Not sure where to begin with this post, so let's just start with... who needs a Saturday ticket... ** Update - Ticket has been claimed by Vital member TriRacer27 👍
Moving on to Friday, I have not attended a Thunder Valley Friday practice / race ( WMX Moto 1 ) ... Is the schedule I'm seeing for Friday, all women's moto practice, or is this for all the regular factory guys i.e., Lawrence Bros., Coenen Bros., Deegan, Sexton, AP7 ???
And for the track itself... I haven't ridden here for over a year, but I remember last year's national ( and the 10+ years prior ) after the finish line, the track went behind the starting gate. For this year, from the photos I've seen, it looks like right after the finish line, it will be a near, 180° turn and go right back up the hill, cutting out the long lane of rollers. As a spectator, it doesn't look great in my opinion. How does everyone's else feel about it??
Where your green arrow is,is how the track was last year.
You don’t have access to your email?….
If I get it figured out, I can definitely email it.
Or, I can see if I leaving the paper printout at the gate is an option.
Although I did like the rough sand roller section behind the start, I always did think it was kind of odd.
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Just got into town from Texas with the boys, excited to go catch some racing.
yeah, they cut out those rollers and now it's just a 180 back uphill.
TriRacer - you got it!
*** I just saw your DM, I'll finalize with you thru that 👍
out of the whole post this is what you thought to reply? lol.
Good on OP for hooking someone up.
I mean, he is a self proclaimed, ' Deegan realist ' ....
I wouldn't expect anything less from a Deegan nut hugger! 🤪
Those rollers/whoops haven't really been there for a few years now. They kept making them smaller and smaller and last year they removed that section all together. I think. Like 2021/2022 they were massive.
It looks like this year they extended the track to go uphill twice near the thunder valley sign. 🤷
Yea I think you’re right. That’s the spot where baggett blew the doors off Eli circa 2017? 2018? Blake was something else that year until he hurt his thumb.
Yeah, the loop behind the start has been gone for at least a year.
But the worse change in my opinion is at the top of the hill. They shortened the run up the hill and created a down/up/down there. A couple years ago we were sitting just off the fence there and Tomac made a run on the outside for like 6 straight laps trying to get by Kenny. It was wild how he flew over the top wide open and then massive full brakes on the downslope for the left hander…. On like the 6th attempt, they came together going for the inside and Ken held the line and Eli popped over the berm and lost like 4 seconds getting back on the main line. I think they were battling for the overall.
Holy shit the triple step up is HUGE
Also, I love how the first turn is shown in that illustration as light colored dirt…. They often put enough manure there to turn the entire turn into a dark carbon grey color.
It was put in to increase the lap time so it was just over 2 minutes, which was the minimum for a national track. Glad its back to the old way which is way more fun to rail the berm after the finish line to rocket up the start hill. They Have added and changed the other parts to make up for it.
Yeah, 2022. Kenny's last win with Honda. That was a sick race!
Thunder Valley results since 2020
2020 250 overall
2/1 = Justin Cooper
1/3 = Dylan Ferrandis
4/2 = Jeremy Martin
3/5 = Shane Mcelrath
5/4 = Hunter Lawrence
6/6 = Jett Lawrence
7/8 = Jo Shimoda
8/9 = Mitchell Harrison
9/10 = Jarrett Frye
13/11 = Carson Mumford
2020 450 overall
3/1 = Eli Tomac
1/3 = Adam Cianciarulo
4/2 = Zachary Osborne
2/5 = Chase Sexton
7/4 = Christian Craig
6/8 = Marvin Musquin
9/6 = Max Anstie
14/7 = Benny Bloss
12/9 = Justin Bogle
13/10 = Jake Masterpool
2021 250 overall
2/2 = Justin Cooper
4/1 = Jett Lawrence
5/3 = Hunter Lawrence
6/4 = Jo Shimoda
9/5 = Colt Nichols
7/7 = Garrett Marchbanks
10/6 = Jalek Swoll
1/40 = Jeremy Martin
8/12 = Dilan Schwartz
3/19 = RJ Hampshire
2021 450 overall
1/1 = Ken Roczen
2/2 = Dylan Ferrandis
3/6 = Adam Cianciarulo
7/3 = Justin Barcia
5/4 = Aaron Plessinger
4/5 = Chase Sexton
6/7 = Christian Craig
8/8 = Cooper Webb
9/9 = Marvin Musquin
11/10 = Eli Tomac
2022 250 overall
2/2 = Jett Lawrence
4/1 = Hunter Lawrence
1/5 = Levi Kitchen
3/3 = Justin Cooper
7/6 = Jo Shimoda
6/7 = Stilez Robertson
13/4 = Michael Mosiman
10/9 = Matthew Leblanc
5/15 = Seth Hammaker
9/13 = Nicholas Romano
2022 450 overall
2/1 = Ken Roczen
1/3 = Eli Tomac
4/2 = Chase Sexton
3/6 = Jason Anderson
5/4 = Antonio Cairoli
7/7 = Ryan Dungey
6/8 = Justin Barcia
12/5 = Shane Mcelrath
8/9 = Joey Savatgy
9/11 = Garrett Marchbanks
2023 250 overall
2/1 = Hunter Lawrence
1/4 = Justin Cooper
5/2 = Levi Kitchen
3/8 = Jo Shimoda
11/3 = Chance Hymas
7/5 = Maximus Vohland
6/6 = Jordon Smith
4/9 = Haiden Deegan
8/7 = RJ Hampshire
10/10 = Jalek Swoll
2023 450 overall
1/1 = Jett Lawrence
4/2 = Aaron Plessinger
2/5 = Cooper Webb
3/6 = Adam Cianciarulo
7/3 = Dylan Ferrandis
5/4 = Ty Masterpool
6/8 = Garrett Marchbanks
8/7 = Grant Harlan
10/10 = Fredrik Noren
12/9 = Lorenzo Locurcio
2024 250 overall
1/2 = Haiden Deegan
4/1 = Chance Hymas
2/4 = Tom Vialle
5/3 = Jo Shimoda
3/7 = Levi Kitchen
7/5 = Jalek Swoll
8/6 = Ty Masterpool
6/9 = Pierce Brown
9/10 = Julien Beaumer
11/11 = Jordon Smith
2024 450 overall
2/1 = Jett Lawrence
1/2 = Hunter Lawrence
3/3 = Justin Cooper
4/6 = Justin Barcia
6/5 = Chase Sexton
5/8 = Aaron Plessinger
10/4 = Jason Anderson
7/7 = Malcolm Stewart
8/9 = Dylan Ferrandis
9/10 = Christian Craig
2025 250 overall
1/1 = Chance Hymas
2/2 = Haiden Deegan
8/3 = Levi Kitchen
3/8 = Garrett Marchbanks
6/5 = Tom Vialle
9/4 = Jo Shimoda
13/6 = Casey Cochran
10/10 = Dilan Schwartz
7/13 = Mikkel Haarup
4/16 = Ty Masterpool
2025 450 overall
1/1 = Jett Lawrence
3/2 = Eli Tomac
2/5 = Aaron Plessinger
5/3 = Justin Cooper
4/4 = Hunter Lawrence
7/6 = Cooper Webb
6/7 = RJ Hampshire
10/10 = Malcolm Stewart
14/8 = Valentin Guillod
9/16 = Joey Savatgy
Anybody after watching practice Friday, specifically Coenan think the same thing? First thing I thought of. Same colorway..
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No wonder JT$ was pleading the 5th and wouldn't hint at the Coenen gear. Too rad!
Weird how Sacha looks taller than James Stuart.
To be fair Bilbo Baggins is taller than Stew
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