| The Last ride !! |
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| Well of course the last race was at North
Bryson, & a lot of people were not looking forward to it. Mostly
because of past experiences with this track.
I've been there a few times myself, & have never come away with a warm & fuzzy feeling about the place either. Not 'cause it's a bad track, or too rough ( I like it rough ) or poorly laid out. It's just been...er, external forces, like the weather, or lack of it, that has messed it up the past few times.
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The Patman Pit...With often needed 'tire crew'. Mr.Monkeybutt is doing the tire change dance, to aid the process. |
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Mr Monkeybutt taking a pre-race sample...of some kind. |
Last year it was hard & rough, with hidden rocks destined to dent my rims, flatten my tires, & break my bones, added to this, was an inordinate amount of blinding dust. In fact, that was the only race that I ever practiced, & chose not to race on Sunday. Too dangerous. I figured, we might as well have raced at night, it would have been cooler, & the visibility would've been about the same! |
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| But, not so this year ! Personally, I think we have the Patman Rain Dance to thank, for the moisture content. I burned candles, did the rain dance, washed the hauler, planned a bar-b-q, & did everything else I could think of in an effort to bring rain to the Bryson area for this event, and, it worked, kinda. |
Good Roost...No Dust !!
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| I thought the track was well laid out, even though it had a striking resemblence to last years track...& the one before that. And the rocks, & sand, & hardpack, all mixed in together, was still there, ( and the promoters usual bio hazard, the dead cow ) but that's what makes a challenging track. A good mixture of high speed speed straights, for racin' & passin' & whooped out difficulty, to separate the men from the boys, with just a bit of 'pucker factor' thrown in for spice ! |
| I myself, had a crappy start, as usual, but all
in all had a great race. It was fun. We had some injuries though. But Some
excitement as well. Some practice changin' tires. Great flaggin' at the finish
line, thanks to Mr. Romero.
I got to meet still more, of our good racers / members. And...we had a super supper the night before, Put together by The Cooks ...mmmm ... & all said & done, a good end to the first half of the season. |
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| With all that said, I present to you, in no particular
order, some pics, of the event.
Oh, and a note to the Prez here, ...welcome to the O-38-I Sir,...it's lotsa fun here! He He.
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Mr. Esposito |
Mr. Gove |
Mr. Haisler |
A guy just can't find a quiet place to pee these days ! |
Those Frantic 125s
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Someones's makin' the Pass here...don't know which ! |
Mr.Romero |
Racing ! 125 Intermediates. |
Mr. Cook |
Another Pass...but again, not sure who's doin' & who's gettin'! |
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More good Racin'! |
Rose is back...Brace & all ! |
Cindy doin' a mid whoop suspension test ! |
Dave 'E.T.' Visniski ( Electronic Timekeeping ) |
Don 'don't take a picture of me' Ehmke |
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Skip Gove E-Z there, Skip... |
'Unknown lady Rider' |
