Just got back from the track. If weather stays good, track will be prime by tomorrow evening.

Crater.. Practice starts at 5:00/5:30 somewhere in that range.

If the stars are aligned, and my kids dentist appointments go quickly, I may come out and race.

if it doesnt rain track looks good.
5:30 start time.

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Originally posted by Kimball #126:
k-DUB, race Vet pro and steal the bacon! Plus u can add bacon to ur jalapenos!

How about I just roll up in my wonder wagon, stroll on over to bacon shack and tell'em who I am instead. Pro.

Asian Sensation, you racing Friday?

Only racing I did tonight, was on the pitbike track.

Shougal tomorrow morning!!

Well I raced last night, even with the teachings of sensai's Workman and that Asian Sensation guy I rod like crap. It was fun but the downhill was sketchy, they ran the entrance right before the woop/rythym secton that parallels the woods. The problem was going from light to darkness with a real soft rutty step down in the middle. It's still too much money. Note to self, do not wear yellow tinted goggles, the glare is horrendous with them. Note two to self, turn on the gas before the moto starts DOH!!!!!!!!

How was the pro turnout and the race?

There were only 2 pros that showed up. Rudy Mansano and one other guy. They didn't race for the $500 because there had to be 5 riders for that. Rudy won the first moto, but crashed on the step on step off in the middle. I'm not sure if he was trying to clear the whole thing or just over jumped the step on but he ended up breaking his ankle.

The other guy was Rob uh hum well OK so I forgot his last name. I'm old. He's hails outta Colorado and been here (Seattle area) since last Oct. Finished #1 in second moto.

I wonder why this track doesn't do well...

Best location in the area.


And PAUL!!!!!! Careful those starts (2nd moto) can be dangerous....

Btw Washougal was amazing today.. Nice and rutted.

i heard pacific was rough today, not groomed

I can say that the reason no pros showed up comes down to 2 things. first off no one knew about it. This was the only place that I heard anything about it. There needs to be enough time before hand to let all the pros know. Also the 500 bucks was just not enough. It would mean just over 150 bucks to win. That is not going to pull a ton of riders. I didn't go becauseit would hae cost me close to 100 to get there and race so why risk it for 50 bucks. it comes down to risk vs reward and risk can mean money or crashing or whatever. just my 2 cents.

It's good you didn't show up, although I was hoping you would. You would have been slightly miffed had there only been 3 pros and you were racing for $15.72

If you want to see a lot of pros race, we expect over 35 of them at TOP GUN next weekend..

Kind of late but practice starts at 5:30. Only 2 pros showed up. Had 5 in 250 C and 19 in 250 D. Rest of the classes were pretty low turn out.

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Originally posted by 799s Dad:
Kind of late but practice starts at 5:30. Only 2 pros showed up. Had 5 in 250 C and 19 in 250 D. Rest of the classes were pretty low turn out.

turnouts would be alot better on the weekends. that place is a bear to deal with traffic on friday afternoon

sharkey thats not it ... that place used to have 400 riders on a friday nite with a full gate of pros ...

I won't be back on Friday nights because $45 is toooo much for 12 laps (4 practice and 4 per moto). They need to lower the price and make it a spectacle. Have music, an announcer have give aways. Too many promoters miss the spectacle part of the race.

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Originally posted by wilcox:
sharkey thats not it ... that place used to have 400 riders on a friday nite with a full gate of pros ...

i know i used to go there fridays and got tired o dealing with traffic , missing practice etc. hannagen is alot better for me geographically. its too much to take 1/2 the day off evry friday to go and then on top of that the travel on big weekends