July 20,
2014
We are back for
our second trip to Fox Valley Offroad Park in Wedron, IL. This race looks though
it will be a lot less muddy than the last time we were there. It seems like lap
times will be slower because the course appeared to be a lot more technical
than previous races. I was looking forward to a good finish today and getting
to the front like I should be.
As we got to
the starting line the big talk was Jason Thomas and another pro rider were there
(hitting a race on their way to the OMA the next weekend). We had a pretty
stacked class with the local fast guys and the new fast guys. As the flag dropped I was off to the first
turn and was sitting good but Shane lost the front end of his bike and went
down right in front of me. I thought I
was able to just sneak by him, but my front tire caught his wheel and brought
me down too. I was able to get up quickly and get going, but we were back in
the pack. When I got half way around that lap I ran into A riders and I caught
some more at the end of that lap at scoring. I wondered what happened. The next
lap the same thing occurred; I caught the same A riders after passing them.
Apparently somebody must have blown a ribbon and those riders were taking a
different trail. Finally the workers found the area in question, but by that
time it seemed like the leaders gained a huge gap (I wasn’t sure if they were
taking that route too). I struggled a little all day after the first turn crash
and wondered how everyone was getting so far ahead of me. I was disappointed in
my 9th place result and disappointed with the whole race.
I would like
to thank everyone for standing behind me and I will be back stronger next week.
Remember to
keep it between the trees.
Photos courtesy of Andrew Shaw
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