Well, the weekend was another event starting with my wife seeing the "Free Lab Puppies" sign on the way to the races. yes, we are the proud owner of a pup.
Anyway, back to the race. we did a practice lap that was only half the track. The crew was still marking the second half of the track so i came in for some maintenance. I had a small get off and to realign the front end. Carl had a brake line wear into(KTM owners check your rear brake line(white part) because it rubs on the swingarm at the bend). We found a yamaha one and got him going. The track was dusty and sandy and fast. But right before the race started there was a rain shower that last 5 minutes...beautiful!
The pros got going almost on time and we(Vet class) were sitting way back on row 8. i was pumping and ready as the last race my start sucked. I got off the line in front but was immediately caught by the teacher. he and diced all the way to the woods(approx 1 mile of wide open sand race before the wood section). I scared my self silly in the sand twice but made it in the woods right on the leaders tail. I was able to habg with him and actually passed for the lead after he bobbled. i held the lead for half the first lap and then lost it when we caught the next class. I was a little to conservative in passing and the teach passed me. I held on for 2nd until another fast deep sand section when another guy got me. i was fighting the sand all day. We hit a lake dam that was dry, smooth and long and i got the 300 exc full throttle in top gear. Close to 95 mph(panoram said 103.4 need to check calibration!). The bike was hauling and working flawlessly but again in a sand section I got caught again and ended up finishing 4th for the day, 49th overall. Really disappointed because I felt good in the woods and felt like I had a good day but the many long deep sand sections took its toll on me. Batboy finished 9th, 2 laps in and he ran good.
Brandon forrester won the event(may have been his 1st overall??) Steve Levain finshed 4th.
Anyway, back to the race. we did a practice lap that was only half the track. The crew was still marking the second half of the track so i came in for some maintenance. I had a small get off and to realign the front end. Carl had a brake line wear into(KTM owners check your rear brake line(white part) because it rubs on the swingarm at the bend). We found a yamaha one and got him going. The track was dusty and sandy and fast. But right before the race started there was a rain shower that last 5 minutes...beautiful!
The pros got going almost on time and we(Vet class) were sitting way back on row 8. i was pumping and ready as the last race my start sucked. I got off the line in front but was immediately caught by the teacher. he and diced all the way to the woods(approx 1 mile of wide open sand race before the wood section). I scared my self silly in the sand twice but made it in the woods right on the leaders tail. I was able to habg with him and actually passed for the lead after he bobbled. i held the lead for half the first lap and then lost it when we caught the next class. I was a little to conservative in passing and the teach passed me. I held on for 2nd until another fast deep sand section when another guy got me. i was fighting the sand all day. We hit a lake dam that was dry, smooth and long and i got the 300 exc full throttle in top gear. Close to 95 mph(panoram said 103.4 need to check calibration!). The bike was hauling and working flawlessly but again in a sand section I got caught again and ended up finishing 4th for the day, 49th overall. Really disappointed because I felt good in the woods and felt like I had a good day but the many long deep sand sections took its toll on me. Batboy finished 9th, 2 laps in and he ran good.
Brandon forrester won the event(may have been his 1st overall??) Steve Levain finshed 4th.
