hershey
PR Elite
Wow, what a weekend. Word for the week?? Rain, lots of it.
Scott said 3" of rain earlier in the week so they let it dry out til Thursday night. Friday was a bit dry but good. Rain Friday night, sat am was good. They did a mid am prep that made it really smooth and easy. Then the rains came again sat evening. Over night it really let loose making Sunday insane. 2 really hard rains Sunday just put the nail in the coffin.
This was said to be the largest regional this year, it was packed. Austin was in the 10-12 85cc classes. 60 in one and 65 in the other. Didn't make it into the mod class but squeeked in through the lcq in the limited class. Ended up 18th OA so definitely making huge improvements thanks to Chris Whitcraft, lots of working out and plenty of seat time. So much fun to watch.
Really good battles all weekend. The super mini class was intense. Just to revisit the Malvern Qualifier post, let's look at lap times for a min. So the best lap all weekend was a 1:39 if I didn't miss anything. On sat with the smooth, easy track that was set in the super mini class. Austin got a 18th in his 1st heat of the mod class and ran a 1:49 lap time for his best. The leader in that heat ran a 1:44 for a best time.
On Sunday in the 2nd 85 limited mudfest, the leader ran a 2:14, 10th place ran a 2:36 and Austin logged a 2:53 in 20th place. The leader in Supermini 2 that was just a few motos later ran a 1:56. So Austin was 10 sec off the fastest lap of the weekend in 18th place on the easy track, in the mud and ruts, the technical stuff Austin does pretty good and was 39 sec off the leader in his race and 57 sec off the fastest lap of the day in like conditions. Easy tracks make close racing because it's easy. Difficult tracks make better racing because the best can truly shine.
All in all good weekend of racing. Glad we went for the regional experience, heading north for the last one this weekend, this year is learning for Austin in prep for next year. These large gates and races can only be experienced a handful of times a year, got to keep learning and be ready for making the ranch next year!
Scott said 3" of rain earlier in the week so they let it dry out til Thursday night. Friday was a bit dry but good. Rain Friday night, sat am was good. They did a mid am prep that made it really smooth and easy. Then the rains came again sat evening. Over night it really let loose making Sunday insane. 2 really hard rains Sunday just put the nail in the coffin.
This was said to be the largest regional this year, it was packed. Austin was in the 10-12 85cc classes. 60 in one and 65 in the other. Didn't make it into the mod class but squeeked in through the lcq in the limited class. Ended up 18th OA so definitely making huge improvements thanks to Chris Whitcraft, lots of working out and plenty of seat time. So much fun to watch.
Really good battles all weekend. The super mini class was intense. Just to revisit the Malvern Qualifier post, let's look at lap times for a min. So the best lap all weekend was a 1:39 if I didn't miss anything. On sat with the smooth, easy track that was set in the super mini class. Austin got a 18th in his 1st heat of the mod class and ran a 1:49 lap time for his best. The leader in that heat ran a 1:44 for a best time.
On Sunday in the 2nd 85 limited mudfest, the leader ran a 2:14, 10th place ran a 2:36 and Austin logged a 2:53 in 20th place. The leader in Supermini 2 that was just a few motos later ran a 1:56. So Austin was 10 sec off the fastest lap of the weekend in 18th place on the easy track, in the mud and ruts, the technical stuff Austin does pretty good and was 39 sec off the leader in his race and 57 sec off the fastest lap of the day in like conditions. Easy tracks make close racing because it's easy. Difficult tracks make better racing because the best can truly shine.
All in all good weekend of racing. Glad we went for the regional experience, heading north for the last one this weekend, this year is learning for Austin in prep for next year. These large gates and races can only be experienced a handful of times a year, got to keep learning and be ready for making the ranch next year!
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