Thanks to all that have followed him. He did end up 5th in the 65cc 10-11 limited..but not without his dad almost throwing it all away for him.
On the gate of moto3, sitting in 6th, when he took off for his hot lap..I notice a nut in his rut behind the gate. I thought hmmm someone lost an axle nut never thinking it was Mitchy..when he came back to stage I noticed his axle out some and the chain block wedge goofy and wheel cocked..full on panic as I kept that nut I found instead of whipping it. Had Mitchy hold gate for 2 mins.. While I had bike fall on my leg and exhaust burn it kicking the wedged axle nut out so I could get the jammed chain block out.. I'm tightening the bolt with the 1 card up.. Mitchy screaming the whole time .. Hurry hurry .. I wanted to cry.. Thinking I screwed him up. I get it and he jumps on and the card goes sideways and he goes off in 5th gear as the bike was in 3rd before we turned it off after the hot lap.. Needless to say a way back start.. Outside of 20 for sure..18 after lap one.. Then put his head down and hauled back to 9th.. Complete exhaustion ..110 with the heat index. Glad we had Whitcraft with us for a variety of reasons but his experience on the liquid and food intake all week paid off for Mitchy. Kids pulled off all Moto throwing up and over heating.. Proud of this kid no doubt .. He threw down on his 65 in the big mud early Motos and hot temps the last. He wanted a top 10 badly and had no idea his efforts would leave him with a top 5.
Had some shaky 85 Motos but ended 17th in that class.
Photo Credit: Jessica Lynn Ten Hagen
View attachment 52993
