Jasle
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- Nov 27, 2001
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Well my kid, William Renville, got picked for the KJSC(KTM Junior Supercross Challenge) in Phoenix. It went something like this:
8:30AM show up at BanK One Ballpark and get in the pits. This is kinda cool because on previous years the pits don't open until 12:30.
9:00AM stand in line at the AMA Pro racing signup trailer. Still pretty darn cool because it says pro rider signup.
9:30AM Go to KTM truck and get our gear. Kids get pants, boots, gloves, hat... Dads get shirts and hat.
10:00am They bring over the M2R helmet dealer and they hand out Grant Langston replica helmets!!!!! I was freakin blown away. Free helmets! I guess they just signed the deal on the 10th to give them away. So for anyone that was at Anaheim Round one you'll get a voucher in the mail.
We squeeze a track walk in as well. My son bumps in to Grant Langston, Bubba Stewart, and Travis Pastrana and gets his new helmet autographed. Also Jaime Little from Mini Warriors stops by and talks to the kids.
2:15 First practice. Bikes are set p for the clutch to hit way early and the track is short with only one straight to see topend. Still fun. Track was hard to walk and now they are riding it.
3:15pm Kid line up and get their own autograph signing party. They sat their signing autographs for close to 2 hours. They were so excited about signing autographs. What was funny was my kid is in second grade and does not know cursive. His teacher took the time to teach him cursive for his name just for this part. He was eating it up. The kids were comparing how many hats/helmets/shirts they got to sign.
5:00pm Another practice. seats are starting to fill up now and we got to practice in front of a 1/4 full arena.
7:00pm Main show starts and they bring out the big dogs to introduce them. They also bring out the KJSC participants and put them on the jumbotron waving their hats.
8:15pm Big race. Will takes off and the bike that had been running great all day has a huge bog off the gate. Comes out of the gate 2nd to last. once the bike picks up speed he starts flyin and passes a bunch of people to end up 8th. There were only 2 kids clearing the finish line table and Will was one of them. The fastest lap times were from Cody Thomas our local fast guy but he wrecked out going for 1st place and ended up last. The only name I recognized from local racing was Jacob Fox and he snagged a 3rd.
I cannot really put in to words how stinking cool this day was!! I was wondering why kids would come from wAY out of state for this. Now I know. All I can say is you MUST sign up for all of them and get to one if you get drawn! All of the KTM crew were FIRST CLASS!
So thanks to KTM but mostly Kelly and Sel!!!!!!!!!
8:30AM show up at BanK One Ballpark and get in the pits. This is kinda cool because on previous years the pits don't open until 12:30.
9:00AM stand in line at the AMA Pro racing signup trailer. Still pretty darn cool because it says pro rider signup.
9:30AM Go to KTM truck and get our gear. Kids get pants, boots, gloves, hat... Dads get shirts and hat.
10:00am They bring over the M2R helmet dealer and they hand out Grant Langston replica helmets!!!!! I was freakin blown away. Free helmets! I guess they just signed the deal on the 10th to give them away. So for anyone that was at Anaheim Round one you'll get a voucher in the mail.
We squeeze a track walk in as well. My son bumps in to Grant Langston, Bubba Stewart, and Travis Pastrana and gets his new helmet autographed. Also Jaime Little from Mini Warriors stops by and talks to the kids.
2:15 First practice. Bikes are set p for the clutch to hit way early and the track is short with only one straight to see topend. Still fun. Track was hard to walk and now they are riding it.
3:15pm Kid line up and get their own autograph signing party. They sat their signing autographs for close to 2 hours. They were so excited about signing autographs. What was funny was my kid is in second grade and does not know cursive. His teacher took the time to teach him cursive for his name just for this part. He was eating it up. The kids were comparing how many hats/helmets/shirts they got to sign.
5:00pm Another practice. seats are starting to fill up now and we got to practice in front of a 1/4 full arena.
7:00pm Main show starts and they bring out the big dogs to introduce them. They also bring out the KJSC participants and put them on the jumbotron waving their hats.
8:15pm Big race. Will takes off and the bike that had been running great all day has a huge bog off the gate. Comes out of the gate 2nd to last. once the bike picks up speed he starts flyin and passes a bunch of people to end up 8th. There were only 2 kids clearing the finish line table and Will was one of them. The fastest lap times were from Cody Thomas our local fast guy but he wrecked out going for 1st place and ended up last. The only name I recognized from local racing was Jacob Fox and he snagged a 3rd.
I cannot really put in to words how stinking cool this day was!! I was wondering why kids would come from wAY out of state for this. Now I know. All I can say is you MUST sign up for all of them and get to one if you get drawn! All of the KTM crew were FIRST CLASS!
So thanks to KTM but mostly Kelly and Sel!!!!!!!!!
