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My first race at Budds Creek
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Posted by: 3x440ex

Next weekends going to be my first MX race at Budds Creek.....I need to know what all i have to have in order to race. i have the jersey, boots, chest protector,gloves,nerf bars. I think i need # plates but i'm not sure where to get them, and also i heard that it was mandatory that you have a kill switch. Thanks in advance.

Posted by: 12gofast

Make sure you have a kill switch and all the safety equip you feel is necessary,,,,then show up nice and early and the people at the track will help guide you through it.

Get there early and ask a lot of ?s you will find the people to be more than helpful

Posted by: 3x440ex

what about # plates.

Posted by: YLW400

Do you have a number? Assigned by the AMA?

Posted by: 3x440ex

no i was gonna join once i got there.

Posted by: YLW400

Hey...12gofast....Help this guy out here...lol I need to know what to do also.....lol

Posted by: 12gofast

just show up....sign up....dont worry about the # plates. They will help you out for your first race. You will get all you info at the first race then you can go and get the proper color backgrounds and #s for your 2nd race.

HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!! That is the main oblective

Posted by: "2-R's Rider"

MX or XC?

Posted by: 3x440ex

MX
:blah

Posted by: AtvMxRider

quote:
Originally posted by 12gofast
just show up....sign up....dont worry about the # plates. They will help you out for your first race. You will get all you info at the first race then you can go and get the proper color backgrounds and #s for your 2nd race.

HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!! That is the main oblective

Yeah Have Fun! I'm dying to race at Budds Creek. The track is awesome.

Posted by: "2-R's Rider"

quote:
Originally posted by 3x440ex
MX
:blah

cool:devil

Posted by: YLW400

I hope to hit the Feb race to start my racing career.....25yrs old, I am too fat and old to have a racing career.

Posted by: 3x440ex

Thanks for the help guys....i'll be there early, i can't wait

Posted by: AtvMxRider

quote:
Originally posted by YLW400
I hope to hit the Feb race to start my racing career.....25yrs old, I am too fat and old to have a racing career.

Naaa I'm 32 and just starting. :devil

Posted by: 3x440ex

I hope to hit the Feb race to start my racing career.....25yrs old, I am too fat and old to have a racing career.

dude you're not too old.......i'm 35 :devil

Posted by: YLW400

dag on, you guys are old!!!!

Posted by: YLW400

:devil :blah

j/k geezers............lol

Posted by: 12gofast

Hey YLW keep the fat....its good for keeping the center of gravity correct!!!!!

Also helps in the jump dept.....especially for those of us that dont jump!

Posted by: YLW400

I like MX.....but i jump like a 6yr old....lol, You go faster when all four are on the ground. And for that fat......It shows no sign of leavin'

Posted by: 12gofast

when you coming to ride tomahawk again.....weve got some new jumps for you!!!

Posted by: "2-R's Rider"

quote:
Originally posted by YLW400
dag on, you guys are old!!!!

hehe i am 40 ..lol gotcha beat in a few ways over here

but i wont be here

my 310 is apart rt now
& its a long dribve just to watch ,,

Posted by: YLW400

As soon as this house gets finished and my new PEP ZPS shocks come in!!! wooooohooooo, How is the track??? I cant wait! Even got a new truck to bring the ol' EX down in...I will try to keep all 4 parallel to the ground this time.......lol

Posted by: YLW400

Thats too high for me 2R's....:devil

Posted by: "2-R's Rider"

nah its the angle

,just ask kenny ..lol

Posted by: Pappy

quote:
Originally posted by "2-R's Rider"
nah its the angle ,just ask kenny ..lol

yeah he is only 2 feet off the ground..4punks dug me a pit beside the jump

:blah

Posted by: YLW400

now thats comedy.were you laying on your back too Kenny?

Posted by: Pappy

quote:
Originally posted by YLW400
now thats comedy.were you laying on your back too Kenny?

haha..no....but i was lookin like i was layin an egg

i always try different angles to make the most of the pic. sometimes it works...sometimes it dont

Posted by: "2-R's Rider"

quote:
Originally posted by YLW400
now thats comedy.were you laying on your back too Kenny?

what are ya sayin here?

Posted by: Pappy

quote:
Originally posted by "2-R's Rider"
what are ya sayin here?

as long as i wasnt on my knees we are in good shape

Posted by: YLW400

LMAO 2R's.........c'mon now.....we gave you the two feet.....what do you want here?????:blah

Posted by: YLW400

laying eggs....on knees....I dont like this.......I feel uncomfortable

Posted by: "2-R's Rider"

quote:
Originally posted by YLW400
laying eggs....on knees....I dont like this.......I feel uncomfortable

was thinkin same ....EXIT stage RT...

Posted by: Pappy

quote:
Originally posted by YLW400
....on knees....I like this.......I feel comfortable

ok....im sleepin wit ma gun

:blah

Posted by: YLW400

Thats just wrong :blah

Posted by: "2-R's Rider"

hope that thing dont get too excited & go "OFF"
during the HEAT of NITE...:blah

Posted by: YLW400

doh!

Posted by: 12gofast

Hey YLW the track is solid as a rock and rutted all to ****....weve got a lot of work to do b4 the 1st MX race.

We are also building a Supercross track down around the tabletop.

There are 2 district 7 saturday night supercross races scheduled for this summer.

