Bragging rights.

singletracker said:
Congratulations! I didn't realize who you were until I saw you pick up your plaque at the banquet. It looks like there'll be a couple of GG's duking it out in the Senior A class one of these days. Maybe not this year though. I'm leaning towards the HS series.
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Thanks and congratulations on your coveted District 17 picture plaque! Thought I recognized you but wasnt sure in the sea of motocross people,too bad we cannot have an "off-road" banquet like the other states have,I have mentioned for years would bring more participation and comradary from the hare scramble/enduro crowd not to mention a more centralized location like Peoria for instance. In searcing for any info on banquet other day ran across your name on merle acords site from years past at wedron. Funny how after years of racing we finally meet at a keyboard.
Not sure of my work schedule yet as I usually work every other weekend but may see you at some of those new school "sprint" hare scrambles this year.Sure wish they were still 2hours plus like the good old days though.
 
My wifes first race today.
2nd place in womens beginner class. She did so good, very proud of her. 20 min. before the start her bike quit running and she had to ride my big 3hundy. I found out the right side crank nut came loose and bound the gears on her bike????
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Now if I can just get all the course workers to stop flirting with her. :eek:
 
Rick said:
Nothing wrong with that.....she will not give the 3honey back now:D
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LOL, she couldn't wait to get off of it. It was the second time she had ever ridden my bike. The odds were against her that day, the course was sandy I had a trials tire on it. The suspension was stiff for her weight. She said the bike wore her out.
 
desertgasser300 said:
My wifes first race today.
2nd place in womens beginner class. She did so good, very proud of her. 20 min. before the start her bike quit running and she had to ride my big 3hundy. I found out the right side crank nut came loose and bound the gears on her bike????
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Now if I can just get all the course workers to stop flirting with her. :eek:
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... and her competitors from scoping out "her" bike. Nice how the gear matched :)
 
I'm a pretty simple guy. I feel right at home in flannel and blue jeans. :)

One of these days I'd like to have a few guys over for a ride. I'll let you know if it ever happens. In the mean time let me know if you are looking for someone to ride with or think you might want to come over for a ride on some lightly used single track.
 
Thanks for the invitation!
How far are you from Chandlerville? (due north of Oakford)
Usually ride there before Roselawn. (River sand).
Focused on a vintage project now, but starting to get that itch.
 
According to mapquest Chandlerville is about 120 miles or 2.75 hours away.

I don't have much sand around here, and I don't tend to do that great at Roselawn. Go figure.
 
Yeah Chandlerville is 95 or so miles for me,it's just a fact these days if I want to ride I got to drive to get there. Closest singletrack is 50 minutes away at Dirt Riders inc. clubgrounds Oakley,il. Thanks to state farm expanding over the years all my old stomping grounds are subdivisions filled with mcmansions and escalades now.
 
Another No. 1 plate in Ontario

Anders said:
for 2013 I guess it will be hard to beat the impressive number one plate ?
http://www.gasgasrider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=16488

In any case, please post your good and not so good racing results.
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I happened to share the stage with the subject of the above thread; i won the Novice C Enduro Class ( Yes that is the lowest class and the Womens A riders would be a lot faster than me). It was my first season racing anything, at the youthful age of 47. I had a lot of fun and look forward to this year.

I do expect sponsorship offers to be rolling in; I am in an important demographic ( old, out of shape etc). Hey Clay ! new jersey. jacket.... used grips ????
 

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canadianstrom said:
I happened to share the stage with the subject of the above thread; i won the Novice C Enduro Class ( Yes that is the lowest class and the Womens A riders would be a lot faster than me). It was my first season racing anything, at the youthful age of 47. I had a lot of fun and look forward to this year.

I do expect sponsorship offers to be rolling in; I am in an important demographic ( old, out of shape etc). Hey Clay ! new jersey. jacket.... used grips ????
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Hey buddy. Dont knock yourself down.

Like the very first post in this topic- "You were out there doing it".

And thats more than me. Im starting my racing career in March at the ripe old age of 42 !

Anyway: Well done you ;)
 
Took home 1st overall in the over 50 class of our VIHSS island hare scramble series . The only thing better was rooting for my 13 yr old who came in 2nd overall in his first full year of racing jr under.
Interestingly all 3 top spots in my class were won on gasgas enduros,props to gasgas pacific our local shop.
 

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I participated in the national Norwegian enduro series in the veteran (above 50) class. I did 3 out of 4 races and ended in 9th position (of 15 competitors completing one or more races).

I am looking forward to this year's racing, my goal is to do all the national races and improve my total result.

I also raced the Gotland Grand National, where I ended up as number 243 out of 330 in the above 50 class, and 1929 out of 2445 total.
 
Raced B-open this year in the East Coast Enduro Association. I am very happy with 2nd place in the championship. We have a long season here 15 enduros! By the end of the season I was sick of riding!
By the way I didnt notice my Gasser being heavy!
 
As long as we are getting a chance to brag......I did the rookie session at the Vegas endurocross. Its not the obstacles themselves that is difficult, it is continuing riding over all of them. So now I can get that knocked off of my list of things I wanted to do. And in doing it, it made me really think hard about wether I would train to do it ever again. 30 seconds into the course I wanted to vomit.

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