OUR LAST HARESCRAMBLE OF THE SEASON
It was a cold, blustery, rainy weekend. Thank heavens this if over..for a few months. Well, Woods-O-Cross was just as we expected it to be. It was muddy, gross and like last year the sweeping was horrible (That is my own opinion and in no way the opinion of State Line Riders).
Saturday evening was cold and damp. A crew of us went to an awesome Italian restaurant and had a great meal. Back to the race though before 9pm so we weren’t looked out. I must admit the ride did get a little crazy with Beeobee behind the wheel and big daddy snuggled in the middle next to Mike C.( who was having his head rubbed like a jeanie bottle). We did make it, just in time. Thanks for the ride and entertainment!
Sunday morning was slow going. The cold air was keeping everyone tucked in. Everyone finally started moving and headed to sign ups and soundcheck. 9am found us at the starting line waiting for the start. The gun went off and so did the boys. Conner had a great start along with Sawyer and Nate. Next Jordan and Tanner flew into the woods followed by Aubrey. I headed to a few of the mud holes to watch how they came through. First rider into the mud was Anthony Jackson of course (yes, he is that miniA rider). He had no problem whipping through the mud hole. Next stateline riders through were Conner, Nate and Sawyer. All had no trouble. Jordan showed up, ran a downed rider over and muddled through the pit followed by Tanner and then Aubrey. Paul showed up to watch and almost had a fist fight with a worker who wanted the spectators to tell the riders where and how to go through the mud. He did not want to get dirty. Believe it or not Paul walked away. All riders very muddy indeed! The laps ticked by and the mud flew up. Conner was having a spectacular race and was leading the State Line Riders. Sawyer was only able to do 3 laps due to a front and back flat tire. The morning race finished like this: Conner 3rd, Nate 4th, Sawyer 7, miniA Jordan 8th (seems to be his number), Tanner 12th and Aubrey 2nd in girls. Good Job everyone and great season. You should all be very proud of yourselves.
Nate did not get enough in the morning race so he went back at it in the C race. He rode in the sportsman class and finished 3rd. WOW
The afternoon had turned sunny and breeze was nice. It was quite a wonderful fall day. The race was held up a bit due to the C race running late. The riders were ready and waiting. It was great to see Ty racing due to the fact his bikes were stolen out of his locked garage Friday night or early Saturday morning (Nice detective work Eric and Ty). 2pm and it was time to move to the start. Again the gun goes off and the riders fly into the woods. Jon, Dillan, and Todd all started great. Todd decided to race A250 instead of Avet. Beeobee and Ty were next off the line and into the woods. Paul, Marty and digger blasted off with the gun followed by Mike, Ben, Buzy and Chad. Mike’s bike had its perpetual problems. The crank failed him this time. Otherwise, they were off and into the woods 0 cross the mud and water and fields. Jon was doing very good along with Dillan who had a loose rear wheel that needed to be adjusted and tightened in the pits. I stood where there was a nice mud hole anda long rocky, muddy stretch. In both places I seemed to scream “stay to the left” to everyone. I hope my advise was good and I thank everyone who listened. I knew my sore throat was not in vaine. Mud was everywhere, bikes were going down and most riders seemed a little tired. My public apologies to Todd who wanted to quit but I encouraged him not to. About 5 min. into the lap he just about vomited, (never do those energy shots right before a race, right Todd?) I am sorry but I am proud of you for finishing. Digger’s chain broke and he was pulled out in the 3rd lap. Bad luck. Dillan and Jon remained on their fast track. Paul was even ahead of his usual pace. The stand out racer was without hesitation, Dillan Garmley. Through out the entire season he has done an outstanding job which shows in his end of the year place. Congratulations to Double A Dillan. We are very proud of you! The final race of the season was over and the finishes go like this: Jon took 6th in class and overall, Dillan won A250, overall’d A and finished 9th overall, Todd finished 5th and 21st overall, Ty finished7th in A200, Beeobee got 2nd in Aopen and25th overall, Marty won Asenior and Paul took 2nd, Digger finished 4th in Avet. Dylan finished 9th B250, Ben got 2nd in Bsenior and Chad took 3rd while Buzy got 5th in Bvet.
Well, It has been a very eventful race year and I have enjoyed letting you on the inside of what really goes on before, after and during a race. I try to leave out some of the truly embarrassing stuff like when Paul has a temper tantrum because he cant find his gloves, or when Jamies has to poop through the hole race, or when Paul had to pee really bad during a race…so he did when he hit a mud puddle thinking no one would notice. There have been a lot of stories around the camp fires, a lot of beer drank and a lot of fun had. I will miss this, until next season.
See you at the meetings, at the pit party November 7th, at the Netra banquet, or just hanging around. Stay warm…..