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BG Al and I ran the first round of the Moberly night series last night. Drove 175 miles each way, got home at 3AM or something. Parked next to a lesbian couple and their son (not sure how that all works). Great kid, he was having a blast, and so were we. I managed to endo into a GIANT washout at the bottom of the parking lot. Got a nasty strawberry on my right knee, bent my brake lever out, bruised my forearm. It was total Ass-Clown all the way! I was lucky though, only about ten people saw it. Then, after kicking the bike for 5 minutes to get it relit, I got one lap in for practice. But, they run two practice sessions, so I did get a nice feel for the track. It was tight and small, just like Wardy's only with bigger jumps. I'm thinking, "cool, I just came off two days of riding a track like this. Well, we draw the 13th moto. Good thing I'm not superstitious. First moto, only 8 of 9 entries line up. Rubber band start on this small, night track (their day track has a gate and is like a huge GP track. Similar to the grass track at Casey, only with more jumps. Looks like a blast, but it is too big to be lit at night. Anywho, take off down the short start shoot, thought I heard Al right behind me, but he apparently killed it on the start and couldn't get it started for a few kicks. 6 lap races on this very arenacross-like track, and I managed to hold Al off until about lap 4 or 5. Held steady for a couple laps, but he caught me eventually. Loved the whoops here. they were small and evenly spaced but pretty sharp during practice. They had worn down some during the first motos and you could just blitz them! All the bikes were making that "brpbrp-brp-brp-brp" noise going through. Some faster than others. So Al passes me on the last turn of the white flag lap, I think. A really slick, off-camber right hander that I couldn't believe he got me on. I screamed at him, "You bastage!" Moto two-I get a great launch, except the guy on the inside of me got sideways and came in front of me (he got the jump on me so much it surprised me...) I had to lift for just a split second, and that was all she wrote. Going into the first turn, Al takes me on the outside, and I never get too close to him again in moto 2. I might think about some roost guards, as after turn one I found that I had pea-sized bits of roost in the crooks of my fingers on my left hand! Had wiggle my fingers around to dislodge them!
So, the results? Al goes 2/2 and Lou goes 3/3 for 2nd and 3rd overall, respectively! Now, we are thinking-Do we run this whole series? Best four finishes out of six races, with lots of giveaways at the final race, including a drawing for a klx110! Must be present to win.
Hard to believe that I am a grown man (quiet!). But I got pretty damn excited. First time ever getting one of these:
So, the results? Al goes 2/2 and Lou goes 3/3 for 2nd and 3rd overall, respectively! Now, we are thinking-Do we run this whole series? Best four finishes out of six races, with lots of giveaways at the final race, including a drawing for a klx110! Must be present to win.
Hard to believe that I am a grown man (quiet!). But I got pretty damn excited. First time ever getting one of these:
