firecracker22
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- Oct 23, 2000
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Well the two final rounds of the Spring Survivor Series were Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday went ok, I did my typical thing where my first moto was great and my second sucked. Today, however, was MUCH better.
My first moto sucked. Since there were only 3 of us today (there were 7 yesterday) we gated with the 80 beginners. One of the little idiots cut across in front of me totally at random and we both went down. I picked back up and finished. What I DIDN'T know was that one of the other girls had bike problems--her bike seized on the line so she had to run borrow another and ride. So she was like 3 laps down but finished and I ended up with 2nd. In the second moto, I holeshot (our class anyway) and held it for half a lap or so. The same girl who got first passed me and won again, and the girl whose bike seized stayed WAY behind. I don't know if she went down or was just not used to the bike (RM 85 instead of her normal KX 85) but I never even saw her.
The best part of it was the girl who won--she and I rallied[/] back and forth in the second moto. I holeshot and had a decent lead for a little while but soon I heard her behind me. She rides a new and new-to-her RM 125. We battled back and forth for almost a whole lap. It was great! I held her off for quite a while, then we went back and forth in corners a little, then she got out front and I stayed on her tail a little, then she pulled away. It was SOOOO much fun. We even made contact twice! We both stayed upright and in our line. We were Woo-Hoo-ing at each other the whole time. We even joked afterwards about how she was glad I have black plastic on my bike, because orange marks wouldn't match her RM very well. It was so great. I wish racing could be like that every time. I've never had so much fun on the track.
Since this was the last round, we had an awards ceremony afterwards. I actually got 2nd in the series since no one else had been to every event. So I have a pretty cool trophy to bring home.
There won't be another local series until fall except the night races, and I have so much stuff going on over the next couple of months that I won't make it to enough of them to stay in the points. I already missed one, the next is Memorial weekend and I'd much rather spend it camping and trail riding, and the next one after that is the weekend I am going to visit my mommy.
But this has been fun racing in the spring races--it is the first time I have actually raced an entire series. Expensive and frustrating, but fun.
Saturday went ok, I did my typical thing where my first moto was great and my second sucked. Today, however, was MUCH better.
My first moto sucked. Since there were only 3 of us today (there were 7 yesterday) we gated with the 80 beginners. One of the little idiots cut across in front of me totally at random and we both went down. I picked back up and finished. What I DIDN'T know was that one of the other girls had bike problems--her bike seized on the line so she had to run borrow another and ride. So she was like 3 laps down but finished and I ended up with 2nd. In the second moto, I holeshot (our class anyway) and held it for half a lap or so. The same girl who got first passed me and won again, and the girl whose bike seized stayed WAY behind. I don't know if she went down or was just not used to the bike (RM 85 instead of her normal KX 85) but I never even saw her.
The best part of it was the girl who won--she and I rallied[/] back and forth in the second moto. I holeshot and had a decent lead for a little while but soon I heard her behind me. She rides a new and new-to-her RM 125. We battled back and forth for almost a whole lap. It was great! I held her off for quite a while, then we went back and forth in corners a little, then she got out front and I stayed on her tail a little, then she pulled away. It was SOOOO much fun. We even made contact twice! We both stayed upright and in our line. We were Woo-Hoo-ing at each other the whole time. We even joked afterwards about how she was glad I have black plastic on my bike, because orange marks wouldn't match her RM very well. It was so great. I wish racing could be like that every time. I've never had so much fun on the track.
Since this was the last round, we had an awards ceremony afterwards. I actually got 2nd in the series since no one else had been to every event. So I have a pretty cool trophy to bring home.
There won't be another local series until fall except the night races, and I have so much stuff going on over the next couple of months that I won't make it to enough of them to stay in the points. I already missed one, the next is Memorial weekend and I'd much rather spend it camping and trail riding, and the next one after that is the weekend I am going to visit my mommy.
But this has been fun racing in the spring races--it is the first time I have actually raced an entire series. Expensive and frustrating, but fun.
