We headed out to Fox Valley for a fun Fathers day weekend of racing. Saturday's Gp was a new layout and they put a over under tunnel in. It was a dry, dusty and fast flowing track. Mark and Chris both put in 2 solid Motos to take 2nd and 3rd for the day in Premodern. Chris struggled a little in his B race to take 8th for the day. There was rain in the forecast for Sunday and we were hoping to get some to help with the dust. All we got was over cast and nice out. For the HS more single track sections were added and they also put the over and under tunnel in too. Mark and Chris both had a blast riding the more technal track they put on. Mark took 3rd and Chris took 2nd in Vintage. In Chris' B race he put in a smart clean race to take 6th for the day.
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Fathers day weekend Fox Valley Off road
Thursday, June 10, 2021
AMA Dist. 17 Enduro White City, IL
After a shortened week with Memorial Day and Chris trying to heal up from wadding himself at Oak Ford working. It was a few long nights in the garage and a Saturday trip to Hall's to get ready for the Sprint Enduro at White City. We finally made it down to the track and the weather was close to perfect. The Club had 2 test for us to run. The red test was about 6mi and the blue test was about 4.5mi. The red test was the more technical section with it being hilly and the blue test was open more with a few creeks to cross. The race started out with Mark on the red test on minute 5. He was in unfamiliar territory because he never runs in an early number. Chris was on the blue test for his 1st test on minute 22. Chris' 1 st test got him splashing his goggles and soaking his gloves with water. After a glove and goggle change he headed over to the red test. Chris miss judged a the trail and went over the bars hitting his knee. He then ran his other two times in that test running smoothe and constant. Mark's 1st test he made it through clean and had fun going down the hill climb. In his 2nd he ended up washing out the front end costing him time. Now for his 3rd time through, 3/4 of the way through his throttle stuck wide open sending him straight in to a tree messing up the bike and banging himself up. Chris came back to finish his last two test to find dad in street close and his knee badged up. Chris put in his final 2 test smoothly without any major mistakes to finish the day solid. At the end of the day Chris finished 13th and Mark finished 10th. We like to thank Jay Hall for all the work he did to Chris' bike to make sure it was ready for the race. On to the next race! Thank you Carissa D Photography, Jhi Jhi's Photography and Amy for the awesome pictures!
Double header at Fox Valley Off road
The double header at Fox valley started off with a change of plan. Mark ended up Friday midday driving down to meet up with Jarred to pick up Chris's WRX from Hall's cycles and to give Jarred his WR. After getting a late start we finally made it out to Fox valley for the 1st camping trip of the Year. The GP on Saturday was a fast flowing track and it was groomed prefect. Chris put in a solid 2 motos in the B race to take 6th for the day. In the Premondern class Chris was back on his freshly tuned 85 WRX 250 by Jay Hall from Hall's cycles. Chris took the 1st moto to get comfortable on the WRX. He was able to keep the 1st place rider in his sights to take 2nd for the day. Mark's day had him running his 250 for the 1st time for the year and had a blast running on it. He ended up taking 3rd in Premondern. Sunday was the Hare Scramble and we were told that the course was going to have more single track and more technical sections. They started the Morning race for Vintage and came to a bottleneck at the bottom of one of the hills. Both Chris and Mark had to work their way out of that to get back on track. Chris put in a smooth race to take the win and Mark ended up 2nd on the day and had a blast on the course the Ward family laid out. Chris’ B race started off with an awesome start 2 nd off the line. 3/4 into the 1st lap he ended up grabbing too much front brake going down on a downhill allowing the whole class to go by. He was able to mount a charge back to 9th. After a long few weeks and not being able to put in the work, not too bad. Overall we had a great time racing on a perfect course for 2 days and hanging out with great friends. I would like to give a shout out to Mark and Jarred for getting Chris the right vintage mount for the weekend. On to the next race!
Thursday, May 6, 2021
AMA Dist.17 GP Coal Valley, IL
This weekend we went to Tri City for a GP. The morning started a bit delayed due to computer issues but that was resolved as quick as they could. This gave for a long day with the delay. On the practice, it became apparent that the course was not GP style. On one of the hills during the practice lap, there was a bottleneck, it was an area that should have had multiple lines for the riders to get around the bottleneck. Other than that it was a fun course. Both Chris and Mark raced in the Pre-Modern class. Chris finished the day with 2nd and Mark finished with 3rd. On to the next race!
Thursday, April 29, 2021
AMA Dist.17 Hare Scrambles Cuba, IL
This weekend we went down to Cuba, Il for a Hare scrambles put on by Canton MC. This place has not been ridden in over 20 years. Shout out to Dave Edsall and crew, they did one heck of a job. The course was technical with off camber, hills and high-speed grass fields to break up the hilly sections. Mark’s race went off and he started mid pack. In lap 2 he caught up to a couple riders that went down on an off camber section which caused him to get stuck and costing him time. He wanted to give a special shoutout to a young lady that helped him get back on track. Mark got himself going to charge back and end the day in 6th place. Chris had a great start and was 3rd off the line. He got to the 1st field section, when he witnessed the 2nd place rider crash and knocked himself out. Chris stopped to make sure he was ok and helped him pick up his bike. Chris wasn’t able to push after watching that. He just maintained to get his points and finish the race. He finished the day in 14th. On to the next race!
