40 hours in a car and I am back home from the ABA Grands. Nate & I blasted out of town on Tuesday morning and gave up on driving by 9PM in New Mexico. We got up and did the rest on Wednesday to get into Tulsa just in time for every establishment to close it's doors for the holiday. We searched around for some food and to my luck there was a QDoba and not a Chipotle. Thursday had me at the track way to early thanks to cruiser practice. My 20 practice wasn't until 1 and again at 8 so we had a long day for thanksgiving but thanks to our team moms we always get taken care of. Lil Joe's mom made the dinner and it was good cause I hate being away this time of year. It's usually my excuse for skipping the race. By the end of the day I was over the cold, indoor, etc and felt pretty good on the track. Friday was the ROC. I transferred 1st round, waited all day to get 3rd in the main.
Saturday morning and the Grands was on. The track was a nice idea, but again a squash if you ask for my opinion. Over thought trying to be cool is what I call it. 3 right turns was pretty lame and the decision was no faster than the "safety" side. I got the gate of the weekend in 1st round and pulled into turn 1. Took the lead and transferred out. That put me out off my bike until Sunday afternoon when the 1/4 mains starting going. The rain came Sunday, I hate warming up indoors but had to thanks to rain. I swooped into 3rd in the 1/4 then got dusted out in the semi with a 5th. I almost crashed 3 times in the semi and rode a pretty horrible lap and was still almost going to transfer until I made yet another mistake, hit my knee and almost flipped. I was actually pretty excited about my performance and after seeing the mains at 8PM and where people finished it just shows me the cards I was playing.
We left as soon as we were out, by 10PM we were hitting the middle of Texas and wanted no more of the car so the road warriors that Nate and I are got another hotel. We took all day to get home on Monday then today I have been sitting back doing nothing wondering why my legs are so damn sore! Back to work tomorrow and getting these legs moving by Thursday.
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
40 fwy
So here I am sitting in a vehicle going down interstate 40 on my way to Tulsa, ok for thanksgiving and the ABA grands. Who ever thought up this idea! Either way the past couple weeks has been busy since the nbl awards and last race at Santa Barbara. The track over there was plain and same as before but with the new twist of the Dorsey cup event. It's a good idea and going to roll on in years to come. Magic mtn was the same drag as usual and then it was back to training for the grands
All in a day the Nbl had a huge change . The president is gone and we got a true business CEO. On the other side ABA keeps taking tracks and running races but not doing much to grow population. I do have to admit they are doing wonders for the sport when it comes to exposure. Not to much matters for me, I love watching the daily drama spill out on the boards and I just care about riding in the end cause it's all the matters.
That's brings it right back to the 1300 mile drive to Tulsa. Flights were way expensive and gas is cheap for the times so here we are driving. Stuck but hey were in a recession playing on kids bikes so its good!
-CW
Sent Wirelessly From A Small Black Fruit!
All in a day the Nbl had a huge change . The president is gone and we got a true business CEO. On the other side ABA keeps taking tracks and running races but not doing much to grow population. I do have to admit they are doing wonders for the sport when it comes to exposure. Not to much matters for me, I love watching the daily drama spill out on the boards and I just care about riding in the end cause it's all the matters.
That's brings it right back to the 1300 mile drive to Tulsa. Flights were way expensive and gas is cheap for the times so here we are driving. Stuck but hey were in a recession playing on kids bikes so its good!
-CW
Sent Wirelessly From A Small Black Fruit!
Monday, November 09, 2009
Break
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.
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, 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!
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