Quad scramble #2 at Seminole LET'S GO WOODS RIDERS!

[Albright335]

Phil and I are looking forward to  this weekend...

Please say Hi    

Jen

[tony pitts]

 does anybody know if sunday the track will be open for regular practice. we are planning to stay all weekend so my son can practice the mx track.

[TRX450R_Racer]

Yes the track will be open on Sunday.

[digginfool]

Well, I got blind-sided by the wife this afternoon.  After telling me all month her grandmother's party was Sunday, I found out it is Saturday at 3:00, just as I should have been starting my run.  I won't be racing but will be out in the morning for my son to race in Super PeeWee.  Since December 2 is already spoken for, I guess my next event will be one of the HS or QS4.  See you on the trail then.

[YFZ450-Tampa]

Hey men, bring them all, and have the party on the track, ooohhh yeeeaaaahhh, that way you can race and we all have a party 

See everyone at the track !!!!

[digginfool]

Whooooo-Wheee!!  You boys better have your mud gear ready for this one!!  It's been raining for nearly 24 hours down here and it's going to be WET!!  I'm not so sure I'm going to be too upset about missing this.  Luckily, I'll be out there long enough to watch some of the riders come in off the practice runs.  Should be amusing!   

[mudnuri]

Crap! I just cleaned mine!

[paul450]

wet= mud.......finally our first mud race of the year...WOOT!!!

[svtbolt04]

If I dont break down or anything of that nature.. I usually do pretty well in mud races... Somthing about having that extra 20lbs to hustle me through the bogs.

[svtbolt04]

I broke first lap. I know I didnt end up in last though.. Some guy in my class went off into the canal.

TRX_racer , When I was helping you on the log... I now have enough dirt in my ears/hair to make a small sandcastle from the roost you threw at me. All good though.


I hate breaking. It is the worst ever. I havent completed a full race this year. My bike just isnt prepared in some areas I guess.

[paul450]

Bad holeshot 2nd to last got to 10th at the beginning of the 2nd lap and then hit a tree and bent left tie-rod.  limped back to to the finish line,  want to say sorry for everyone that I held up while I was putting back and getting stuck  everywhere,  but I sure wasn't going to wait till the end of the race for someone to tow me back in the dark...   I saw TWO bikes in the Canals..  all and all was a good  track.  tight but FAST....

[TRX450R_Racer]

SVT Thanks for the help.

I clipped a tree and went over the bars on the first lap. It bent the left tie rod and snapped the end off of my PEP stabilizer. That's 2 weeks in a row that has happened. I guess it's time to ge a Precision.

The course was fun. It had some of everything.

[Chillinthemost]

It was a fun day. I finished 3rd. and I feel like I got hit by a truck. I've got to find the time to practice more, I slow down too much at the end.

[mudnuri]

I commited a sin and payed for it.
Instead of using the practice lap as intended, (to give us a chance to see what the course is like) I was going too fast for a turn. I went into the turn with the expectation of passing a C rider. Well I ran out of talent and my machine hooked up and flipped over. I pushed off and ejected myself so my quad would not land on me. My shoulder guard on my chest protector must have hit the ground first and in such a way that when I came down it jammed into my right shoulder. Seminole took me out almost 2 years ago. Broke my right collar bone and some nerve damage to my left leg. So I am on the ground thinking "Great. Here we go again."
This is where the members of FTR shine. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO STOPPED! I think it was Jimmy Benton who was there right away. I rememer seeing Luis, but I was seeing stars and didn't want to let on taht I was injured. Between them and everyone else who stopped, they helped me up and righted my quad. They showed me my steering stem was bent and so were the handle bars. I rented a helmet cam, but didn't have it hooked up for practice, so no good crash caught on tape hehehe-that was the second thing Jimmy asked!
I had the paramedics check to see if my collar bone was broken. They said they didn't think so, but I should get an x-ray.
So after the race I went to the hospital (what a nightmare) and had an x-ray taken. Sure as heck, a hairline fracture in my shoulder. I knew something had to be broken. Everytime I hit the throttle the machine the reaction was not fun for the craked bone.
I asked the announcer during the riders meeting to ask if anyone had an extra stem. He put the word out over the loud speaker and Tony Pitts spoke up. THANK YOU TONY!!
I swapped it out and lined up. In my hurriedness, I didn't hit the record button as I was supposed to, so nothing I can share from that point of view. Sorry, PAUL!#8VET
FTR members are the BEST!
p.s. On the flip side, about the guy in the canal. When I came on that scene I first saw the belly of the machine. Then I saw two heads sticking out of the water struggling to hold it up. The rider did not appear to be hurt, but I stopped to at least try to help. My shoulder screamed when I tried to pull it up the bank. A senior rider came up and my quad was blocking the trail and he had the nerve to scream at me. Nice. Thanks for helping out whoever you are. I know that piece of wood that you were not going to get because you were so far back from your class is SOOOO important to you. More important than helping out in a bad situation. You are a real class act. I know he is not the only one who just rode right on by. How sad.

