What a great race everyone! First and foremost I would like to extend my appreciation and thanks to the Bugbee family for allowing us to use their land. They were more than gracious.
Friday night it rained..Saturday morning it rained….Saturday afternoon it rained, Saturday night it rained… This rain thing is becoming a bad habit for us. But luckily, we deal with it well.
The Enduro went off on time Saturday morning with the riders soaking up the rain. A few of our State Line riders raced and did very well. Sawyer won first in class and first overall. Nate, Cole and Tanner also did well.. Sorry guys I don’t remember what your places were.
Next came the Pee Wee race. Jamie was the trail boss and did a great job. The kids had a great race and the sky actually turned blue and rain went away for awhile. Simon finished first in his class. He flew around that track. It was a good turn out and all the kids seem to have a great time. Thanks to Crystal, Sue and the Anthony’s for their help with the scoring at the barrels.
After a great dinner most of us settled in to listen to BeeOBee’s Band rock the house. Which they did…great sound, love the new lights, could have done without the rain..but hell, we are used to it. It was a blast, Thanks guys you were fantastic.
Sunday morning came way to early, way to early. Sign-ups started, bikes rolled in, and people were everywhere. The saving grace here was the smell of bacon and eggs cooking thanks to Mike and Justin. They did a bang up job all weekend. No problem with the peppers and onions Saturday night right Justin? Once again, the sun was back out just in time for the races for start. The track was extremely slick because of all the rain which made it hard going for the bigwheel and mini riders. Our only mini rider was Cole Hall and he did well. The late morning race found Nick and Mike racing. Nick finished first in class and Mike took ??? . By afternoon the temperature was warm and the track had dried out a bit, a little bit. Todd, Marty and Buzy raced. Todd did awesome, taking first in Avet and 16th overall. Marty got first in Asenior and Buzy took 3rd in B200. They did a great job, like always.
The racing was over, the trophy’s were given out and the riders had left. What did that leave…..a huge mess. But, many hands make lite work. Everyone pitched in and the clean up went smoothly. The garbage was picked up, the grill was packed away, the tent came down and State Line trailer was dragged away. Until next year…
I want to personally say that everyone did a fabulous job this weekend. There might be one person who didn’t step up…he actually fell down a couple of time’s right Paul? I think everything went great. A couple of riders even told me this was the best event of the year. They had a blast, and that is what it is all about. The concession personal, the sweepers, sound and tech inspection, parking and sign in…everywhere I went yellow shirts where there working hard. There is one thing I learned this past weekend, It is much easier to drive 5 hrs to go to a race and camp, race and drive 5 hrs home than put a race on. Kudos to you John for organizing this whole event. A standing ovation for you!
See all you racers this weekend in Somers, CT…..be race ready.