It was real good to have a travel break the past 2 weeks. Being home helped ramp up the training again. I was just get slower & slower after a 2 month string of weekends. I took up some overtime at work over Halloween and made some money instead of spending a bunch going to Orlando. I didnt really do much this past weekend other than ride the local tracks that I have not gotten to step foot on lately. I got my new "10 page" NBL Magazine today in the mail and read the pages of ad's and race forms with not much "magazine" in the paper. It's crazy how some are still being hit by the economy while others seem to act untouched.
This coming weekend I will be hitting Santa Barbara for the 1st annual Dorsey Cup race. It will be 1st at the track and the tracks last NBL race. Kind of ironic! The Nor Cal Classic went down this past weekend and that's a positive thing going on that more tracks need to model. On Sunday I have to swing by magic mtn. to pick up that state #1 again but first on Friday I am meeting with the NBL president to get this strategy locked down for the west coast.
It's only a couple weeks until ABA Grands, and I guess @NMellone & I are stuck driving there cause were down like the economy. Flights are nuts right now with pricing, but gas prices are not so bad so were off for AZ, NM, TX and OK. My training seems on point for the race, I just need a little rest leading up to it. I good taper will do me right. If your just going to be sitting on Go211 this weekend then get up and go to Santa Barbara cause the Dorsey cup is actually planned to be a pretty cool event. Along with the free ticket to magic mtn, it might not make for a bad day. Ok, that's enough PR for now.
Monday, November 09, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
State & Regional Champs
2 updates in a month is going to be a record this year. Of course this update comes to you from a new computer thanks to a complete meltdown of my last office machine just a week ago. It's a big panic when you got 5 years worth of contracts on the previous one. I learned a whole bunch about hard drives and enclosure kits real quick. Back to good now. It's been 3 more races in the past 3 weeks for me. NBL Woodward Park in Fresno was looking amazing when we showed up for the State Champs. The track is dialed with a new 2 man sprint trails track along side the UCI style race track. I won the whole weekend and took the title in California. The overall race scene was lame considering the low rider count in all the classes. NBL has to step up the wild west or they are going to lose the gun show.
In between the State Champs and the 1st 2010 west coast NBL National and Regional Championships from 2009 there was Lancaster for ABA. It was not to windy until the day I raced. I skipped Saturday and took a 3rd Sunday. I raced Friday night knowing I was missing practice Saturday and I think I got 2nd. The rider/moto count was low for ABA but the scene was still pretty good. It's been hard the past 3 weeks cause it's the end of the season and all these races everyone just goes thru the motions. My Aunt was around for a visit during the week home and it was good to see her since its been a few years.
I just got home last night from Las Vegas and the NBL National. It was the lowest of low to end a 7 week string of traveling. 40 motos, combined classes, no payout for the regional and a track that was the same as the previous year with the addition of bumps. NBL is working on a plan to change these negative things about races, but lets not forget it's the sanction that gives back a ton more to the riders. Remember the race was part of a series that actually gives a whole bunch back. It's still no excuse to hold an event that falls short of your responsibility to provide for the series sponsors and riders that support it. I got 2 perfect scores in for the national series and made a dud with a 2nd in the regional main but still took the series title. Its only a couple weeks until the NBL awards and race at magic mtn. It's just a month out from the ABA grands so I will be training, cause Yes, I guess I'm going. I started out pretty good with running, lifting, and swimming for day 1 of a little tune up after getting slower week after week during the past 2 months of travels and racing. It just slows you down. Until next month! I'm out!
In between the State Champs and the 1st 2010 west coast NBL National and Regional Championships from 2009 there was Lancaster for ABA. It was not to windy until the day I raced. I skipped Saturday and took a 3rd Sunday. I raced Friday night knowing I was missing practice Saturday and I think I got 2nd. The rider/moto count was low for ABA but the scene was still pretty good. It's been hard the past 3 weeks cause it's the end of the season and all these races everyone just goes thru the motions. My Aunt was around for a visit during the week home and it was good to see her since its been a few years.
I just got home last night from Las Vegas and the NBL National. It was the lowest of low to end a 7 week string of traveling. 40 motos, combined classes, no payout for the regional and a track that was the same as the previous year with the addition of bumps. NBL is working on a plan to change these negative things about races, but lets not forget it's the sanction that gives back a ton more to the riders. Remember the race was part of a series that actually gives a whole bunch back. It's still no excuse to hold an event that falls short of your responsibility to provide for the series sponsors and riders that support it. I got 2 perfect scores in for the national series and made a dud with a 2nd in the regional main but still took the series title. Its only a couple weeks until the NBL awards and race at magic mtn. It's just a month out from the ABA grands so I will be training, cause Yes, I guess I'm going. I started out pretty good with running, lifting, and swimming for day 1 of a little tune up after getting slower week after week during the past 2 months of travels and racing. It just slows you down. Until next month! I'm out!
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
OTC, Interbike, Redline Cup
Gosh darn its been almost another month since updates and I got 3 more weekends and a whole bunch of rumors to ramble about. You gotta stay up on twitter where you can get the "hourly" updates on the lameness. Over the past few weeks a lot of people have asked me where the updates have gone, but it's just the plain simple fact that I get busy and forget about it. All you morning coffee readers better start checking the "live" feed on the right.
So I think Chula Vista Olympic Center , UCI / ABA "superace" was almost up when I wrote on here last. That weekend was a great event for the sport. Lots of media and "athletic" direction to the sport and thanks to ABA for that. The UCI supercross race was more of the same greatness they put on, the best part of that was watching our Eliminator kid J Rom race in elite and qualify out. The ABA track there has been dubbed by the boys as a worlds replica track, but its way short, the turns were small and the size of the jumps and rhythm still were not close to what UCI builds. It's a great start to building those types of tracks in the states but 3 large jumps on a typical ABA size 2nd straight made it tricky, but not difficult. Of course it was better than the 9 rollers that were real original this past weekend in Atwater at the Redline Cup championships. On Saturday in Chula Vista I didn't make the main, it was more funny and had to shake it off since it was the 1st main I didn't make this year. On Sunday after cleaning up for the wreck I had a squider flip the gate and it killed my first straight and I think I got motoed with a 6th.
I was in Las Vegas shorty after leaving the OTC and interbike was happening all week. I didn't really see anything to special at the show other than a whole bunch of empty booths and space. Money seemed down but the core business of the sport was still moving numbers. My sponsor list for twenty ten will remain almost untouched thanks to all the great folks I get to hang with every year at the show. PD & Nate were in Vegas hanging with me and after walking the show we hung out Friday night for Nates birthday and got home.
This past weekend was the exciting stop on the train in Atwater, CA for Redline cup champs. I took home the #2. I just couldn't out power the slingshotting big gear little gear for yet another year. The race was short and quick, only 100 motos but it still had the race feel to it that NBL has seemed to have lost. It's all about hype! I'm calling it out right now that most of you don't know but NBL lost another track in California to the ABA abyss. Santa Barbara will be ABA shortly after the NBL Com Cup next month. With the debut of the boys better program of not waving thanks & goodbye to everyone but the number 1 guy, its only a matter of time that NBL will be driven out if they don't start flowing some major support towards the sport. The new schedule for NBL doesn't seem to show much hope. West Coast event dates have front loaded 2010 and by the end of April they would have no desire or capability for a new rider to step into that membership pool. I hear the Regional series will end in August next year to match the already "off" calendar that matches nothing but a fiscal year. Maybe it's so we can put up a bunch of money for regional champs, right before taking the circus back to "TBA" for the NBL Grands.
Let's get past the negativity and bring up the good in the sport. Woodward Park in Fresno has the State Champs for NBL this weekend and I will be carting my ass back up the 99 fwy in just a couple days. ABA has Lancaster in the wind the following weekend(this went negative quick). Las Cruces, NM got on the national circuit for next year with their awesome track. ABA is on Versus network with the UCI Series. I seen a commercial on TV for ABA the other day. I know ABA is getting involved in a video game. I guess that's my ramble for now, but I am guessing after this weekend and the NBL State series I will have something else to ramble about so check back and you just might get an update sooner than later. If not you can always drink your coffee and check news, vintage, mania and add up your district points cause you know you don't wanna work just yet!
So I think Chula Vista Olympic Center , UCI / ABA "superace" was almost up when I wrote on here last. That weekend was a great event for the sport. Lots of media and "athletic" direction to the sport and thanks to ABA for that. The UCI supercross race was more of the same greatness they put on, the best part of that was watching our Eliminator kid J Rom race in elite and qualify out. The ABA track there has been dubbed by the boys as a worlds replica track, but its way short, the turns were small and the size of the jumps and rhythm still were not close to what UCI builds. It's a great start to building those types of tracks in the states but 3 large jumps on a typical ABA size 2nd straight made it tricky, but not difficult. Of course it was better than the 9 rollers that were real original this past weekend in Atwater at the Redline Cup championships. On Saturday in Chula Vista I didn't make the main, it was more funny and had to shake it off since it was the 1st main I didn't make this year. On Sunday after cleaning up for the wreck I had a squider flip the gate and it killed my first straight and I think I got motoed with a 6th.
I was in Las Vegas shorty after leaving the OTC and interbike was happening all week. I didn't really see anything to special at the show other than a whole bunch of empty booths and space. Money seemed down but the core business of the sport was still moving numbers. My sponsor list for twenty ten will remain almost untouched thanks to all the great folks I get to hang with every year at the show. PD & Nate were in Vegas hanging with me and after walking the show we hung out Friday night for Nates birthday and got home.
This past weekend was the exciting stop on the train in Atwater, CA for Redline cup champs. I took home the #2. I just couldn't out power the slingshotting big gear little gear for yet another year. The race was short and quick, only 100 motos but it still had the race feel to it that NBL has seemed to have lost. It's all about hype! I'm calling it out right now that most of you don't know but NBL lost another track in California to the ABA abyss. Santa Barbara will be ABA shortly after the NBL Com Cup next month. With the debut of the boys better program of not waving thanks & goodbye to everyone but the number 1 guy, its only a matter of time that NBL will be driven out if they don't start flowing some major support towards the sport. The new schedule for NBL doesn't seem to show much hope. West Coast event dates have front loaded 2010 and by the end of April they would have no desire or capability for a new rider to step into that membership pool. I hear the Regional series will end in August next year to match the already "off" calendar that matches nothing but a fiscal year. Maybe it's so we can put up a bunch of money for regional champs, right before taking the circus back to "TBA" for the NBL Grands.
Let's get past the negativity and bring up the good in the sport. Woodward Park in Fresno has the State Champs for NBL this weekend and I will be carting my ass back up the 99 fwy in just a couple days. ABA has Lancaster in the wind the following weekend(this went negative quick). Las Cruces, NM got on the national circuit for next year with their awesome track. ABA is on Versus network with the UCI Series. I seen a commercial on TV for ABA the other day. I know ABA is getting involved in a video game. I guess that's my ramble for now, but I am guessing after this weekend and the NBL State series I will have something else to ramble about so check back and you just might get an update sooner than later. If not you can always drink your coffee and check news, vintage, mania and add up your district points cause you know you don't wanna work just yet!
Monday, September 14, 2009
"Grands" Review
I know its been more than a week back but hey at least it's not 2 months! I was back last Monday afternoon from the NBL Grands and the National Championship. My trip turned out just fine, but kind of quiet from the normal. I had P Doty with me, Rob and his son Koa were all with us. But that's was the solid team for Eliminator. Sort of a 4 man wrecking crew that came down to 1 in the main. The 1st day was travel, and as usually a long day that ended later when bowling ball couldn't get on his plane in time and got in at midnight. 2 Airport runs later we had the crew. 1st practice proved the track was normal. It was nearly the same as the last 2 years.
The next practice session turned into a hassle and confrontation with the hilarious security guard. It's always been told dealing with the good ol boys in the Kentucky law enforcement is just plain stupid. Well I never have got the pleasure of actually encountering these fools until this year. My lord, what a bunch of retards. Seriously! A "bandit" security guard shows up in a cart telling us to move our car. Well he came up more like he was ready to arrest us for nothing. His grammar was as good as his ability to realize the road was closed going into parking when we had gotten there. He basically tried to arrest me over nothing and told us don't show up all weekend and he was going to be looking for our green dodge van. What a fool! After practice and a trip to the airport the rest of the weekend was uneventful as we waved to the same guy driving in our blue kia van. Last time I checked law enforcement there lost all credibility when the scream, in no way serve you and come up blowing their cigarette smoke in your face. Pretty sure I could outrun that chain smoking guy even on his POS golf cart.
Enough of the drama, they broke that Christmas news about KY, the NBL also took no time in showing that nothing ever changes beyond the surface when it comes to the operation. Take it good or bad if you want. Just ask somebody where their check is from the grands? The normal operation in Kentucky was going on. Sunday night 4th street, Saturday night Go Carts, P Doty spinning me, rental car destruction's and the sandwich shop! Steak N Shake was on tap for PD. I was kind of bumming the heat wasn't it's normal in KY, and then straight up pissed once it starting rain while 1/4's were on the gate.
The flight back was quick cause I was sleeping since the 1 hour PD & I got on Sunday night didn't cut it. I got home and laid around until the next morning when training got back in gear. I am 110% sure I wont be updating the blog prior to the Olympic Training race this weekend. It's a busy road from this weekend until that turkey dinner. Chula Vista this weekend, Interbike & Las Vegas next then Atwater, Fresno, Lancaster, Back to Vegas and then it's November!
My finish from grands if I forgot to mention .... 8! It was a little frustrating at first, only cause of my own reasons but really with a stacked class, 10 guys within a few main points going into the main, and a bunch of other titles for me this year kind of puts a total package on things. Nobody else in that top 10 has been where I have this year. I still got the USAC Champion title, State Games Gold Medals, and a trip to OZ this year. It's been a good year and championship season is just starting! Lets get it on!
The next practice session turned into a hassle and confrontation with the hilarious security guard. It's always been told dealing with the good ol boys in the Kentucky law enforcement is just plain stupid. Well I never have got the pleasure of actually encountering these fools until this year. My lord, what a bunch of retards. Seriously! A "bandit" security guard shows up in a cart telling us to move our car. Well he came up more like he was ready to arrest us for nothing. His grammar was as good as his ability to realize the road was closed going into parking when we had gotten there. He basically tried to arrest me over nothing and told us don't show up all weekend and he was going to be looking for our green dodge van. What a fool! After practice and a trip to the airport the rest of the weekend was uneventful as we waved to the same guy driving in our blue kia van. Last time I checked law enforcement there lost all credibility when the scream, in no way serve you and come up blowing their cigarette smoke in your face. Pretty sure I could outrun that chain smoking guy even on his POS golf cart.
Enough of the drama, they broke that Christmas news about KY, the NBL also took no time in showing that nothing ever changes beyond the surface when it comes to the operation. Take it good or bad if you want. Just ask somebody where their check is from the grands? The normal operation in Kentucky was going on. Sunday night 4th street, Saturday night Go Carts, P Doty spinning me, rental car destruction's and the sandwich shop! Steak N Shake was on tap for PD. I was kind of bumming the heat wasn't it's normal in KY, and then straight up pissed once it starting rain while 1/4's were on the gate.
The flight back was quick cause I was sleeping since the 1 hour PD & I got on Sunday night didn't cut it. I got home and laid around until the next morning when training got back in gear. I am 110% sure I wont be updating the blog prior to the Olympic Training race this weekend. It's a busy road from this weekend until that turkey dinner. Chula Vista this weekend, Interbike & Las Vegas next then Atwater, Fresno, Lancaster, Back to Vegas and then it's November!
My finish from grands if I forgot to mention .... 8! It was a little frustrating at first, only cause of my own reasons but really with a stacked class, 10 guys within a few main points going into the main, and a bunch of other titles for me this year kind of puts a total package on things. Nobody else in that top 10 has been where I have this year. I still got the USAC Champion title, State Games Gold Medals, and a trip to OZ this year. It's been a good year and championship season is just starting! Lets get it on!
Monday, August 24, 2009
Training.
So here is my post on Training. HA! That's more my gripe. It's been a few weeks since a decent race for me as I have spent 3 weeks in training mode. 2 weekends of double track sessions, lots of gate time and I have been ramping up the swims, runs and all that other good stuff. It's almost time for NBL Grands, but it seems that once that finishes it will just be a never ending string that takes a toll on the body. Including a week at Interbike and a whole bunch of traveling. It's been good to stick it out at home the past few weeks and not be in a hotel room every night.
It's getting a Little boring being home like this, I guess I am custom to trips all the time. I started working on a pump track but now my back hurts from digging and I got blisters so that's on break. Maybe tonight will be the night the spa finally gets filled back up. In just about a week I will be off to Kentucky for the NBL Grands. It looks like all that rain put the track in shape, its all dried out, calcium sounds like it's down and the track will be ready. Yep.. That's my update so live with it. Not much else going down. Peep the video in this post and watch it all the way so that a donation is made to the ARF. That's all I got folks. Follow me!
It's getting a Little boring being home like this, I guess I am custom to trips all the time. I started working on a pump track but now my back hurts from digging and I got blisters so that's on break. Maybe tonight will be the night the spa finally gets filled back up. In just about a week I will be off to Kentucky for the NBL Grands. It looks like all that rain put the track in shape, its all dried out, calcium sounds like it's down and the track will be ready. Yep.. That's my update so live with it. Not much else going down. Peep the video in this post and watch it all the way so that a donation is made to the ARF. That's all I got folks. Follow me!
Sunday, August 09, 2009
June 22?
Can that be for real? I have not updated in almost 2 months. Well crap, I guess I really screwed up this one. If I have any visitors left, I will attempt to let you know a review of things since June. After leaving on a huge rant about the NBL State series, I guess I can say the following weekend I was in Simi Valley for their race and found a pretty decent track.
I ended up making the trip for Roseville for the ABA National, but all I remember of that is paying 25 bucks to park in weeds, people wrecking all over the place in the main due to feuds between riders in the moto. It sure was fun to watch, hang back and stay healthy cause it was only a week off from my trip down under for the UCI Worlds. I landed in Adelaide pretty darn healthy. I felt good on the track but during day 2, as almost all that rode that track did, I fell. Of all places, it was the rhythm section. I thought I was good, so I practiced another hour until USA practice was done. Within that following day it didn't take a genius to realize the floater in my chest was broken ribs. So I sucked it up on Friday morning and raced but that didn't do much for making it to far in rounds. It just turned up to be a wash of a race for me, but there were many others that similar things during the weekend caused a whole mess of new names at main time. The remainder of the trip hurt! I just couldn't move to great. We did ride another track while we were there, learned that Aussies speak off just a few words similar to inbred rednecks. The place was cool, but gosh darn it just got old after a bit.
After flying back from Australia I had 2 days before flying to Colorado Springs for a trip to the OTC, CTS, and the State Games Of America. It came up as the big tie in to the Olympics, etc. so I got put up to the race. The track was pretty sweet but a few rain drops of Friday caused them to postpone until Saturday morning to run prior to the Saturday night race. It ended up to be 2 days of good weather, 3 Gold Medals and the overall series win for me. Basically I think I got lucky that my energy and training was on point for Australia, then without using an ounce of that volume due to injury, it left me super motivated to win something. Rain came as soon as podiums were done on Sunday but I was off to Denver for a flight home finally.
That skips another week and leaves me to now. I spent most of last week trying to just rest, let these ribs finish healing and take care of a long list of things that are left undone cause I had concentrations elsewhere. DMV, Dr, Classes, Etc. have kept me busy all damn week. I did get to the beach yesterday to hang with the crew. I spun the rode bike today. Finally was able to get back on it after doing to much precise training the past month left me off the bike. Its been good to train without structure the past week, but it's time for NBL Grands, so its back on the boat.
I know everything lacks, even the schedule is left pretty lame so I will break it down on where I will be flying around to for the remainder of the year.
September 2 -Louisville, KY - NBL Grands
September 19-20 - Chula Vista, CA -ABA National @ OTC
September 23-25 -Las Vegas, NV - Interbike
October 10-11 -Fresno, CA - NBL CA Champs.
October 24-25 -NBL Regional Champs.
Novemeber 14-15 -Santa Barbara -NBL Qualifier
November 27-29 -Tulsa, OK - ABA Grands
There I said it! ABA Grands. It's still just a "maybe" due to if I feel up to it. I cut out a little bit of the fill like Redline Cup Champs, and some of them NBL Qualifiers since they have way to many races on their list to begin with.
That's all that's been going down in the life of CW. Sorry I am not more exciting. Track drama is way more exciting but Nellis, Ontario, Chula Vista, AV Moto park, Whittier, and a few others are way more exciting topics. Or how about Louisville Christmas Classic. There I said it! fire me! Anyway See ya in 2 months! Nah, I will try and post up sooner!
