Hello everybody! This weekend I went to red bud. It didn't go too well. It rained the night before quite a bit (I was told) and the track was wet. But it was surprisingly good! The guys at red bud sure do know how to prepare the track for rain! My first race was 250 B Stock. 41 people!!! I didn't really get that good of a start there because I started on the outside. So I was pretty far in the back the whole race. I could barely see, too. That's because I only had one tear-off. Oh well. So I got 31st in that moto. The second moto went better AND worse. I thought I got a pretty good start. Going into the third turn I hit someones rear tire and fell over. A guy to my right ended up hitting me. I got up and attempted to put my rxr strap back on, but I couldn't find it. Then I started going from dead last out of 27 guys. I charged hard for the four lap race. I ended up getting 18th there. So that was good!
When I got back to the pits, I looked at what happened to my rxr strap. I saw that it was still attached but just ripped in the middle. Then I noticed my shirt was ripped. Uh oh. I finally noticed I had a hole in my chest. I felt like something was missing in my moto! I just didn't know it was my skin. I guess it looked like a shark bite or that I got shot. Haha. After I went to the ambulance, I visited a doctor at his motorhome. His son was racing there, too. So I was lucky that he was there. He stitched me up right there on a foldable chair! It looks crazy! Well I guess the stitching is supposed to look bad when a chunk of flesh is missing.
After that I didn't race anymore. But we still stayed in Michigan to sell my old bike to a guy. Currently we are driving home. What a crazy weekend! We are trying to get home now. So that's it for now! -Greg
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Reeeed Buuuuud!
Right now my dad and I are driving back from red bud. But before I can tell you about that, I have to tell you about yesterday! Yesterday (Saturday) I went riding to dan and shane's house. They were having a garage sale with a bunch of stuff, so we brought some of our own stuff to sell. After lunch I felt like riding, so I just put on a helmet and started riding a really small pit bike. Yeah, that thing sure was intimidating! All 50cc's of it. But I overcame my fear and rode it like there was no tomorrow. The suspension was awesome! It only bottomed out on the smallest bumps. It handled the jumps perfectly! But that might've been because I rolled everything with it. After that serious riding, I thought I would ride my regular bike again. I must say it felt slow compared to the little Honda. I did the triples and stuff with my bike. I even got some photos! I'll post those up later.
Today (Sunday) I went to red bud. We left last night to Ohio because we had to pick up one of Shane's new bikes. When I did the first practice, I was surprised. Some of the jumps seemed so small! They were good for doing some whips, though. And when I say "small," I am not including larocco's leap in that category! But I think I could've jumped it if I drank a red bull and had that 50 with me. My 250 just doesn't have the same power as that flying 50! Oh well. Through out the day the track got pretty rough. All in all I think it was good practice for my race there next weekend. It was also my first time there! Today I also got another helmet cam
video. I'll have it up soon.
That's it for now! -Greg
Today (Sunday) I went to red bud. We left last night to Ohio because we had to pick up one of Shane's new bikes. When I did the first practice, I was surprised. Some of the jumps seemed so small! They were good for doing some whips, though. And when I say "small," I am not including larocco's leap in that category! But I think I could've jumped it if I drank a red bull and had that 50 with me. My 250 just doesn't have the same power as that flying 50! Oh well. Through out the day the track got pretty rough. All in all I think it was good practice for my race there next weekend. It was also my first time there! Today I also got another helmet cam
video. I'll have it up soon.
That's it for now! -Greg
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Archview
This weekend my dad and I went to the Archview Mx Area Qualifier with Cody VanBuskirk and his dad. When we got there, we noticed that there was a prison right across the street. Not to mention a few strip clubs. Yeah, it didn't seem like that good of a neighborhood. But the track made up for that. It was pretty deep sand, surprisingly. I know because I was the first one out on the track in the first practice. It also developed pretty deep ruts in the turns. I didn't qualify in any classes, but it sure was fun.
After the first day, we wanted to go out and get a hotel. That ended up being a pretty big problem. I guess everybody and their grandma was there that weekend for soccer, bowling, and volleyball tournaments. I was surprised there wasn't a tournament for playing with play-doh there. Almost every hotel we went to was full. We decided to stop looking and get something to eat because we were starving. Guess where we stopped. Jack in the Box! There we devoured burgers and tacos. It tasted pretty good, but I don't know if I really want to go back there again. Afterwards, we actually found a hotel that was closer to the track! Crazy stuff.
The next day I had some pretty close racing with some people. I again didn't qualify in any class. But that was because there were a bunch of fast people there that weekend. In one of my motos I crashed in a turn after I hit someone accidently. One time, the gas on my bike was even off on the bike on the start! In that one my bike died in the first turn and I had to start from dead last. Crazy stuff happened all weekend. Cody's clutch fried twice. He still qualified, but with some bad luck!
One of the days we decided to look at the scenery in St. Louis. I was pretty happy with it. Pretty happy I didn't get shot by the B.O.D., that is. When we got back to Cody's house, we had some more bad luck. Our van wouldn't start! I was pretty much ready to pass out. But no, that didn't happen. Instead we took Cody and John's van home. That weekend was filled with events!
