Fox Valley Off Road's website sums it up well (quoted from trackman 7/21/13 http://midwest-racing.com/2013/FVOR/7-21/7-21hs.htm):
"So now over 150 riders have raced either an hour, or an hour and a half and it’s noon. Ready for the afternoon AA , A and B classes to hammer a much more difficult course. ALL the ex section is ready, and a much tougher version of Rock Creek is now changed up to be included in their race. 1 hour, 45 minutes of fast paced, Log clearing, tree banging, excavator tire jumping action is to be had. 64 riders are lined up, its’ 12:30pm 11 of the 64 AA class which is the highest class in HS racing is set. JD Friebel (17), Alec Perry (99), Austin Wells (65), Shane Klimek (14), Kyleer Vance (97 returning after almost 2 years), Robert Kau (54), Pete Laubmier (28) Chris Hoffman (30) Travis Ward (51) and Matte Herrington (98) from both D16 and D17 ready to race. Missing today was Matt Dissell and Ryan Moss, both would have made this race even more interesting. Off the start, Kyleer showed he remembered how good he was getting holeshots, and Austin Wells equally as good was right in there. Alec Perry and Travis Ward were fighting for position into the corner with Perry edging Ward out in the first sections. This course today had 4 separate types of single track sections. Three of which were ravines that dropped from the top side of the property to the bottom which is about 150’ or more in height. Kyleer held the lead on the first partial lap as Travis got past Austin and Alec to hound Kyleer for the lead. On lap two Travis took the lead, while Alec, Austin, and Kyleer battled in the early laps. Austin went down and dropped to 6th while starting in last District 16’s Husky mounted JD Friebel was slicing through the pack trying to get to the leaders and make a charge. Quietly Shane Klimek was also making is way to the front. At the hour mark Travis had a about a minute lead, but this would soon go away as he folds his front end over and goes tumbling across the timber floor. Getting up and losing a good 60 seconds tightened up the race positions considerably. The last four laps were amazing. JD gets into the fray, that 4 stroke Husky echoing through the timber as he rides it hard and on the rev limiter. Everyone could see him reeling in the leaders and as he gets into 2nd place it’s only a matter of time before Ward would be the next victim. All the while, Austin, Alec and Shane are battling for every inch of real estate. JD on the white flag lap closed to with in sight of Travis and they both looked at each other in the EX section of the track. This meant the next lap and a half was going to come down to lappers moving nicely to the side and no mistakes. BOTH riders fastest lap times of the day were the last two laps. Think about this for a minute. JD being really close or 30 years old, Travis 17, Alec 19, Austin 19, Shane a bit older and their fastest lap times are the END of the race. JD pulled some of the fastest laps of the day at 9:31, he did that twice on the third to last lap and the last lap. Travis had consistent with 9:40’s pulled 9:38, 9:35; and the fastest of the day with JD hot on his heals a 9:27. Less then 12 seconds separated 1st and 2nd place after that long of a race is pretty interesting. Alec, Austin, and Shane more then once was side by side on the logs in the ex section jumping the tires at the end scrambling for the lines in the corner. Alec held on for 3rd, with Austin 3 seconds behind him! Shane dropped off on the later laps, about a minute behind with Kyleer’s “first” race back 2 seconds behind Shane in 6th. Travis Ward got his “first” overall win in AA class after only a ½ of season in the class."
Remember to keep it between the trees!
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