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[QUOTE="High Lord Gomer, post: 575241, member: 16469"] THAT was too much fun! Since you didn't show, I was too scared to try my patented helmet slap on James. Next time! Oops, I don't know that I ever thanked you for not running over me. Umm...I got the holeshot in the +30C/D qualifier and stayed in front for the whole race. Must have been someone else that pinched you as they passed. :confused: I guess you should have worn your usual latex instead of the plastic. I hadn't raced in almost a year. Danny and Ricky were at their father's and Tommy's not ready to race yet, so it was just me racing...a lot easier keeping trach of 2 classes than 6! Ivan arrranged the vehicales and saved me a prime parking spot. I really like the Top Gun track. They tamed it down some...mustly tabletops now and they've shortened and filled in the pit jump that used to be scary! As Mike mentioned, I got last gate pick in our +30 qualifier, but no one took the most inside gate! It's a huge advantage to be inside on that start. The first gate (on the right side) is not level, though, and I thought I would slide into Mike as soon as I got on the gas. I got the holeshot (not unusual) and stayed out in front (very unusual). I normally get great starts and work my way back. That time I was out in front and kept waiting for people to start blowing past me. I had no one in front of me and 16 hungry old men behind me. I didn't know how fast to go! I never really pushed hard all night. I just rode normally and concentrated on accelerating into the corners and covering all lines so as not to get passed. After the +30 I had to go straight to the line for the +35 (1 race in between them). Even though it was only 3 laps for the qualifiers, I am very out of shape and was breathing hard. I wheelied off the start, finally got the front end down, and came out of the first turn in 5th. About halfway through the first lap I tried to make an inside move on a guy through a long left hand sweeper. In the previous race, I had my choice of where tog o and I rode the outside where it was dry and had a small berm. BIG mistake trying the inside. The quads ran before us and it was smooth, wet, and slick on the inside. I had a 4th gear lowside. I got nervous as it kept stepping out because I was worried that it might catch and highside me. Slid for a while then got up in last place. I decided that I really wanted to try to do well in our smack talk class so I wouldn't even bother trying to run the +35 main. In the +30 main I got the same gate, but wheelied and ended up 4th in the first turn. After about a 3rd of a lap I passed the guy who had gotten 2nd in the qualifier. The first two guys walked off and left me and the 4th place guy stayed pretty close the whole race. I thought of MX547 on several occasions as I tried to ride W*I*D*E! :) I wasn't going to, but I felt decent after the +30 main so I went ahead and lined up for the +35. I figured I might just run the start and then pull off if my chest started hurting from breathing again. We were the first gate drop in that race so we had the left (inside) set of gates. For some reason, no one lined up near the fence on the very inside. I was behind a few guys coming into the first turn, but I had the inside and made it past them and came out of the first turn with the holeshot. I led for about a 3rd of a lap and a guy passed me on the inside before the backside double. He was GONE! I think he was running the +30A/B class. I stayed where I was and held up a bunch of people for most of the race. About 2/3 of the way through it two guys passed me like I was tied to the fence. I didn't know if they were in my class and got bad starts or if they were from the second gate drop and had worked their way up. Must have been from my class because I ended up finish 3rd. Had a great time, got to see many people I hadn't for almost a year, and got to meet some new ones. Sorry we didn't get to spend more time, Carp...it was kind of hectic getting ready. MikeT's friend of the 400EX impressed me. That is just too much machine to be throwing through the air and trying to muscle around the turns. Vince rode better than I've ever seen him. I expected him to get his usual good start, but I didnt' expect him to keep up his speed for the whole race! I tried to get a few pics, but the lens was dirty and I was shooting straight into the lights, so we'll see if I can get them up later. [/QUOTE]
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