Why can't I edit the title? Doh!
Some of you may recall from the older forum that I did a motocross race back in 2014, after a then-14 year gap in my racing.
Well, this past weekend (Oct. 14th, 2023) I got back on the bike and did TWO races (each race consists of two "motos", with the totals being used to determine overall standing at the end of the event.) I ran two different classes. Race three was the 40+ Open (Open meaning any size/displacement bike competes) and Race #12 was the Open Modern 2-stroke 1997 or Newer class.
I was competing with 7 other riders in the 40+ and 6 others in the 2-stroke class. Each race had other classes also running with us, so you'll see several bikes in the videos.
Oh, and I was also announcing the 10+ hour event. 22 Races total, two motos each. (The guy you hear on the P.A. in the video I link here is another rider who took over the mic for my races.)
There are two more videos of that day on my channel.
Overall the day went pretty good. My overall finishes were 7 in the 40+ and 6 in the 2-stroke. My average lap times were in the 2min 28-29 sec ranges. (the fastest were running 1min 35-39) so I have some more training and riding to do to catch up.
We did have the leftovers of Friday the 13th to start the day off....first off, on Friday I was working on the starting gate, clearing excess dirt from the gate drop bar and linkages. While trying to raise the gates (it holds 20 riders on each side of the starters box, 40 total) the post for the manual raise bar broke at the weld. Luckily we normally raise it with a hydraulic ram system, so I did luck out there.
But Saturday started off with three issues: One, our food truck driver called in at 6am, he was sick and couldn't make it, so we were without a food vendor. (The club scrambled and lined up a bunch of pizzas and bottled water). Second, my Ipod decided to play a song laden with f-bombs over the P.A. at 7:15am, when no bikes were running. The boss radioed me saying he had some texts coming in complaining. I ran to the tower and cut it off, and of course it was frozen on the wrong playlist and wouldn't let me change it. So no music for the rest of the day. And finally, the wired mic I set up in the tower (which tested fine on Friday) wouldn't work for my boss, who had agreed to announce on my races. (Found out later he brain farted and forgot to turn it on.)
Oh, and my GoPro battery died midway on my second race, and the third race recorded with NO audio, but the last one....it switched to stills and missed the entire race. Time for a new GoPro too I guess.
Despite all that, the day's races (including mine) went off without a hitch and only a few minor injuries.
Next season I will be racing one class (two motos) for the entire Series (10 races) so I can grab a top spot in the Series overall.
Some of you may recall from the older forum that I did a motocross race back in 2014, after a then-14 year gap in my racing.
Well, this past weekend (Oct. 14th, 2023) I got back on the bike and did TWO races (each race consists of two "motos", with the totals being used to determine overall standing at the end of the event.) I ran two different classes. Race three was the 40+ Open (Open meaning any size/displacement bike competes) and Race #12 was the Open Modern 2-stroke 1997 or Newer class.
I was competing with 7 other riders in the 40+ and 6 others in the 2-stroke class. Each race had other classes also running with us, so you'll see several bikes in the videos.
Oh, and I was also announcing the 10+ hour event. 22 Races total, two motos each. (The guy you hear on the P.A. in the video I link here is another rider who took over the mic for my races.)
There are two more videos of that day on my channel.
Overall the day went pretty good. My overall finishes were 7 in the 40+ and 6 in the 2-stroke. My average lap times were in the 2min 28-29 sec ranges. (the fastest were running 1min 35-39) so I have some more training and riding to do to catch up.
We did have the leftovers of Friday the 13th to start the day off....first off, on Friday I was working on the starting gate, clearing excess dirt from the gate drop bar and linkages. While trying to raise the gates (it holds 20 riders on each side of the starters box, 40 total) the post for the manual raise bar broke at the weld. Luckily we normally raise it with a hydraulic ram system, so I did luck out there.
But Saturday started off with three issues: One, our food truck driver called in at 6am, he was sick and couldn't make it, so we were without a food vendor. (The club scrambled and lined up a bunch of pizzas and bottled water). Second, my Ipod decided to play a song laden with f-bombs over the P.A. at 7:15am, when no bikes were running. The boss radioed me saying he had some texts coming in complaining. I ran to the tower and cut it off, and of course it was frozen on the wrong playlist and wouldn't let me change it. So no music for the rest of the day. And finally, the wired mic I set up in the tower (which tested fine on Friday) wouldn't work for my boss, who had agreed to announce on my races. (Found out later he brain farted and forgot to turn it on.)
Oh, and my GoPro battery died midway on my second race, and the third race recorded with NO audio, but the last one....it switched to stills and missed the entire race. Time for a new GoPro too I guess.
Despite all that, the day's races (including mine) went off without a hitch and only a few minor injuries.
Next season I will be racing one class (two motos) for the entire Series (10 races) so I can grab a top spot in the Series overall.
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