Arenacross

Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 1:32am
Anyone have any updates? I just read that Willard won the lites class. What else???
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10/29/2011 7:10pm
Nice! Also I saw a picture and the track looks like the best arenacross track I've seen. 4 lanes instead of 3.
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10/29/2011 7:12pm
Nice! Also I saw a picture and the track looks like the best arenacross track I've seen. 4 lanes instead of 3.
Yeah, It looks like some one is thinking OUTside the box. Cool to see

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10/29/2011 7:32pm
Ohio riders first through 6th in the main !
10/29/2011 7:35pm
Anyone know what happened to Zach Ames? Looks like he had the fastest laptime in the main but must have crashed out?
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10/29/2011 7:40pm
collided with Chad J.
bike was smoking and dnf
10/29/2011 7:41pm Edited Date/Time 10/29/2011 8:00pm
mxrider225 wrote:
Wasn't Brayton racing?
No not at all. lol Woohoo

Unless Factory Honda decided to bring the big rig to the stepping stone of supercross and risk getting hurt! Silly

Come on dude, I know you we're joking with that comment! I hope.....Blink
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10/29/2011 8:04pm
MX Culture wrote:
Ohio riders first through 6th in the main !
Make that Ohio riders 1st thru 7th in the main as Shawn Rife (7th position) grew up racing in Ohio.
God bless Drew Wolfe!!!

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10/29/2011 9:27pm
MX Culture wrote:
Ohio riders first through 6th in the main !
mxbum wrote:
Make that Ohio riders 1st thru 7th in the main as Shawn Rife (7th position) grew up racing in Ohio.
God bless Drew Wolfe!!!

bruce
i thought so, but wasn't positive. I thought PA.
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10/30/2011 5:31am
Nice! Also I saw a picture and the track looks like the best arenacross track I've seen. 4 lanes instead of 3.
talk to 3 riders who raced last night and they all said the track was far from that.....
10/30/2011 8:41am
Huckster wrote:
talk to 3 riders who raced last night and they all said the track was far from that.....
Really? What did they say about it? Looked pretty good in the pictures but I know that doesn't mean much.
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10/30/2011 8:59am
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10/30/2011 9:51am
Nice! Also I saw a picture and the track looks like the best arenacross track I've seen. 4 lanes instead of 3.
Huckster wrote:
talk to 3 riders who raced last night and they all said the track was far from that.....
x2. track was kinda lame. looked pretty easy IMO
Brayton did a lap on a stock honda but didnt jump anything
overall some good racing
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10/30/2011 9:52am
Rupert?!? Gracing us with your presence!
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10/30/2011 10:12am
Is Willard racing the whole series? I was surprised to see him riding in the "lites" class.....Been there done that no?
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10/30/2011 12:11pm
What happened to Siebler? He get hurt?
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10/30/2011 12:55pm
Picard186 wrote:
What happened to Siebler? He get hurt?
heard he didnt qualify
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10/30/2011 9:39pm Edited Date/Time 10/30/2011 9:40pm
A few notes from a guy who used to get lapped at an Arenacross or two.

First the track, because it was mentioned before:

The start was the sideways, short Des Moines start they like to do, but it was done better than they have ever done before. Few pileups and overall a very fair start. They got the angle right.

The straights were okay, but the rhythm was super basic and easy. A buddy of mine had never raced an AX before and jumped it first lap spot on - and no, he wasn't nearly as fast as the top guys. That shouldn't happen.

They had a "split corner" before the finish that made for a lot of follow the leader.

The sweeper was sand... therefore 1 lined.

They had a flat 180 on the start straight after the whoops, so it was hard for anyone to use any momentum through the whoops to make a pass in the corner.

AX is always tough to make a pass, but if a rider didn't make a mistake, there was really one straight into a bowl turn to make a pass. Even if you wanted to get aggressive, there was no where to do it.

Ames was riding well all night. Won his heat and the Dash for Cash convincingly and ran down C. Johnson in the main. He peeked inside a few times and pulled the trigger on a pass he had to know was going to get ugly... but if you read above it was nearly impossible to pass and Bowers was on the charge in 3rd.

When they got up, Johnson wheelied his bike over Ames' to get back in the race causing Ames to lose a radiator hose and be done for the night. Johnson's bike would expire before the end of the 25 lap main as well. Instead of 1st and 2nd at the opener, they both had DNFs... OUCH!

Siebler, Kevin Johnson, Daniel Blair and other top guys failed to qualify for the main event.

The show was good, and the action never really had too long of a break. A fair amount of racing, but I REALLY miss the 2 night formats.

A lot of KTMs on the line. They are paying huge contingency and it seems to be working.

The Monster Kawi guys are solid and going to be tough to beat. Gibson and Ames gave them a bit of a run.

A few guys without much mention so far.

Michael Willard was flying everytime he was on the track. The kid has great speed.

Cody Gilmore was on par with the "fast group" of former champions and winners all night, one of 9 guys to qualify with a 26 second lap time... YES! 9 guys!

Tommy Hofmaster is retired, or is he? He put his bike into the main when a lot of series favorites missed the main.

That's a lot of notes from my head - but glad I can type about it because I can't talk. Caught a cold from the cold weather - which was relatively warm for this time of year in Iowa. Spoiled by the Southwest this time of year I guess.

Forgot to mention. Over 70 entries in the AX Lites class and over 60 in the AX Class. Entry-wise, it was a strong opening round.
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10/30/2011 11:22pm
hofmaster is in semi retirement he runs races around mostly wisconsin and illinois so iowa isent tobadof a drive for him but he definitively still rips
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10/31/2011 12:22am
burba437 wrote:
hofmaster is in semi retirement he runs races around mostly wisconsin and illinois so iowa isent tobadof a drive for him but he definitively still rips
Neat-O, I just learned 2 new words.
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ts.p311 wrote:
Neat-O, I just learned 2 new words.
haha my space bar doesnt work half the time and didnt realize i was that far off on defiantly haha im to tired opppps
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10/31/2011 5:36am Edited Date/Time 10/31/2011 7:31am
After Ames, Johnson and eventually Gilmore, DNFd, I was thinking "Wait until they line-up TOMORROW night, with something to prove!"
Oh wait, there is not a "tomorrow night", anymore! Sad

I felt like I was at a reunion of sorts, hanging out all afternoon in the pits! Riders, Dads, Sponsors, Mechanics, AX personnel and others from the years I was part of the scene!
Great to see and chat with everyone!
(only the girlfriends had changed)
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10/31/2011 6:26am
Anyone know what happened to Zach Ames? Looks like he had the fastest laptime in the main but must have crashed out?
In a bowl turn he came over on CJ, trying to do what Reed did to Stewart and Ames took them both out.
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10/31/2011 6:50am
Is the girl racing? I heard she was but forgot her name.
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10/31/2011 7:08am
From now on we'll call Vicki Golden "The Girl." Smile

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