Thurman Race Report
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 7:52 pm
The race started off with me staying up late to finish up the bike work that I put off until last minute. I am not doing that anymore.
It was good to switch things up with the run to start. I was last into the first turn but the pileup on the second turn allowed me to get into fourth or so for about 10 seconds before I hit a tree and broke my visor off the new helmet. Back in last I knew I had some work to do. Found another pileup with at least 3 of us waiting for it to clear up to get by.
I crashed again and I think I pinched my throttle cable. It was not going back to idle for a while so I pulled over and put it back in it's proper location.
By the end of lap 1 I went over to the area I crashed at, looking for my broken visor. I was going to pick it up as a souvenir. I was told that it broke off so it wasn't worth getting. Just then, dantheman came up and asked me why I wasn't racing. I was already pretty pumped up and was just wanting to leave. For whatever reason that little bit of motivation was all I needed to go out for another 4 laps, while only crashing a few times.
Thanks to the land owner and everyone else who contributed to make this thing happen. Thank you to the scoring ladies too!
Oh yea, and that expert hill was SWEET!
It was good to switch things up with the run to start. I was last into the first turn but the pileup on the second turn allowed me to get into fourth or so for about 10 seconds before I hit a tree and broke my visor off the new helmet. Back in last I knew I had some work to do. Found another pileup with at least 3 of us waiting for it to clear up to get by.
I crashed again and I think I pinched my throttle cable. It was not going back to idle for a while so I pulled over and put it back in it's proper location.
By the end of lap 1 I went over to the area I crashed at, looking for my broken visor. I was going to pick it up as a souvenir. I was told that it broke off so it wasn't worth getting. Just then, dantheman came up and asked me why I wasn't racing. I was already pretty pumped up and was just wanting to leave. For whatever reason that little bit of motivation was all I needed to go out for another 4 laps, while only crashing a few times.
Thanks to the land owner and everyone else who contributed to make this thing happen. Thank you to the scoring ladies too!
Oh yea, and that expert hill was SWEET!