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Everyone remembers the good ones....and if you aint cheating you aint trying right? haha
I can think of a couple-
Next to the Gate at RaceTown I could peek through and see the flinch of the gate person split second b4 gate dropped
Glen Helen for a couple years had a similar situation you could see a shadow of the gate person
One year when GH track went backwards after talledega was a left turn that you could cut through during a VetX race and pick up 2 bike lengths in a few seconds.
Glen Helen endurance races (6,12,24) there were crazy lines in the back of the singe track section that cut off 10-15 seconds of a 21 min lap. They really started cracking down on this one with track workers....
Anyone out there notice things like this at their local races?
I can think of a couple-
Next to the Gate at RaceTown I could peek through and see the flinch of the gate person split second b4 gate dropped
Glen Helen for a couple years had a similar situation you could see a shadow of the gate person
One year when GH track went backwards after talledega was a left turn that you could cut through during a VetX race and pick up 2 bike lengths in a few seconds.
Glen Helen endurance races (6,12,24) there were crazy lines in the back of the singe track section that cut off 10-15 seconds of a 21 min lap. They really started cracking down on this one with track workers....
Anyone out there notice things like this at their local races?
At a Harescramble this year, I passed the same guy every lap on a 10 mile coarse......he had a cheater line somewhere,
I have alwayse been known for getting good starts. Most of the time it's just figuring out the secrets of the gate.
LOL!!!
besides most of my "cheater" lines are gone, they went and built new tracks...... blasphamy!
To be honest i got better starts without looking, but gosh damn it was nice when I wanted it haha
The Shop
Hes older and raced intermediate, so any secret I had to edge him out was locked up tighter then a dolphins butthole.... Good times
Neiderhauser always seemed to have a knack for finding those little time-savers and I learned alot just from watching him race.
My buddy Josh was known for finding the fastest way around the track for years. Always seemed to find the low edges. This bale was right before a big downhill at Baja MX in Michigan.
Couple years ago everyone was taking the low side of a jump at Opening round of Hangtown and cutting straight across the right turn totally dodging the high side of jump. This pic reminds me of that day.
Pit Row
The following week, I tried it. My result was a case, a swap, and into the weeds....lol.
Yeah, but, some Ass-Hole on a really nice 4-Speed KX450 might catch you doing this and ROOST YOUR ASS for a coupl'a turns and "Tap" you when he's passing you a lap latter for being a Cheating POS.
I'm jus' laughing...
There was a cheater line off the side of the finish line tabletop at Barona Oaks for many years in the '90s. You could cut off half the height of the jump and land on the track. The only problem was the line brought you really close to the scoring tower. One kid hit it and WADDED one time.
Also back when my pops built the tracks at Indian Dunes, I used to sit on his lap while he carved out the sandwash portion of the tracks each week and scope the cheater lines. The whole track was bannered with twine, so cutting the track would result in neck burn (from hell) , but you could always find "creative lines" the day before you could pull out of your pocket when you needed it. There's no better feeling than knowing you have a line that nobody else knew about to use when needed.
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