overall in the 40+A. I learned 2 thinks this weekend: 1 The B guys fight harder and 2. I am not in the riding shape I want to be yet.
Williamson425 4/7/2009 8:12pm
4/7/2009 8:12pm
Snuck in a win in +30. My boy won a few races the same day. Just local stuff though.
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Sonny 4/7/2009 8:31pm
4/7/2009 8:31pm
No race but shitty practice
After a cold winter, I got out to practice for the first time

I don't understand...a sprained wrist from last year has created arthritis in my thumb and middle finger knuckle it seems. Never had it before and I was a little freaked out.

Any suggestions

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