Well I went and did the race, and got my ass handed to me.
It being a open class made it a little crazy. There were some real fast guys out there.
Moto track is very small with 1 good size double (that I bitched out on every time
). I saw a couple guys in practice eat shit pretty good and I decided not tonight.
There was a few other D-37 peeps there so I hooked up with them. A few Dirt Diggers and a Hilltopper named Mike (vet Int.)
We raced the same class, so it was on. Who cares about the other guys, I have to beat Mike.
This is kinda how the track was laid out: Start (No gate/ GP style, watch the flag). We were on a speedway track with a small mx track in the middle.
1st big sweeping left turn into very sharp left turn (onto the mx part) you instantly made a sweep to the right where you had to get into 3rd for the double. Then a bunch of small sharp turns and little jumps and more real sharp turns, then back out to the oval. I got into 3rd and felt like I was sliding across the track in the turns (this was very fun).
1st heat I got 1st gate pick and got the hole shot, to the first sharp turn. Then I got smoked. everyone just slammed into each other (the guy in front may of held them up
) and took off. I stayed in front of Mike, but he made me work my butt off to beat him ( he now for sure knows what blocking is and the meaning ride wide
).
2nd moto was about the same. Mike got low in the sweeper on me but as soon as we straightened out the 450 pulled in front and cut down to the inside and I beat him again. We had a lot of fun.
Just watching some of those guys go around that track was great. They run everything there, Choppers, 450's, Honda step through frame 125 (bored to 150
).
This was a very fun night.
Oh ya and it being right on the beach made it cold when you weren't racing.
Sorry we never made it up to see you Richie. We really weren't prepared to race this. No place to leave the bike. We'll have the trailer next time and jackets and maybe even a set of clear goggles. The dark tent did nothing for me
.