[digginfool]

Sorry to hear about your injury, Mud.  Wasn't a good day for us, either.  During the PeeWee practice, my son was going through the puddles instead of around them.  The Outerwears on his air cleaner apparently was a little loose and ended up scooping up large quantities of muddy water.  His machine stopped and while trying to get it going again, I pulled the plug to find it soaked in muddy water.  Not good.  Towed him back, loaded the bike back on the trailer and drove the 60 miles back home.  Wasn't worth getting up at 5 AM for.  Guess we'll see you guys in January.

[Chillinthemost]

Sorry to hear that Diggin. I had the same problem with my sons bike. He got a good start in pee wee B and then the water got him. His bike was running like crap and stalled a bunch of times. He wound up with 4th and a little more experience.

[mudnuri]

diggin' read chillin's post and that is what you should say. Chalk it up to an expensive lesson.  I know the feeling of being bummed out on making a long haul (which your was not) and having mechanical trouble. I bet your son feels it was GREAT! Just learn from it, practice with your child and be prepared. And don't go too fast approaching a turn during practice! hehehe
I have holeshot vids of the 3:30 classes. I will post them later. Right now I need to get some ice 
I met a bunch more new people that are on here. and no my last name is not Mudnuri It is Mud-n-ur-i  unless you wear these 

[YFZ450-Tampa]

It was a really nice race out there, nice "combo" "MX" "SX" "XC" and wide open and yes some whoops, it was an asome track, may be one of the best I've been on, great job and thank's to all that people that made it possible for us.

Hey Brian, I was like 50 feet behind you when your quad decide to kick you out and Jimy was just behind me, you where on your feet by the time we stop and you didn't look hurt bad, hope you get better soon.

I was second to the last at the holeshot (out of 20 riders) made my way to the middle of the pack on the "SX" track and then on the tight woods everyone got stuck, I pass a lot of people but a lot more pass me hehehe, I saw Kevin Cook all wet, just getting out of the water, yep his quad looked more like a Jetski at that moment, but he had a big smile at his face, o well he was OK.

Neal MacGrath won his class and put out a nice race, he did a great job getting his "MX" quad trough those tigh woods, and we all know how fast he is when it come to jump. Great job boy, hope to see you on more of this "QS" races

Hey Matt, great job out there those guys Chris (1rst) and Jason (2nd) are just flying, they are riding really good, it just let us to work out a lot more to get a lil closer hehehe.

I had a great time and it was really good to see that many quads, not sure how many we had but I think we had a better turn out then the first, let keep it on the way up.

[Toomey]

I went to watch Rad700 race, and now I've got the bug to try one of these races out for myself on my dirt bike.  There's one coming in January for me.  But as for Rad700, all he had to say after the race (and before throwing up his gatorade) was, "That was intense."  I think he did a good job anyways completeing the entire race.  A bunch of people dropped out on the second and third laps.  And I saw you TRX450R_Racer (Frank), as you took off on your race, your bike is easy to pick out of a crowd.  I had a lot of fun just watching, and now I've got the bug to enter a race.

[digginfool]

Well, I didn't really intend to come off so harsh but to drive 60 miles and watch my son get three practice laps before breaking was a bit of a downer.  We were both very disappointed.  Unfortunately, his quad just isn't designed to be run through water (there is no airbox - carb is out in the open and only the Outerwears is there to block any water) and it would have been difficult for him to stay completely out of it on the kids track.  He was really excited for this race because he had a brand new set of Elka's on his quad.  The stock shocks were stiff enough for me to ride it and the Elka's had given him a lot of confidence in practice.  Just like Chillin's son, Austin is now a little wiser and really chompin' at the bit for the next race.

[RAD 450r]

Hey everyone, I gotta say, that for my first race, That was probably the most fun Ive ever had.  Let's see, some words to describe it were Fun, Intesne, Exhausting, Exhilirating and awesome.  The practice lap was fun and I knew this was going to be good.  My first lap I had the bug to ride hard and ignore everyone that told me to go at your own pace and take it easy  .  I got pretty tired quick but took my own pace soon enough too keep going and finish, the second lap is when the fatigue factor started setting in but with determination and adrenaline I just kept going. Third and Fourth were not as bad but still pretty brutal. When I finished I fealt like I just climbed mount everest or something. A fealing of self confidence was certanitly there.  Got back to the truck and just sat down and sipped on some ice cold gatorade .  Started taking my stuff off and out of nowhere I just hurled lol.  A wise man once said  "If youve never thorwn up after a workout then youve never worked out."  Doing that race just wants me to work even harder,stonger and smarter to become that best that I could be. Also just wanted to thank everyone that was ever helped me or any information that had to do with this race. Thanks!

P.S. Does anyone know when there going to post the pictures??

[dnigels]

Of you projectile vomiting?  I'll pass!

[RAD 450r]

HAHA  , Your funny


Yeah that little canal in one of those turns was deadly lol I saw a guy about halfway into a canal, Asked if he needed help, He said it would be quicker, So I helped out and got back on the track real quick. Nothing big. Thats another cool thing about the race, Nice people help you out when your in trouble, Pull over for slower riders ( That was me ) lol and everything else.

[jeremy retzsch]

does anyone have pics??

[YFZ450-Tampa]

I've seen some on www.floridaquadriders.com a lot of kids and some of the mornig races