Anyone know if Monroe AX will have the heat on in the Barn this weekend?

Barn? I dont think there are even heating elements in the arena if thats what your asking.

yeah definately no heat! and have fun parking in the back 40 unless you paid for a spot! espcially if its raining or for that matter snowing!

its not gonna be that bad this weekend. low 40's

Mr 450, did you guys hit it last night?

Hit it??

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Originally posted by 17dad:
Mr 450, did you guys hit it last night?

Did you practice at Monroe last night? Get your mind off women and back to mx!

The building has the heat turned on when the fans aren't going. It is definatly warmer inside than out. When we start on Friday and Saturday it should be around 50 inside.

As for size for Monroe vs. CC....where do they stand. Havent been to either yet but was considering tomorrow. Does CC have heat?

Monroe has heated bathrooms,lobby and is a simalar size to CC.

Clark county has no heat. Its a great track though. We will be heading there Sunday.

Remember mid July 2009? 103 degrees. I'll take half that!

clark countys bathrooms definately got some heat in them haha

17dad....Why yes i did "HIT IT" Both of them thanks for asking. Practice both nights and racing Saturday, And the Heat was on in the Barn. Big difference!

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Originally posted by 17dad:
Did you practice at Monroe last night? Get your mind off women and back to mx!

Last night at Monroe was an amazing night of racing.

WSDOT said it was gonna be cold but 34F high felt good. Room temp must'a bee 10F higher making for a great night of racing. I know for me (spectating) it was pretty good.

Track layout consisted of 4 std lanes. The start was along the east wall – full length followed by a 180 banked sweeper into lane #2 and a mid table-top followed by 9 whoops (smallish with a last hit kicker) into a 180. Most every body may a good showing on the whoops but only #474 (Anstett) and #128 (Johnson) consistently pulled the-Billy-Binkly-wheelie-into’em stunt. That whole wheelie thing sure do make a diff.

Turns…making turns was extra important as the track layout was not as difficult as days gone by. Some peeps (beginner-to-pro) took advantage (cutting in on corners) while others suckerd the comp with faints and head shakes. Bottom line track consisted of:

1) Full length along the east wall start-straight (lane #1) followed by

2) 180 into a 3’er high X 25’ table leading into

3) Nine smallish whoops that’d kick ya cause the last one was big and placed at the tangent point of lane #2’s 180 sweeper into lane #3 – the huck

4) Lane #3 consisted of a classic SX tripple huck cept it was a table-to-single. Lee does good by us this way. Make lane #3’s sweeper smooth (rail the outside and maintain speed) and you’ll make the 55’ triple into lane #4’s 180 sweeper going bake. Not sure about traction or second guessing then DON’T try. Only Jake (Anstett #474 pro) and #570 (B) guessed. I hurt just watching them come up short. Both raced on. Jake finished 4th or so in his pro race (amazing … someone to watch going forward) and #570 continued on. Argh-Squeek-Puke is about all I can offer having seen such human devastation.
5) Lane #4 consisted of 3x doubles or 2x triples depending on how you run. Most armatures doubled-doubled-doubled where most pros tripled-tripled. I liked the triple-triple most but gotta admit the leader dude in the quad class had the stands packed in anticipation. Whacky, Happy, and outta control is about the only way to descried the tire-&-peg-marks gouged into the arenas west wall as this dude bit it hard. I saw MX Wilson #948 do the same a couple weeks back but then again he didn't get up nearly as fast as quad dude. “Lights-on-fer-safety” Apparently quad dudes little mishap made him refocus cause once he got started again he had all headlights a-blazing on the completion of his last (half) final SX lap. Trophy! First at that. Cool.

6) Lane #4 through Lane#1 make #4 then a hard 180 lefty and yer back onto the start straight. Pro race #4 was the only one where I saw the final straight play a part and the was where Crater (#153) was chasing down Howell (#222). I couldn’t tell from my vantage but word was #222 pulled off another third. Looks to me like that whole ole-guns-young-guns-thing going on for 2010. Don't know about you but I've got tons of respect for all ages (and sexes) of MX Dudes (I include Dudettes in the usage of "Dudes").

I love Lee’s races. I love the way people arrive early so as to get all the socializing outta the way and I love the way his series is placed mid winter (NW) about half way between Top-Gun and Nat-SX and I love the way it’s big but still small enough that people like me can just walk the pits and talk-the-talk.

It’s big, it’s small, it’s just right. Almost as just right as a good Jalapeño Subway most magnificent…. (grins) sandwich. Almost.

Yesterday was a hoot at Monroe. Wahoo!


PS..it's 1:02PM Sun Dec 13, 2009 and ... Snowing in the Hood!

Good times Ken!

Hey Ken...just wondering who the ole guns are you were talking about? You can't mean Crater cuz he is only 26! An ole gun would have to be at least 30. haha

smail its like these kids all think Im the old man. its crazy. you should show up and smoke em all while im gone next weekned.

Doni Wanat showed up last week.But raced Vet class. That would qualify as ole gun.

Crater's right smail he's the new old guy, funny thing is he keeps showing these young'ns how to get around a track - sorta like you did last fall over at the Horn. I had to blink twice squint hard and clear my ears cause surely that wasn't a 2-stroker and an ole Lance Smail putt'n a ho-down on our own NW best on a MX track (grins) or was it. It was.

Yep Greg's the new ole guy but when you see him go you gotta wonder what the new old really means. My bestest-fastest-funnest-times-ever were when I was 39 years old and I was racing with Greg's dad Mike and his Uncle Rod. The list of buds was long back then but not so long as these days were punks got a ga-zillion peers on the track. But-cha know what Lance, it just dawned on me that after a lifetime it's those very same peers (now old) that I look forward to seeing in a MX pit and talking smak to bout this or that or just about anything. Smak-talk is the best and to see how these young'ns are doing and to compare notes with. It's a hoot. Something I look forward too at each event. We're all a bit older (we-ole-farts) now and a bit more portley and a-tad slower and - ok maybe two tads - but from my perspective my new role is to my liking - watch-and-observe. It's that whole old dude spots potential and with help from pro young potential dude (or dudette) makes good.

As for Greg's age ... must be sumptn in being the ole guy on the track cause he's making the job look easy and spanking a whole lotta pros in the process. Not that much different than someone else I know.