I ended up making the trip for Roseville for the ABA National, but all I remember of that is paying 25 bucks to park in weeds, people wrecking all over the place in the main due to feuds between riders in the moto. It sure was fun to watch, hang back and stay healthy cause it was only a week off from my trip down under for the UCI Worlds. I landed in Adelaide pretty darn healthy. I felt good on the track but during day 2, as almost all that rode that track did, I fell. Of all places, it was the rhythm section. I thought I was good, so I practiced another hour until USA practice was done. Within that following day it didn't take a genius to realize the floater in my chest was broken ribs. So I sucked it up on Friday morning and raced but that didn't do much for making it to far in rounds. It just turned up to be a wash of a race for me, but there were many others that similar things during the weekend caused a whole mess of new names at main time. The remainder of the trip hurt! I just couldn't move to great. We did ride another track while we were there, learned that Aussies speak off just a few words similar to inbred rednecks. The place was cool, but gosh darn it just got old after a bit.
After flying back from Australia I had 2 days before flying to Colorado Springs for a trip to the OTC, CTS, and the State Games Of America. It came up as the big tie in to the Olympics, etc. so I got put up to the race. The track was pretty sweet but a few rain drops of Friday caused them to postpone until Saturday morning to run prior to the Saturday night race. It ended up to be 2 days of good weather, 3 Gold Medals and the overall series win for me. Basically I think I got lucky that my energy and training was on point for Australia, then without using an ounce of that volume due to injury, it left me super motivated to win something. Rain came as soon as podiums were done on Sunday but I was off to Denver for a flight home finally.
That skips another week and leaves me to now. I spent most of last week trying to just rest, let these ribs finish healing and take care of a long list of things that are left undone cause I had concentrations elsewhere. DMV, Dr, Classes, Etc. have kept me busy all damn week. I did get to the beach yesterday to hang with the crew. I spun the rode bike today. Finally was able to get back on it after doing to much precise training the past month left me off the bike. Its been good to train without structure the past week, but it's time for NBL Grands, so its back on the boat.
I know everything lacks, even the schedule is left pretty lame so I will break it down on where I will be flying around to for the remainder of the year.
September 2 -Louisville, KY - NBL Grands
September 19-20 - Chula Vista, CA -ABA National @ OTC
September 23-25 -Las Vegas, NV - Interbike
October 10-11 -Fresno, CA - NBL CA Champs.
October 24-25 -NBL Regional Champs.
Novemeber 14-15 -Santa Barbara -NBL Qualifier
November 27-29 -Tulsa, OK - ABA Grands
There I said it! ABA Grands. It's still just a "maybe" due to if I feel up to it. I cut out a little bit of the fill like Redline Cup Champs, and some of them NBL Qualifiers since they have way to many races on their list to begin with.
That's all that's been going down in the life of CW. Sorry I am not more exciting. Track drama is way more exciting but Nellis, Ontario, Chula Vista, AV Moto park, Whittier, and a few others are way more exciting topics. Or how about Louisville Christmas Classic. There I said it! fire me! Anyway See ya in 2 months! Nah, I will try and post up sooner!
Monday, June 22, 2009
Santa Barbara Weekend
This past weekend I was in Santa Barbara for the NBL CA State Series. Let me tell ya all about it. For weeks now I have been hearing how they got a new track and it's pretty gnar! So we get going early on Friday without our baggage that was supposed to come along with us. Nate & I got there, hung out for a bit, went to the track for practice on Friday. We see a new track in the same spot, new fencing allowing only 1 way in and out for spectators and not much room for canopies that even further restricts the flow. I took to the track and on first impression thought it was just misshaped and didn't flow in my opinion. We rode all evening but quickly realized with the 1st 2 turns being old school 90 degree turns that the race was already over before then so I worked on pinning down a good gate and 1st straight. We bailed after a couple hours cause it wasn't happening. 20 some riders for practice doesn't really get a sick session going. I want to take the time right now to thank the track for not playing 1 note of music over the PA all weekend. It really brought up the legitimate excitement level and kept everyone on point to watch all the exciting racing going on. We left for dinner but after realizing nothing was good and everything but our 1 Saturday night joint is the only place we care for, we went to Ventura for some crab shack. That would be the 2nd time in a day that GMaps GPS got us lost taking us to places closed down or roads that don't exist.
