Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:54 am
Myself, Robert, Mark, and my wife left Conway at 5am for the 3.5 hour drive up to Decatur Arkansas. Weather was cloudy with a high of ~80 with a chance of scattered showers. Noone thought it would rain, we were wrong. Got there and the turn out was kinda slim. Lot of bike guys go go the OMA but quads is still growing.
The start is about a 50 yard spring to a tight S curve that goes into very short woods section then zig zags some dirt fields. I line up just off center to the left and the S starts on the right. So I have pretty good starting location since we have to zig back to the left pretty quick. The rekluse has been running great so I we revving it up to get it nice and warm for the start. Dead engine start we we all get ready. Flag goes and I hit the button and she fires right up! Slamm the throttle and there goes the rev limiter. Dang in neutral!! Kick it into seconds and pin the throttle. I still beat half the people off the line including my buddies Robert and Mark. I end up catching a couple people before the end of the S curve and wind up maybe 5th or 6th into the woods. We hit the open rock hills and I pass 2 more all while trying not to crash since the dust was crazy in that area. Finally hit the woods and its on.
Well with no preride allowed we pretty much had no idea what to expect. We know that the host likes to make some very difficult obstacles and loves useing trees to do that. Go figure 1 minute into the woods there is a nice 24" diamter tree crossing the trail. Not the kind you would pop a wheelie and slam across. So I just like the guys in front of me just kinda ease over it and keep going. I guess the guy behind me didnt' have as easy of a time because I look back after the next hill and he is not there anymore. Heck, there was noone behind me for a long time after that.
Very hilly area and soft loam for dirt. Not much rock but lots and lots of trees and roots in the trail. About 25% through the track we hit a whoop section!! This guy actually went back in there with a shovel and made whoops!!! It was great. I flew through them like they weren't even there. There was some off camber hill decents and climbs shortly after that. And on one of the decents with the hardest hill climb right after it wouldn't you know it but someone was stuck and the freaking bottom of the hill in the trail!!!! Well, I start hitting the brakes and pretty much had no traction. Started turning sideways and ended up rolling it over. Pinned my leg but I was ok. Forced it off of me and look and it was a girl that was riding B class. Said she was sorry and helped me move the quad onto its wheels. She then decided to ask me how she should get up the hill.
I hopped on my quad and told her to climb it. Hit the start button and it fired right up and off I went. Powered up the hill like it was nothing and kept going. Didn't loose a single position in the ordealI did jamb my thumb and moved my hand guarde and stuff. Didn't worry about that stuff yet, figured I would wait till I hit an open area. At this point the rain started. Tear offs were useless since the rain would hit them and make them a mess every 2 minutes. So the goggles came off. That was no fun at all with race cut fenders. Dang couldn't see!!!
The start is about a 50 yard spring to a tight S curve that goes into very short woods section then zig zags some dirt fields. I line up just off center to the left and the S starts on the right. So I have pretty good starting location since we have to zig back to the left pretty quick. The rekluse has been running great so I we revving it up to get it nice and warm for the start. Dead engine start we we all get ready. Flag goes and I hit the button and she fires right up! Slamm the throttle and there goes the rev limiter. Dang in neutral!! Kick it into seconds and pin the throttle. I still beat half the people off the line including my buddies Robert and Mark. I end up catching a couple people before the end of the S curve and wind up maybe 5th or 6th into the woods. We hit the open rock hills and I pass 2 more all while trying not to crash since the dust was crazy in that area. Finally hit the woods and its on.
Well with no preride allowed we pretty much had no idea what to expect. We know that the host likes to make some very difficult obstacles and loves useing trees to do that. Go figure 1 minute into the woods there is a nice 24" diamter tree crossing the trail. Not the kind you would pop a wheelie and slam across. So I just like the guys in front of me just kinda ease over it and keep going. I guess the guy behind me didnt' have as easy of a time because I look back after the next hill and he is not there anymore. Heck, there was noone behind me for a long time after that.
Very hilly area and soft loam for dirt. Not much rock but lots and lots of trees and roots in the trail. About 25% through the track we hit a whoop section!! This guy actually went back in there with a shovel and made whoops!!! It was great. I flew through them like they weren't even there. There was some off camber hill decents and climbs shortly after that. And on one of the decents with the hardest hill climb right after it wouldn't you know it but someone was stuck and the freaking bottom of the hill in the trail!!!! Well, I start hitting the brakes and pretty much had no traction. Started turning sideways and ended up rolling it over. Pinned my leg but I was ok. Forced it off of me and look and it was a girl that was riding B class. Said she was sorry and helped me move the quad onto its wheels. She then decided to ask me how she should get up the hill.
I hopped on my quad and told her to climb it. Hit the start button and it fired right up and off I went. Powered up the hill like it was nothing and kept going. Didn't loose a single position in the ordealI did jamb my thumb and moved my hand guarde and stuff. Didn't worry about that stuff yet, figured I would wait till I hit an open area. At this point the rain started. Tear offs were useless since the rain would hit them and make them a mess every 2 minutes. So the goggles came off. That was no fun at all with race cut fenders. Dang couldn't see!!!