Race ReportOpening Comments:
The race this weekend was a wild and muddy slop. It definitely didn't favor the 2 stroke.
1st moto:
Got a terrible initial jump out of the gate. Managed to bump up a stop or 2 temporarily until spinning out after seeing a guy wreck in front of mess. Got back on the track and took off again. Within a lap or 2, I come around a turn and bump into a stuck rider. I put the quad back and take off again only to be sucked right back into him again! Pulled the quad back again, and finally got took off again. I kept my position until the last lap. I was about 8 seconds away from the finish line entering into the 2nd to last turn when I upshift, hammer on the gas, and I'm to going anywhere. WTH?!?!?!. The engine was revving, but I wasn't going anywhere! I upshifted and downshifted trying to find another gear, same thing! I let off the gas and look down, I can see the sprocket and chain spinning, and then it dawns on me..... chain popped off the rear sprocket. I couldn't finish the race. Had to be towed off the track.
JUST FYI: Only about 1.5 minutes of the first video is watchable. I got a mud clod to the lens.
[video=youtube;Kf4pj12LYZ0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf4pj12LYZ0[/video]
2nd moto:
Another bad start (Gotta work on that). Start out about mid pack. No stuck or flipped people this time. I struggle through the first lap and a half before the fatigue just starts to kill me. I was exhausted from first race and fighting through the mud. I did not finish well, but I had a good time overall. New engine held up very well. No complaints there. And I didn't blow it up in the mud either! Another plus.
[video=youtube;fymHbfOhylU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fymHbfOhylU[/video]
Here is what the quad looked like when I got it home.
