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I can't speak as to any section other than 16, where I was flagging. Outside the corner, tight to the banner, flag high. The riders could absolutely see me. The lights are on the approach to the takeoff for the quad, facing the riders, 50+ft from the corner. No way you can miss them. Now please explain how these red light/flag infractions occured at FL different sections. Are we going to say that several sections of the track the riders couldn't see the lights OR the flagger?

BS. I was there. All those section 16 penalties in 250....That was my section. I was tight up to the banner waving my flag as the riders come out of the corner before the quad. The lights were at the bottom of the take off to the quad. No way they couldn't see me and the lights. The flag was waving and the lights were on. They say it at off-road races all the time....don't follow the butt ahead of you. These guys got bunched up, got tunnel vision and that's it. People can downvote all they want. When they...

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That’s a nice try, but “No”. ” May 10, 1996: Prime Minister John Howard’s government organized sweeping reforms and agreed to the landmark National Firearms Agreement (NFA). [ 1 , 2 ] July 1996 - August 1998: The laws and the corresponding mandatory buyback scheme were phased in across the states and territories. Over 650,000 previously legal firearms were turned in and destroyed.[ 1 , 2 ] Key Prohibitions and Restrictions Banned Firearms: Fully automatic and semi-automatic rifles and shotguns are prohibited for civilians. Restrictions are also placed on concealable weapons like handguns. [ 1 , 2 ] No Self-Defense...

What I don’t understand is why a Koala cares so much about United States affairs. Not a one of us gives a shit about what’s happening in Australia. The most incompetent and corrupt presidency? No sir, Joe Biden is no longer in office. PS, I have no respect for a society that ceded their gun rights to the government.

I know you probably aren’t aware, but it’s called “collateral damage”. War is Hell. “We killed a bunch of kids in Iran”, you’re starting to sound like an Al Jazeera commercial. Do you think Iran, Hamas, or Hezbollah cares about the children? You’d be sadly mistaken. This won’t be popular, and I don’t care, the IRANIANS made their bed and now they have to lie in it.

Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, et al; are direct proxies of Iran. The IRGC absolutely 100% can NOT be trusted. People here don’t seem to think that Israel has in inalienable right to self defense. Let a cartel in Mexico launch a strike in to Texas. How do you think the United States would respond? Israel has NEVER taken marching orders from the United States. Should Canada be doing what we tell them? The entire Middle East, is a war torn shithole. Yes, I’ve been there. We are talking about people who’ve been fighting over the same dirt for centuries. Don’t think...

My best friend has his, but quit using it long ago and shut down his maintenance facility. He had worked on some cylinders that went in a chopper, and that thing later went down (eventually it was ruled it wasnt due to any of his work), but initially the FAA was all up his ass and log books and you are basically a suspect at first. After that, and a run-in with a customer over an old wood spar Mooney, he said fuck-it and got outta that biz entirely.

Coolest interaction I had was with Fro at AUSX around 2018, he was sitting behind me during practice, I said hi, we shot the shit about grips and dirt bikes for 10 mins. Such a down to earth humble guy, I could feel how much he still loved moto

I was spending the afternoon at the Goat Ranch watching the army of Star riders practice. I was kicking back in a lawn chair under one of the buildings for shade - Carmichaels dad was sitting next to me... He just started talking to me like he knew me forever - I just rolled with the situation. Talked about everything from the Gator skeleton by the pond to jumping snakes that you would find in the grass. I think he thought I was Shane Bentley - not sure. While all this was happening Dylan Ferrandis had a giant Lynx Cat...

In 1998 I was working in a bike shop in Davidson, NC, when this little dude comes in with a Yeti mountain bike that had Sue Fish's name on the top tube. I asked him where he got it and he said John Parker (Yeti Founder) is a friend of mine. I asked who he was and he said Kevin Atherton. He had stepped away from the dirt track circuit to get his shit together, and we did a bunch of riding and partying that summer. He told me he had some buddies that needed work done on their bikes...

I can't wait to see the signage coming to a track near you: -NO GLASS -NO WEAPONS -NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL -NO FUCKING CHAINSAWS

Do people drive their car in their living room with hookers there?

Are you claiming Hunter was not high when he had the weapon?

Bravo AZ, very well said! I can't believe this post is still going (11 pager, dang), and we owe that to Zacka, but you've said it best of all. Thanks for sharing your perspective.

I don't get all the Prado humping...