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Doing what it takes, good luck to yall
I would just like to add ...
Getting to pack the gate for my son and watch him race at lorettas is absolutely an electric experience .
Anyone who has ever been in that staging barn knows that feeling .
The more we race the more we realize that in racing , it is what is.
Champions make their own luck and if you're smart enough to see the problems and politics within the sport, you're smart enough to work around them .
I think the classes are fine. Leave them as they are. I raced 45+ sportsman this year and got my ass kicked. I was in shape, but should have focused more on raw speed. Did a ton of 30 min motos and should have done more sprint laps. I raced a few local A class races in the 90's. Never scored pro points, but also moved out of the B class. I got my ass kicked at the ranch because I wasn't fast enough. I could go much faster with the right practice. Instead of Davey Coombs removing my competetion I'd rather figure out how to beat them.
And for the record, there were plenty of guys there who scored points getting it taken to them by guys who never did. The vet classes are basically about how bad you want it. Working out and eating right is free. Loretta's is the country club of amateur MX. Everyone doesn't get invited....and that's what makes it special. There are many other big vet races with all the classes you guys are asking for. Go attend those races and have a blast, but if you want to race at Loretta's you better put in the work because they don't let just anyone in, as it should be.
100% this....and from somebody who raced this year.
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Awesome of you to drive over half way across the country to let him race! You and your son both will never forget the whole staging/gate drop/racing feeling for the week. My dad packed my gate in 99, supermini class. First time there.
Love the name. Spent a lot of time working out in the peninsula. Worked with the Elwha tribe on multiple occasions.
Yeah we’re from Joyce.
It would have been completely miserable to be there last week camping in a tent. I would not have been able to drink enough fluids to keep up with the non stop sweat. I'd assume he found some buddies with AC to let him hang out at points. Also, no pit vehicle? You better pray for a killer parking spot or you will be logging some serious shoe miles, or riding the Maico everywhere.. lol
No doubt on all accounts!
Middle of nowhere. I used to service the generators at the cell towers. Joyce Ridge was one of em. Lived shear Olympia for 10 years.
I see my old times, thats amazing👍
Yeah we were just across from the Volkswagen guy. We were in two back packing tents . It was hard at times but not impossible . You can get cheap battery powered fans at Wal Mart , helps when going to sleep.
We did walk A LOT during the week with no pit vehicle , but my son had his specialized hotrock which we bought at the salvation army for fifty bucks.
If you have two easy ups and a folding Wal Mart table and a piece of AstroTurf you're actually pretty dialed for all eventualities.
Last year we learned that you can't leave the easy ups unattended in Florida as the afternoon thunderstorms did two in.
One thing I splurge on is I buy the full photo package from the photo guy there.... It's like 130 bucks but boy are you glad you got it later on. We have a huge , sharp poster from every year he's gone.
You guys are hardcore! Way to make it happen.
Hmmm...Emig talking about how competitive the 40+ class is in his 40+ podium speech.
No doubt it is , but did he need to also add that the 40 and 50+ classes used to be considered "throw away classes" . Kinda disrespectful to true amateurs to say something like that.
Easy solution, everyone gets a trophy! Make them all the same size and even give everyone a championship plaque.
I agree with you but you'll never get through with this argument here. Most people on here don't race or have never raced competitively. It is bizarre that the vet classes especially 25+ is essentially just a pro class lol. The 25 lap times are the same as pro sport, don't really understand the point of that class anymore.
As a spectator, its great. As a washed up 9-5er who is still somewhat competitive and on edge of being fast enough for LL. It sucks.
Pit Row
FWIW NASCAR guys definitely drop down to other leagues even in the prime of their Cup career and compete/win against little fish.
Kyle Larson is in his prime years of a driver and is racing NASCAR, F1, and even dropping down to go race high paying shows in a Sprint car or Late model on dirt ovals. He’s racing dudes in those classes that are literally farmers, plumbers, carpenters etc and getting worked by some of them! Yet the only people that ever seem to complain about it are the ones sitting in the grandstands, you can go talk to any driver in the pits on the same night and they have no problem racing guys like Larson, Kahne, etc. Hell, Sterling Marlin and Rusty Wallace came to our local track when I was a kid and raced an Old G-Body metric class and nobody complained.
I know they do, but they're racing the top tier class at those events. The pro classes if you will. Their class structure isnt really comparable to moto tho, but i get what you mean for sure.
The big names in NASCAR raced in Wi. On the clay ovals 1970,s into the 2000,s . The Wi. Drivers raced 6 nights a week and where know as tough competition . The 1st motorized race was in Wi. It was steam engines. The nascar drivers never won. These boys drive the crap out of a car. Mike Brown raced stock cars at the beginning of his pro Mx career. Emig,s dad built stock car chassis. So I,m sure Jeff was at a lot of stock car races as a kid. Local stock car racing is hardcore . And a Great way to learn race craft , even just by watching.
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