Got home yesterday from the NBL CA State Race this weekend in Santa Maria. Nate & I drove up Friday afternoon and got there just in time for the wind to be blowing 30mph and nice and chilly on the side of a farmland hill. Got ripped off for practice thanks to a bunk track that wasn't worth my money practicing on. It got better for the weekend but Friday was a pretty lame session for me. Turns and track were not maintained so they just wanted the Friday practice money. Not to mention the track isn't really up to spec. The turns are way short, the last straight is less than 10 feet wide and the gate is inconsistent so you don't even bother racing with any sort of devotion cause you will get hurt.
Nate was pretty tired on Friday so we charged down to the hotel and other than eating didn't do much. Saturday morning was a much nicer day for weather and they even spruced up their track a little. With a little water, sweeping and chalk it sure looked a lot better than the day before. Gate was still bunk and last straight was still under 10 feet wide. (HA). I almost got to race the speedy kids but a combo class kept me out of it. I got 1st all day long, and glad at main time I wasn't with the kids cause the gate proved itself and flipped a whole rack of them. More for my healing shoulder it would have been a setback, but I would have yelled at the guy until no tomorrow over that crap since it's his own ignorance that a perfectly capable rack of 8 guys that are top of the class flipped a gate. Note to the track.. fix your gate and widen your last straight cause your breaking your contracts! After racing, we had a big "what if" theorizing all the possibilities that might happen in the Golden state. Finally as the sun almost went down we got to Pismo Beach. Had a pretty cool evening with the rest of the team.
Sunday morning was a late start thanks to the incompetence of miscommunication on when a race is supposed to be held. We started an hour late so after taking 1st again all day Nate & I jumped in the rig and headed home long before racing finished. Highlight of the trip would be that I got fresh fruit for the week! We had dinner, drove on home and I was pretty tired for some reason so I just ended up falling to sleep watching Nitro Circus. I found a picture on the camera this morning, so you go ahead and tell him if that looks wide enough for 4 wide?, 3 wide?
This morning I found out the legend Anthony Sewell passed away. He was still young, and had even thought about riding again recently. I just seen him in February at the national and loved talking to him every chance I could pluck him for a little history. I am off to train for the day, get some shopping done and get ready for a couple days of work. Next weekend is the Redline Cup Qualifier and then a break the following weekend before New Mexico. I'm OUT!
Nate was pretty tired on Friday so we charged down to the hotel and other than eating didn't do much. Saturday morning was a much nicer day for weather and they even spruced up their track a little. With a little water, sweeping and chalk it sure looked a lot better than the day before. Gate was still bunk and last straight was still under 10 feet wide. (HA). I almost got to race the speedy kids but a combo class kept me out of it. I got 1st all day long, and glad at main time I wasn't with the kids cause the gate proved itself and flipped a whole rack of them. More for my healing shoulder it would have been a setback, but I would have yelled at the guy until no tomorrow over that crap since it's his own ignorance that a perfectly capable rack of 8 guys that are top of the class flipped a gate. Note to the track.. fix your gate and widen your last straight cause your breaking your contracts! After racing, we had a big "what if" theorizing all the possibilities that might happen in the Golden state. Finally as the sun almost went down we got to Pismo Beach. Had a pretty cool evening with the rest of the team.
Sunday morning was a late start thanks to the incompetence of miscommunication on when a race is supposed to be held. We started an hour late so after taking 1st again all day Nate & I jumped in the rig and headed home long before racing finished. Highlight of the trip would be that I got fresh fruit for the week! We had dinner, drove on home and I was pretty tired for some reason so I just ended up falling to sleep watching Nitro Circus. I found a picture on the camera this morning, so you go ahead and tell him if that looks wide enough for 4 wide?, 3 wide?
This morning I found out the legend Anthony Sewell passed away. He was still young, and had even thought about riding again recently. I just seen him in February at the national and loved talking to him every chance I could pluck him for a little history. I am off to train for the day, get some shopping done and get ready for a couple days of work. Next weekend is the Redline Cup Qualifier and then a break the following weekend before New Mexico. I'm OUT!
