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[QUOTE="truespode, post: 411616, member: 29329"] The race was at Top Gun in Lincolnton, NC. I like the track a lot but have only raced on it once before. The track really is a 3rd gear track for the 250's but the 250's would pull me bad so I had to rev it hard to keep up. Low end of 3rd on my bike didn't have enough and there really wasn't enough room to get to the top end of 3rd for me (even though Zack Bradshaw looked like he was getting all of 4th on the 250f he was riding). Overall, revving 2nd gear was the fastest route for me in most sections. I got into 3rd for a few jumps which was cool and a really nice change over the 2nd gear only track at Shelby. I signed up for +30c/d and 250D. Vince signed up for +35 and 250D. A couple guys from DRN, Dave 96whyzeee and James showed up. Dave signed up only for +30c/d, James signed up for +30c/d and 250d and Gomer signed up for +30c/d and +35. We had 4 of us in +30c/d and decided to have some fun during the heat race. Off the start Gomer waits on us and we play around. He lets EVERYONE go by. He then calmly passes us all in 3 laps and grabs at each of us. When he passed me he got out of shape afterwards and came over on me and almost went down. I was yelling at him, "get out of my way spode!!" and laughing my ass off the entire way. Dave covered his part well above. I knew he had a good time but it sounds even better reading his version. In the 250D heat I got a crappy start. The start is a long uphill start and with my lack of confidence in starting and the cc advantage of the other riders I was behind the 8 ball so to speak. I got around a few others and got stuck behind one guy who was right behind Wrench. They both collided and went around. After I passed them I tried to do the big table top again but it was drying up and the track was a little slick in the dry spots where there wasn't enough traction so I missed clearing the table top but didn't miss it by much. I should have taken that as an omen but thought it was nothing. Gomer's two oldest son's Ricky and Danny raced too. Ricky got to the start late and tried to pick his way through the pack in the 80 class and did a really good job. Danny was out there in the 125's doing really good but he doesn't double and that was really hurting him. Back at the Gomer Funmover we all gathered around and started lieing how we were going to beat each other in the main :) Gomer's puppy, Lightning provided us with a lot of entertainment as he tossed, chased and ate an empty water bottle. In +30c/d the gate drops and I go. I get a fair start and as I round the first turn I am looking for Gomer. I am thinking that if I can latch on to his rear wheel for a little I may be able to follow him over the double I want to clear. Unfortunately, I couldn't find him. Turns out he got stuck in the gate and had to race from last place. He catches up to us after I have moved into 11th. He puts some pressure on but I know he is back there so I do what I can to keep him there. I start riding over my head and taking away his line and riding faster than I ever have on an MX track. As he gets close I start to seat bounce some jumps. I was doing it pretty good and by doing it I was able to go inside on the turn before some jumps and still clear them the jump. One jump was a step up before the finish line and it was hard to clear. I never cleared it but by clutching on the face and seat bouncing I was able to get my front over it and let the rear tire clip it to scrub off speed so I could try for the inside of the next corner. I tried everything while I had Gomer behind me. I knew it wouldn't last long but I was determined to make it last as long as I could. He gets by me and the 2 guys we closed in on. He quickly gets by them but I have a little more trouble. I dice with #33 for a while and then set him up for the pass. I thought it out and planned and executed it perfectly. The following straight had the double I wanted to do and I did it on the first lap but cased it. I figured I had to do it here to put some space on me and catch #7. I click up into 3rd and wind the puppy to the throttle stop. I clear the jump clean and smooth. Right then I was happy :) I started chasing down #7 and kept getting right up onto his back tire. I figured that I'd get him on the next lap if I played it smart. The white flag lap came out and I tried the big table top after the finish line but didn't quite make it and stalled it as I went over the next double. Fortunately, I didn't go down but after 3 kicks I got the bike started (it started in gear). Also, the A riders caught me at that time as they got the checkered flag. That is where Dave thought I got into it with an A rider. Actually, I didn't get caught until after my white flag so I wouldn't have been caught if I wouldn't have stalled. Now here is where it gets weird. After the finish you go over a pit jump, turn left and go over the big table top and over a double, then you go right over a barrel jump and that is