Rd 13 MHSC Sedalia mo.
this race always has a flair as the National flat trackers are in town and it is the end of the State Fair. The weather was beautiful and the recent rains had the dirt in primo condition. The practice lap was fairly quick and the track was coming around in good shape.
I was back in the vet class and was a little nervous. I hadn't raced a Missouri race in a month and was not sure how good of shape I was in. I watched the other classes take off and my legs started shaking..wow!. We had reached the back of the rotation whcih meant we were the 7th class. But dust wouldn't be a factor. I pulled the holeshot with Slade in tow and began running a pace a little faster than I was accustomed to. He got around me at mile 6 but I hung with him and actually rub with him a little. I finished the first lap in 2nd place and felt good. I kept right with Slade and somewhere on the 2nd lap I bobnble and tweaked my knee. I still felt good but lost a little steam. then, on some single track, we ran across a downed rider. I saw my buudies bike standing up and thought he was down. I was frantic. There were several people around so I kept going to make it to the pits to let the crew know. I still tried to race but dropped to 3rd in that mess. I finished the 3rd lap in 3rd. I let the crew know(mistakenly I found out later) That Mark Green was down. it turned out that another guy had gone down and was severely injured and Mark was helping. Anyway, I fought Elston for a few Miles and then I was 4th. I hung with him awhile and then Mike Mack caught me and we race for a lap and a half. By this time I couldn't stand so I was sitting through the rough sections and bouncing down the trail. i was starting to have fun. Mike got around me but then we saw Slad with a busted bike so that renewed me some as I thought I could catch the front runners. Nope, Wade got me and I finished 5th. Knee not so bad today.
Shawn Hall senior rider, Black Jack fast man and all aroung good guy had a broken leg, broken arm and some cuts to his face. If anyone heres anything please post.
Batboy pulled the holeshoit and ran up front for half a lap. Some big mistakes cost him and he ended up 10th. it was the twins birthday(happy 13th Tyler and Joanna) so at least he got a holeshot.
this race always has a flair as the National flat trackers are in town and it is the end of the State Fair. The weather was beautiful and the recent rains had the dirt in primo condition. The practice lap was fairly quick and the track was coming around in good shape.
I was back in the vet class and was a little nervous. I hadn't raced a Missouri race in a month and was not sure how good of shape I was in. I watched the other classes take off and my legs started shaking..wow!. We had reached the back of the rotation whcih meant we were the 7th class. But dust wouldn't be a factor. I pulled the holeshot with Slade in tow and began running a pace a little faster than I was accustomed to. He got around me at mile 6 but I hung with him and actually rub with him a little. I finished the first lap in 2nd place and felt good. I kept right with Slade and somewhere on the 2nd lap I bobnble and tweaked my knee. I still felt good but lost a little steam. then, on some single track, we ran across a downed rider. I saw my buudies bike standing up and thought he was down. I was frantic. There were several people around so I kept going to make it to the pits to let the crew know. I still tried to race but dropped to 3rd in that mess. I finished the 3rd lap in 3rd. I let the crew know(mistakenly I found out later) That Mark Green was down. it turned out that another guy had gone down and was severely injured and Mark was helping. Anyway, I fought Elston for a few Miles and then I was 4th. I hung with him awhile and then Mike Mack caught me and we race for a lap and a half. By this time I couldn't stand so I was sitting through the rough sections and bouncing down the trail. i was starting to have fun. Mike got around me but then we saw Slad with a busted bike so that renewed me some as I thought I could catch the front runners. Nope, Wade got me and I finished 5th. Knee not so bad today.
Shawn Hall senior rider, Black Jack fast man and all aroung good guy had a broken leg, broken arm and some cuts to his face. If anyone heres anything please post.
Batboy pulled the holeshoit and ran up front for half a lap. Some big mistakes cost him and he ended up 10th. it was the twins birthday(happy 13th Tyler and Joanna) so at least he got a holeshot.
