Limestone 100 GNCC

Hello! This weekend, the last weekend of high school, I went to the Limestone 100 GNCC in Indiana. It was just a slight 5 hour drive down there. I didn't really know what I was going to do until Saturday night. It was between going to the Red Bud amateur race, or going to the GNCC.

I raced the 250 B class hoping to beat my finish from last time. My goal was to just not crash! And I almost did it, too! I got a mid-pack start and just tried keeping it on two wheels. I had a couple close calls, but I managed to stay up for the first 2 hours! The only bad thing that happened in the beginning was my camel-bak mouth piece coming off in the start. I just felt water pouring out of there... Luckily, physics was on my side and kept almost enough water in there for the whole race. Yay for physics!

I got kind of unraveled in the last two laps. I fell once in each lap and was just losing my flow. I started cramping up pretty badly. My right leg just wanted to stay! To compensate for that, I just stood up everywhere. The last lap was even worse with my arms, legs, and neck cramping up quite a bit.

I ended up getting 7th out of 14 in my class, which is better than last time! But just like last time, I don't feel so good..

See ya later, alligator! -Greg

Dutch Mx qualifier

Hola! I had a jam-packed weekend and am pretty tired now. I had prom on Friday night, math team state on Saturday, and Dutch Mx Loretta Lynn's area qualifier on Sunday. This is accompanied by a lot of traveling! Total, I've been on the road for about 800 miles from Friday through Sunday.

After watching supercross on tv on saturday night, we left for Dutch Sports Park with Cody VanBuskirk. Cody and I got to sleep the whole way there, of course. Yet for some reason I don't feel bad for our dads. Hehe

I went there because I wanted to qualify for the regional at Red Bud. I tried in the Collegeboy and 450 B modified classes.

Dutch is a sandy and hard pack track. There were a lot of different lines to take, too. I think it's the ideal track for being able to pass people. This fact worked to my disadvantage a little, too.

My Collegeboy motos went all right. In the first moto I got a mid-pack start and rode to an 11th place. On the last lap I did a kind of banzai pass down a straight to get my 11th back! That was the highlight of that race for me. The second moto went very similarly, as I raced to a 12th overall. That was a more difficult class.

My 450 B mod motos went quite a bit better. The first one started with me almost getting the holeshot! I got an awesome jump on the gate and just pinned it. I stayed in second place for a while, but eventually got passed. So I got 5th! The second moto went almost as good, with a 7th. You wouldn't think it, but I got a 4th overall! I'm pumped on that!

Here are several fun facts from the weekend:
-There was lightning and was supposed to be rain (but thankfully didn't!).
-an almost dead bug was on the front of our van.
-a random guy came up to us and talked about his cinco de mayo party.
-the average rut count per turn = 4.
-an unfortunate 65cc kid crashed pretty hard while we were watching. Awwww.
-the best line is the inside line.
-did I mention ruts?
-number of cheeseburgers eaten: 1.5
-the choice of shower was the bike wash station.
-the water was cold. 8|
-number of crashes: 0!
-number of Motos I beat Cody: 1
-number of Motos Cody beat me: 3
-my bike is awesome!
-there were no fun facts beside the bug-almost-dead thing.

Thanks for reading my pointless fun facts! Next weekend: GNCC time!

See ya. -Greg