Yesterday, which was Wednesday, I went riding at Dan's house. I rode with Shane and Grant. I was happy with the day. After a bunch of runs through it, I finally jumped this big 95 foot triple. It was crazy! One time I even couldn't stop for the following turn and went over the berm. That didn't go so well. I ended up crashing. But then I went and did the jump again.
Those were the highlights of my week so far. My studyhall is going to end soon! See ya. -Greg
After the first day, we wanted to go out and get a hotel. That ended up being a pretty big problem. I guess everybody and their grandma was there that weekend for soccer, bowling, and volleyball tournaments. I was surprised there wasn't a tournament for playing with play-doh there. Almost every hotel we went to was full. We decided to stop looking and get something to eat because we were starving. Guess where we stopped. Jack in the Box! There we devoured burgers and tacos. It tasted pretty good, but I don't know if I really want to go back there again. Afterwards, we actually found a hotel that was closer to the track! Crazy stuff.
The next day I had some pretty close racing with some people. I again didn't qualify in any class. But that was because there were a bunch of fast people there that weekend. In one of my motos I crashed in a turn after I hit someone accidently. One time, the gas on my bike was even off on the bike on the start! In that one my bike died in the first turn and I had to start from dead last. Crazy stuff happened all weekend. Cody's clutch fried twice. He still qualified, but with some bad luck!
One of the days we decided to look at the scenery in St. Louis. I was pretty happy with it. Pretty happy I didn't get shot by the B.O.D., that is. When we got back to Cody's house, we had some more bad luck. Our van wouldn't start! I was pretty much ready to pass out. But no, that didn't happen. Instead we took Cody and John's van home. That weekend was filled with events!
Yesterday, which was Wednesday, I went riding at Dan's house. I rode with Shane and Grant. I was happy with the day. After a bunch of runs through it, I finally jumped this big 95 foot triple. It was crazy! One time I even couldn't stop for the following turn and went over the berm. That didn't go so well. I ended up crashing. But then I went and did the jump again.
Those were the highlights of my week so far. My studyhall is going to end soon! See ya. -Greg
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Wunga
Right now I'm on the bus to school thinking about the day. It looks like nothing spectacular will happen today, so I'll fill you guys up on what i have done lately. And yes, I am back at school because spring break is over. That went by really fast! On Saturday my dad and I went to Dan and Shane's house to do some work. I didn't think I was going to ride because rain was pouring down all morning. Then it suddenly stopped and the sun came out! Just to make sure I was seeing things correctly and not in my dreams, I walked out on the track to check it out. There was only a thin layer of slick stuff on top with pretty much perfect traction underneath. Wow! Then I got geared up and started shredding. It was so good! The track was also different this time. I just did two lap sprints. My fastest lap got down to 2:25.7. Last year with a slightly different track I was doing 2:40's. What a big change!
The next day, Sunday, I went back to Dan's house to ride. This time I didn't have any structured practice, so it was all pretty much just riding around and trying different things. Cody Vanbuskirk and Nick Neys came to ride that day, too. It was sweet riding with them. They wanted to try all kinds of different things like a quad over some rollers, whips, and other things. Dan built a new triple that day as well. That thing was too big for me to try with the kind of wind that was blowing that day! The ruts on the face of it didn't help my confidence much either. Cody ended up being the only one to jump it so far. In the back section of the track there was a double-triple to a triple into some small rollers. We got Dan to change that part of the track to a triple-triple-triple. The second triple is pretty huge, in my opinion. The first time I did it I felt like I almost hit my head on the branches above. Then Dan and my dad started cutting down the branches of some trees with a chain saw. There I found out that I am part monkey! My dad was being crazy climbing on a bobcat and tree with a running chain saw in his hands. But it got the job done. :)
We also rode the track backwards for a couple laps. It was pretty weird but also pretty cool. Shane also joined us a little to ride. He still has a broken wrist or something, but he just strapped on his helmet and snapped in his boots to ride a little. That was, of course, after the approval of his dad, Dan.
That's it for now. See ya! -Greg
The next day, Sunday, I went back to Dan's house to ride. This time I didn't have any structured practice, so it was all pretty much just riding around and trying different things. Cody Vanbuskirk and Nick Neys came to ride that day, too. It was sweet riding with them. They wanted to try all kinds of different things like a quad over some rollers, whips, and other things. Dan built a new triple that day as well. That thing was too big for me to try with the kind of wind that was blowing that day! The ruts on the face of it didn't help my confidence much either. Cody ended up being the only one to jump it so far. In the back section of the track there was a double-triple to a triple into some small rollers. We got Dan to change that part of the track to a triple-triple-triple. The second triple is pretty huge, in my opinion. The first time I did it I felt like I almost hit my head on the branches above. Then Dan and my dad started cutting down the branches of some trees with a chain saw. There I found out that I am part monkey! My dad was being crazy climbing on a bobcat and tree with a running chain saw in his hands. But it got the job done. :)
We also rode the track backwards for a couple laps. It was pretty weird but also pretty cool. Shane also joined us a little to ride. He still has a broken wrist or something, but he just strapped on his helmet and snapped in his boots to ride a little. That was, of course, after the approval of his dad, Dan.
That's it for now. See ya! -Greg
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