So Spider comes home from a track

[oldguy]

and tells me he broke his visor in a crsah. Later I downloaded the helmet video.....well it was kind of from the crash
<object width="625" height="469"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6662346&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6662346&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="625" height="469"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6662346">the real story behind the visor</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user953223">Dave Hollub</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

 

[oldguy]

The entire track without crashes
This track is currently being developed for races next season and Spider has been riding there as well as helping get it going. Once corn gets harvested the equipment is coming in to build the whole track. Lap times for A class (doing the loop Spider does in this video) will be about 3 min 15 sec all other classes will have a short version of about 2 minute laps
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[Chili]

Guess he didn't want to stop and loosen the screws to move the visor up? :laugh:

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

Looks like it could be a really fun track! Crossed ruts in a slow corner, bummer. Spider seems to know lefty loosey on visor screws?

 

[MXGirl230]

I lost count on how many times he spun the visor around! lol Track is coming along!

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

Gravity, momentum and a brain fart, on the first lap no less. popped the first visor snap. Spider took care of the other 2. 20' track width in the plans Dave?

 

[_JOE_]

20' track width in the plans Dave?

It's like a goat path through a cornfield with jumps now, lol. ;) The layout looks good. :cool:

I take it an MX track is more profitable than a cornfield? :)

 

[nikki]

LOL, the first video, about the visor... too funny!! Spider is BUSTED, caught on tape!! I'm with Tracie, he spun that sucker like 50 times! :laugh:


Track looks like a great place to practice. I liked how it dropped into the woods a few times (maybe because that's where I have been hiding lately). But it looks pretty cool, some sweet turns (the sweepers with the ruts look awesome), and looks like some fun jumps too. Although the timing section after the whoops looks like it could be tricky for the C riders and kids. Agree with Bob... track will need to be a lot wider in spots to have races.

So... how close to home will this be for you guys?

 

[VintageDirt]

Well he did broke his visor in crsah (karate noise as we all know from watching movies). And the damn thing had it coming too.

 

[oldguy]

Just got home from a week of campng.
The track will be 25 to 30 feet wide once the equipment moves in. There are already major changes to some of the layout the drop into the woods is somewhat differant but the step up coming out is going to be similar to the big step up at cooperland (thanks to Spiders input). The start will also be like cooperland with the gates elevated and then the dropoff going into a 100 yard long uphill straight with some small speed bumps on it. The start is actually going to be coming up from the valley to Spiders right justt before he crashed.
When they were coming out of the second set of woods (this part is for the A class only when the track opens) the long straight and sweeper corner are wide open on a 450 the entire distance. On the day this was shot the ruts in the corner were about 18 inches deep and as Spider put it "DAM SCARY AT THOSE SPEEDS".

He still claims the visor cracked in the crash. He was pushing it up so he could see- I like how he rides away and then it totally falls into his face as he tries sneaking away before the other guy sees him

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

You can hear the first one crack when he fell Dave. Then he cracked the other 2. I would have snuck away also!