Today was the commencement of the racing at the Ponca City national. Some good racing has gone on for sure. My buddy Shane Cobb had the fourth moto of the day, in which he got 15th or so. Ponca has some pretty long motos going on for every class. 10 lap motos in 100 degree heat is not easy.
My first Collegeboy moto was today, race number 13. It's safe to say that I was a bit nervous, but once the gate dropped it was just another race. I spun like crap off the concrete start. The last time I practiced concrete starts was at MTF a couple years ago. After my start I just tried picking people off and keeping it on two-wheels.
I passed some people and was in 11th place. My favorite pass was when I jumped past someone on the huge triple. Yeah!!
It seemed like the race was never going to end. My dad showed me that I had two laps left, so I knew I just had to keep focused for about 4 more minutes. There's this one jump that's a single-tabletop. I was jumping all the way over it and railing the berm afterwards. There was some mud between the landing and the turn.
Luck would have it that I jumped a little bit too wide and lost traction with my front wheel in the mud, which caused me to lose control and do a superman on my bike! I crashed like that in the superman position...
It took me a couple kicks to get the bike going again, and I was feeling soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooohot!!!
My crash caused me to get lapped, and all I had to do was finish off the lap to finish. When I got off the track the officials pulled off the first 10 bikes, and I was one of them. I got the VIP treatment with cold water and wet towels. Oh my god, I needed that so badly...
I finished 16th in that moto.
I don't have any more motos today because they're only going up to moto 26, which is what you get when every moto is 10 laps long!
Shane's getting a good workout today, doing three motos. I'm going to have the same privilege tomorrow!
Later. -Greg
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Ponca City: practice day
Today was the practice day at Ponca City, and it was a hot one! Every class got 20 minutes of practice, and it went all day because there are so many classes. I had three.
In my first practice I noticed how fun the track is! Some big jumps, coupled with fun turns, make the track awesome. The whoops are pretty tough, too.
With the temperature being about 105 everyday, it's really hard to ride after being out there for a little while. Just gotta push through it. Luckily there's a nice, cold shower right by where we're parked. Yayyyy!
Looks like I'm going to have one moto tomorrow. And I won't wear black gear like I did today!
Oh, we ate some chicken CobbNuggets, as well. They're CobbNuggets because they're in Shane's freezer, boo ya.
-Greg Sassi Sassinator #43
In my first practice I noticed how fun the track is! Some big jumps, coupled with fun turns, make the track awesome. The whoops are pretty tough, too.
With the temperature being about 105 everyday, it's really hard to ride after being out there for a little while. Just gotta push through it. Luckily there's a nice, cold shower right by where we're parked. Yayyyy!
Looks like I'm going to have one moto tomorrow. And I won't wear black gear like I did today!
Oh, we ate some chicken CobbNuggets, as well. They're CobbNuggets because they're in Shane's freezer, boo ya.
-Greg Sassi Sassinator #43
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Ponca City trip
This year I got another opportunity that I just couldn't pass up. After several long days at work, my dad and I are going to Ponca City! We're going down to Georgia first and picking up Shane Cobb. Actually, we're gonna basically empty the Sassinator van and pile our stuff into Shane's fun mover.
It's 1000 miles down to Shane's house. We're tackling that drive right now. Then we have another 1000 mile drive back up to Oklahoma. Fun stuff!
I've never been to a big race like that in the middle of the summer, so I don't know how I'm going to do in the heat, but I'm assuming I'll be ok, as long as there's a kiddy pool available!
I'm currently signed up to do 450 B stock, Collegeboy, and 4-stroke open. My 450 is gonna get plenty of action this week, which I'm pumped for! Oh, and I'm going to be number 43 once again, instead of the big ol' number 1.
From videos I've seen, it looks like Ponca is hard-packed and rough, almost like where I practice every week, so I'm feeling pretty confident in that aspect. But I won't know what it's like until I'm there actually riding.
Unfortunately Ponca Is during the same time as the Lake County Fair. That means I won't be racing At the fair this year. I really like that race, but I have to try out Ponca as well. Oh well!
Catcha later. I'll be watching the monotonous road pass by for the next couple of days!
It's 1000 miles down to Shane's house. We're tackling that drive right now. Then we have another 1000 mile drive back up to Oklahoma. Fun stuff!
I've never been to a big race like that in the middle of the summer, so I don't know how I'm going to do in the heat, but I'm assuming I'll be ok, as long as there's a kiddy pool available!
I'm currently signed up to do 450 B stock, Collegeboy, and 4-stroke open. My 450 is gonna get plenty of action this week, which I'm pumped for! Oh, and I'm going to be number 43 once again, instead of the big ol' number 1.
From videos I've seen, it looks like Ponca is hard-packed and rough, almost like where I practice every week, so I'm feeling pretty confident in that aspect. But I won't know what it's like until I'm there actually riding.
Unfortunately Ponca Is during the same time as the Lake County Fair. That means I won't be racing At the fair this year. I really like that race, but I have to try out Ponca as well. Oh well!
Catcha later. I'll be watching the monotonous road pass by for the next couple of days!
Saturday, July 7, 2012
My Sassi Summer 2012 video
Here's a little video I made of my summer so far this year. Check it out! Includes trials, mx, RedBud, skateboarding, and all sorts of randomness. It's kind of a chill song, so just sit back and relax. Yeahhhhhh.
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