On Saturday morning we got up a little late, hit the track to get charged for parking. Again as usual the track throws up their arms and says they have nothing to do with it and didn't know about it. But the people charging managed to know what time to be there and to have passes made up that say "BMX" on them along with the fact that nobody else going into that park got charged but racers. The track also failed to put the info on the flier mainly in my opinion cause they wanted to hide the fact of being charged. I understand they might not get the dough from it, but it still comes out of every ones pocket and it's not supposed to at the state level. OK enough with my ranting, lets get passed that. I hit the track for practice and on my 2nd gate it doesn't drop thanks to 1 of the 3 rams that are failing at the track that with their ignorance didn't get any of them fixed. If they did it wouldn't have stuck and flipped me over the gate as it didn't drop. So now 10 minutes in I got some raging pain on my hip flexor that has been torn 3 times from those same episodes over the years. My damn finger is broke too thanks to flipping that frozen gate. Not a good thing to waste on trivial things only 20 some days before getting on a plane for a 5 grand trip to Australia. The day went on, I won all the way thru and took 1st. The track never really proved to be a racing track, it was more of a 1 line hang on and salvage what speed you had. Turn 3 is the 1st 180 turn and it's not even aligned with the 4th straight so again useless to make any sort of move. Once racing was done we were just ready to leave and get moving towards the only good about this place. The Beach! It sure isn't the overpriced hotel rooms nobody managed to think about sitting in that board meeting back in December! We spent the afternoon at the beach and it was pretty sweet to get away from all the damn training that's been going down lately. By the evening we were at our regular spot eating and some drinking then it was off to the hotel.
Sunday was the day that just didn't matter for me, I was pretty sore when I woke up and just tugged along the day. I had a class closer to my age today but got the wins and got out of there as soon as we could. We drove it home and even managed to get home in time to hit the evening training session over at the pool. Now it's Monday I am still sore, black and blue from bruising, but it's time to either go be a roadie or a runner. I guess it's my choice today but its all cardio in the books! Until something else skunks me it's back to the daily grind. It seems a little negative but all in all the State Series is still flowing along, handing out them trusty trophies that lure the kids in for more after their epic win against all the super competitive racers that show up at the state level. The winning is majestic after passing on all the thin straights the CA tracks are beginning to build and in the end that's what it's all about! (Take that how you want to)
On Saturday morning we got up a little late, hit the track to get charged for parking. Again as usual the track throws up their arms and says they have nothing to do with it and didn't know about it. But the people charging managed to know what time to be there and to have passes made up that say "BMX" on them along with the fact that nobody else going into that park got charged but racers. The track also failed to put the info on the flier mainly in my opinion cause they wanted to hide the fact of being charged. I understand they might not get the dough from it, but it still comes out of every ones pocket and it's not supposed to at the state level. OK enough with my ranting, lets get passed that. I hit the track for practice and on my 2nd gate it doesn't drop thanks to 1 of the 3 rams that are failing at the track that with their ignorance didn't get any of them fixed. If they did it wouldn't have stuck and flipped me over the gate as it didn't drop. So now 10 minutes in I got some raging pain on my hip flexor that has been torn 3 times from those same episodes over the years. My damn finger is broke too thanks to flipping that frozen gate. Not a good thing to waste on trivial things only 20 some days before getting on a plane for a 5 grand trip to Australia. The day went on, I won all the way thru and took 1st. The track never really proved to be a racing track, it was more of a 1 line hang on and salvage what speed you had. Turn 3 is the 1st 180 turn and it's not even aligned with the 4th straight so again useless to make any sort of move. Once racing was done we were just ready to leave and get moving towards the only good about this place. The Beach! It sure isn't the overpriced hotel rooms nobody managed to think about sitting in that board meeting back in December! We spent the afternoon at the beach and it was pretty sweet to get away from all the damn training that's been going down lately. By the evening we were at our regular spot eating and some drinking then it was off to the hotel.
Sunday was the day that just didn't matter for me, I was pretty sore when I woke up and just tugged along the day. I had a class closer to my age today but got the wins and got out of there as soon as we could. We drove it home and even managed to get home in time to hit the evening training session over at the pool. Now it's Monday I am still sore, black and blue from bruising, but it's time to either go be a roadie or a runner. I guess it's my choice today but its all cardio in the books! Until something else skunks me it's back to the daily grind. It seems a little negative but all in all the State Series is still flowing along, handing out them trusty trophies that lure the kids in for more after their epic win against all the super competitive racers that show up at the state level. The winning is majestic after passing on all the thin straights the CA tracks are beginning to build and in the end that's what it's all about! (Take that how you want to)
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