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Dust off the quads and get ready for some good fun!
We've worked out a great start for spectators and have several other areas for spectating!
The local church is cooking again, so bring an appetite and leave the cooking to them! Best coffee yet!

   Where's the race gonna be?Is it a FTR race?

Sorry about that!
http://www.floridatrailriders.org/flyer/SFTR_051407.pdf (http://www.floridatrailriders.org/flyer/SFTR_051407.pdf)

Looking forward to it. It will be my last race of the year and probably my last B class race. Probably move to Vet class next year.

I see that Matt, well I haven't decided yet if I'll be moving to Senior or I'll stay on "B" but it sure will be the last race of the year, I'll see you guys gls at the track.
 I hope it rains some, before that race

We (SEFTR and friends) are headed out there this weekend to put all but the finishing touches on this course.
Many of you know this course as it is the same property as the last QS hosted by SAQR. We have mixed it up a bit to make it different, but there is still a creek to cross!
I hope for rain as well, but not too much as we have different sections thanks to the dry conditions.
I promise you, this start will be one to remember!

 ;) ;)it will be fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think it would be fun to just race the course in reverse ;) less work  ;D good luck guys and i will pray for rain for you. Im still quadless :(

Might get some rain on the course tonight. ;D

We got 3in of rain last night on sat and its sprinkling now sun and i live about 15miles from the track location.Im Looking forward to the race.

I just got home from a weekend of working my butt off. It poured for an hour straight yesterday.
About 8 1/2 miles of fast trail for Saturday and about 11 for Sunday. Course is pretty free flowing with plenty of creek crossings with no water in them today.
Sign up will be under the trees by concessions. Concessions will be provided by the local church. They know how to do it right ;)
Pit Stop racing and other vendors will be there for any of those last minute things.
We had our club meeting and next year we will be hosting a Quad Scramble!!

We had our club meeting and next year we will be hosting a Quad Scramble!!

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THAT'S AWESOME!!!

A special thanks to Lawn-man-mx and KenZ for coming out to help. Rafael picked me up a few weekends ago and we drove over there, worked all day and drove home. 3 hrs each way. Much thanks, bud. KenZ has been out a few times and works his you know what off!
I told you about the rain, well lightning hit a tree branch with an arrow stapled to it and singed the marker!
A big special thanks goes to a quad rider who doesn't come to this site, Dave Dunick. This guy has drove us over there every weekend there wasn't a race for the last two months.
And we are doing it all in hopes you guys have a blast!

  no problem my  friend !!!  anytime  it was  fun .   it  should be  a good time ,    we should  all thank you  guys  for  voluntering   your  time . weekend  in  and out !!!  it its because  guys  like you  that  this sport   will  prosper  and  go far !!!!    thanks  boys..... ;D  see ya  on the line..

Why is it that more FTR racers dont come to this site? At my clubs meeting I passed out a few rally flyers and tried to talk about it and it is like they wanted to remain separate from any other organization. The FTR website forum is VERY lame and inactive.
 I really think if more people would give woods racing a try, they would be hooked. They are just scared to sack up for the first race, might find out how slow they really are ;).

you'd be surprised who is talking about the rally. It is on the FTR site as well.
The rally really will have no bearing on FTR. It has been going for over 30 years already.
Don't get me wrong. The ATV people need to come together and demand Florida uphold the law(Mark T Schmitt law) and quit giving our money to the rec fund that goes to bicycle, horseback, and hiking trails. Can't remember any of those groups being required to get a registration sticker for the bike or the horse or the backback?
ANyway, that is a totally different issue.
Let's go racing!!

Had a fun time out there working.  There is just something about that property that it is always nice to be out there. 

It is a good club putting this race on, so come out and support them!! They put a lot of work into it and tried to use as much new stuff as possible.  It will be fun and fast!

If I remember correctly, Chillin is the one who started the thread about the rally on FTR forum.  Not too many responses on there though. 

See everyone on Saturday. 

I totally forgot to mention we are having a FUN RUN after the races on Saturday. $10

Thats awsome, I think I'll take my wife on a lap. Is it $10 per person per lap?

Well my quad is ready for the race, I'm sure the track will be nice, so let's go racing, hopefully we have a good turn out, it feels like years since last race I did.
I'm sure next season we will have a lot more QS races, this season was not all that good, but next one will be way better.
See you guys at the track !

My bike will be ready, IF  GT thunder can overnight me a set of ball joints. While giving my bike a final check I found my lower joints were really loose. If I can get the joints on Fri. I'll put them in on Sat. after practice. If I cant get them, then I'll ride it till it breaks. This will be my 3rd. set this year.

hehehe It's $10 per person, but now you've got me thinking... >:D

Nice race, nice track, what can I say, we had a great time, sorry Matt for your shock, luckily you didn't get hurt.
Luis C

First race for me and I'm hooked. A bit dusty but just another reason to pass someone! The wide open spots were great too.

This was my first Harescramble and I loved it. I did the quadscrambles before and this was totally different because you don't get to ride with the A and B riders if you are in the QS C class. Those A riders are insane!!!! I was moving pretty good and the A class riders would pass me like I was parked on the side of the course. I decided to give chase to 9A for a while but then I realized I wanted to walk again because if I kept up that pace, I would have ended up in a wheel chair for sure! Great time though. See you guys at the next one!   ;D

I'm glad you guys had fun too, there is only one Hare Scramble left for the season, this will be at Polatka and I'm hopping they don't cancel it.

Yeah, it was not the way I wanted to finish the race Louis. I got a really bad start but was having a great race after that. O well, thats racing.

The course was very fast. I was looking for another gear sometimes. I had a great race. I got the holeshot in my class and was gone.

I won my first race......................WHOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!

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Yeah, it was not the way I wanted to finish the race Louis. I got a really bad start but was having a great race after that. O well, thats racing.
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I know, nobody wants to finish the race like that, specially been so close to the finish, and I didn't have a good start at all (as usual) but as you did, I made my way up in front and well finish 2nd that could of been 3th as you know, well like you say, that's racing.
 See you

I want to thank all of you that came out. I am just now home it is 11:40pm and I am tired. I was there since Thursday and finally got a decent shower! Now I need to find a new razor or two.
You guys were awesome. The club and others were surprised to see so many line up.
I am working on the holeshot videos I recorded. I will post the link as soon as I am finished.
p.s. I saw Pledger on his new 2 wheeler today giving her hell. I swear I heard a "YEEE- HAWWWW" as he went by!

Here you go.
http://www.floridaquadriders.com/public_html/message_board/showthread.php?p=8332#post8332 (http://www.floridaquadriders.com/public_html/message_board/showthread.php?p=8332#post8332)

Thanks for the videos Brian!

You got it, Frank! One thing I never liked was seeing all those video cameras and regular cameras and no pictures  :(

Well, that happen all the time, you see a lot of cameras all over the place and nobody post pic here or anywhere  >:(

Awesome Race. My best finish yet! Cant wait till next year!  Also wanted to shout out a huge thanks to everyone that was involved with the race.  The track was really wide open, Loved it!

The scores are up, you could even check the lap times