Sandbox Arena...11/19/2008 8:44:00 PM
Early Friday morning as I was driving to Interlakes Sport Center, (nice sponsor plug ehh) I decided that I better do some riding soon. So the next day, I rounded up some "man friends" and headed to the Sandbox Arena just east of St. Paul for round 2 of their Winter MX Series. Despite a ridiculously long program that took nearly 9 hours, I had a great time on a very fun track. Deciding to "nut up" and be a man for once, I raced three different classes, the 250 and open pro, and the +25 A. I ended up finishing 5th, 4th, and 2nd overall respectively. I did manage to score an easy first moto win in the +25A class, but only to suffer a crash in the second moto which kept me out of the overall. Sure I had some bad luck again this last weekend, but there were a lot of positive things going on too. I know I had the speed to win any of the classes and my starts were really pretty good all night as well. If only the ol' "arm pump ferry" didnt decide to visit me again the night before a race, I truly think I would be blogging about my 3 wins right now. I am really looking forward to Midwest Supercross in Brookings next weekend!!! |
Last Renner National of the year...9/22/2008 3:55:00 PM
Sunday brought us yet another windy race day at Saddleback MX in Renner SD. Along with the wind, also came another pair of 4th place moto finishes. The good news for me though, is that my speed is really starting to come around. In the second moto, 1st through 4th (me) were separated by only a few seconds for the first half of the race. Me and Mike Kruger had a good battle for third going until I "squirreled" out in the roller section, on I believe the 4th lap. I never really quit recovered from the mistake, and to be honest I've realized I need to hit the gym a little harder during the week. Because of this, a Bowflex purchase is in the works at the moment. With a little more training and some more time on the 450, I know I can run the pace up front. Oh yeah, and for the love of dirt naps!!! I need to start pulling some decent starts!!! Props goes out to the SVCC and the Krugers for doing a great job with the track. Despite the natural blow dryer, the track stayed really good the whole day. |
Midwest SX at Sioux Empire Fair...8/12/2008 7:46:00 PM
Saturday night definitely had it's ups and downs but all in all turned out to be a pretty good night. In my heat race I had a pretty big "get off" over the finish line triple, when the rider in front of me backed off at the last second. I didnt have enough time to fully react and ended up casing the jump big time. (Side note: Braden Parks would have easily gone on to win the heat race but, while all alone out front, stalled his bike in a corner uncontested. But that is neither here nor there.) Anyway, my crash forced me into the last chance qualifier which I easily won. Despite a poor gate pick due to having to qualify out of the LCQ, I managed to pull off a decent mid pack start. That is pretty much where I would end up when the checkers waved. (8th) Overall, considering the stiff competition, I was fairly happy with my results. More importantly though, the gap that separates me from the front is shrinking quikly. |
Sioux Empire Fair this Saturday!!!8/5/2008 8:20:00 PM
Midwest Supercross this Saturday August 9th at the Sioux Empire Fair Sioux Falls SD. $5000 Pro purse Race time 5PM The new Honda 450 is the "cat's meow" by the way. Just thought I'd add that in there. |