where they flag you off. I was at the bottom of the barrel when the A riders came around on their last lap but I was still on my white flag lap. They pass me and I go up to the barrel but the flagger is waving me off as if I was a lapped rider. I was so full of adrenaline and anger from stalling that I didn't think and just followed the flaggers instructions. I ended up getting scored in last place (14th) even though I was in 10th at the time of the stall. I had a chance for 10th if I wouldn't have stalled and *maybe* a 9th. Gomer finished 9th. That would have been really cool for him and I to go 8 and 9. Even with the stall and dumb pull off I was really stoked to ride so well. I really enjoyed the +30 class b/c I felt safer with those guys b/c I knew that most of them would jump at least what I'd jump and if not they'd take one side or the other on a jump so someone who was jumping it could. James and Dave raced that and I didn't see where they finished but they said they had fun nonetheless. James did go on and on about some rider who took him out in that race. Of course, James complaining is more like "yeah, some guy hit my tire and I went down." Then he pretty much doesn't bring it up anymore. He doesn't bitch and bitch like I do :) Turns out the guy who took him out is a friend of James. In the 250D I lined up closer to the inside and hoped I'd get a decent start. As the gate dropped I wheelied off the start and tried clutching it to bring it back down but didn't get it right and a guy on my right came over on me. I was about 17th out of the start with 19 in the class. Wrench on the other hand was about 3rd on the start. He got a great jump and was moving. I put my head down and passed a few riders and a few went down. A couple of the guys who went down ended up passing me back which bummed me out b/c I felt I was faster than they were. But if I really was faster than they were they wouldn't have passed me would they. I finally fall behind the guy who I got stuck behind in the heat race. He and another guy were in front of me and then there was Vince. I tried getting around #97 who was in front of me but I made some poor choices on lines and every time I'd take an alternate line he'd come over. However, it did not look like he was coming over to block me but b/c he was just riding that way. I tried going inside and seat bouncing the jumps. I tried to let him get a lead on some jumps he wasn't doing that I was so I could see what line he was taking and then pass him in the air but I'd give him too much room. Gomer said I looked tired but I didn't feel it. I was frustrated though. I'd pull right up to the back tire but I wouldn't go forward anymore b/c I didn't want to make contact. There were a lot of areas where I should have stuck my front wheel in and made him back off and there were other places where I backed off when I should have pressured him into a mistake. I finally get around both 97 and 7 on the last lap and wanted to catch Wrench. I wring it out up to the big table top and think I have enough but didn't. I came up short and bounced the bike up and missed the landing and bounced off the track but didn't go down. 97 passed me back (I thought 7 did too but results show he didn't) and I couldn't get around him. Vince got 11th and I got 13th. James came in right behind me. He pressured me really good the entire race and since I was so focused on the guy in front of me I didn't realize he was so close. He said there were times he moved right up on my rear wheel and that we had a good battle going on. I wish I would have looked back b/c I would have enjoyed the battle had I payed attention. In the 80 race Ricky got a much better start and finished better as a result. Danny did well in the 125 class but lost a few positions when he went down mid-way through the race. He picked himself up and finished strong. In the +35 race Gomer looked really good. He rode very well and got a 5th place. Vince rode really well and very strong. He got 7th and a trophy position. Way to go Wrench. He is now getting quite a collection. After the final race we looked at the clock and it was 1:30am. We didn't get home until 3am. I decided when I woke up at 10am that I was not doing much on Sunday. I have spent all day sleeping on and off. The times I wasn't sleeping I was beating myself up for my mistakes and when I was sleeping I was dreaming of what would have happened if I wouldn't have made those mistakes :) My wife went too and spent a lot of time in the Funmover watching movies. It was really nice of Gomer and his wife to be so generous to us and everything. All in all though the racing was great and it was the best time I have EVER had racing. I felt I ran as good as I'm capable of for the most part and learned a lot too. I really had a good time racing with Dave and James. It is a lot of fun when you get a good group together. Especially when they are as nice as Dave and James and willing to support all my lies :) Ivan [/QUOTE]
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