Hey, maybe I'm not supposed to be in here, but I feel I should warn you that the race is brutally hard on the bike let alone you. I've never raced it personally, but I'm good friends with Ty Davis and I get to hear all the horror stories of the beating the bike and riders take mainly the bike. Granted I'm sure he is hard on them, but the bike they use literally gets put in the trash when there done if it lasts the whole race. Every time I mention I want to race it , they talk me out of it with everything that broke on the bike, it can get pricey real quick. I'm not trying to talk you out of it, heck I still would like to do it, but I can't afford to rebuild a trashed bike. Just food for thought. Sorry to impose, I'm outta here:)