We have to get as many quads as we can out to these events or district 7 wont give us quad races ( district 7 does everything they can to discourage quads)

Posted by: YLW400

I have the D-7 schedule now.....

There is one 7/13/03
and 8/24/03

Is this correct???? Quads will be racing on the MX track on these dates.....right???

I WILL be there to race if this is the case.

On all of those dates for the D-7 races...how do I know which ones have quads???? Or do they all???

Posted by: 12gofast

tomahawk mx races are:

3/16
4/27
7/13
8/24

with sat nite supercross races scheduled for:

7/12
8/23

all these races will include quads!! not all are points races

Posted by: YLW400

Well, I will be there for at LEAST the quad races!!! I cant wait!!

Posted by: 12gofast

ALL 6 OF THOSE DATES WILL INCLUDE QUAD CLASSES.....SO BE THERE!!!! MY NON MXn BUTT NEEDS SOME PEOPLE TO RACE WITH!!!

I will post the Harescramble dates later....

YLW is your brother going to race?

Posted by: 250rmike

u will need a kill switch. and it would be a good idea to have nerfs. Budds is a pretty weird place for quads when its not the national they dont really care if we go by ama requirements. there are 4 classes 2 stroke, 4 stroke, pro, and vet. thats it. but have fun and ill see u there later this year when my hand completely heals

Posted by: 3x440ex

i plan on running in 4 stroke B class......i have everything i need except for a #....i'm gonna go up monday and buy some at our local here. I'm just planning on using 185 until i'm issued one from AMA. hopefully nobody will have that #

Posted by: 250rmike

they dont have 4 stroke b its just 4 stroke unless it is a national. just 4 stroke 2 stroke pro and vet. i guess u could call t 4 stroke b but its really just whoever rides a 4 stroke that isnt a pro see ya there ill either be racing a 2hite 250r #510 or a 250x/350x white machine #96 if i sell my r.

Posted by: YLW400

I doubt if he will 12gofast. Are you going to run the MX races 12gofast????

Posted by: 250rmike

where's this track at? i might have to come race see how good all u old folks are against a youngin

:blah

Posted by: lol

:devil Good luck hope u kick *****

Posted by: 12gofast

quote:
Originally posted by YLW400
I doubt if he will 12gofast. Are you going to run the MX races 12gofast????

Yea Im going to run the vet class....just to have a little fun and to be able to enjoy what I helped with building!!

Posted by: YLW400

How old do you have to be to run a "vet" class? I guess I will just run C class.. I wouldnt want to get beat on a MX track by a XC guy!!:blah

Posted by: 3x440ex

it's 30+....i thought about running in the VET class myself. I'm still undecided.

some of these younger guys can run forever...Budds Creek is a big track, is it 3 or 4 laps? anyways, i can't wait....i'll see you guys there, i'll be the one looking real confused

........I'll be in a silver F-250 with Atlantic power washing on the door.

Posted by: 12gofast

Ok YLW I will run whatever class you are in......Im just playing anyway!!!!

Most likely we will combine classes at Tomahawk.....so we can fill the gate! We will see what kind of turnout we get b4 we decide this.

We want to establish a good quad attendence and Chad has given me the OK to pursue a GNC National for the track!!!!

Posted by: YLW400

Well I am glad that you are a part of this track for a representative for quad riders. Otherwise, who knows were it would have gone! There is a D-7 race at Budds Creek March 16th. But it looks like I can hit there March 27th!! I would like to get back there soon after I get my shocks and play around a bit!

Posted by: 250rmike

the race lasts 30 min plus 1 lap. ill be in a black chevy tahoe with a 13ft flat bed trailer white 250r or 250x/350x race bike

Posted by: YLW400

30 minutes!!!!!! Thats way too long for me...lol 12gofast? How long are your alls heats going to be?????

Posted by: 3x440ex

hey 250r......i thought there were 2 heat races, does that mean 2- 30 min races?

Posted by: "2-R's Rider"

quote:
Originally posted by 250rmike
where's this track at? i might have to come race see how good all u old folks are against a youngin :blah

is your wrist all better ?....sure hope so ..hate to hear ya use that for an excuse when the "old folks" leave ya in the dust ..lol :square

Posted by: 250rmike

i should be able to do some hard riding in about 2-3 weeks. i just wanna play it somewhat safe so I dont have to get surgery and skip half or more of the season. but yea ill be there with ya old guys. yes there are 2 races a day with practice before they are two 30 minute plus 1 lap races. most people get between 3-5 laps depending on how fast you are and not much more and thats on dirt bikes. as you all know budds is a huge track. a little under 2 miles i believe

Posted by: YLW400

Hey Mike and 2R's, you guys should plan on coming to the track that 12gofast mentioned earlier. I think he has a link to it in his profile. It is a fun track. Alot of elevation changes and such.

Posted by: "2-R's Rider"

sounds like a plan ...& maybe i could get mikey on the way there...

Posted by: YLW400

Then you would have to listen to him whine the whole way home that he got beat by the "old" guys.

:blah

Posted by: 250rmike

na i wont wine im a real man i admit defeat. accually ill prolly whine alittle but so would anyone lol. plus im not running my bike again till i get it set up so it might be a few weeks

Posted by: "2-R's Rider"

quote:
Originally posted by YLW400
Then you would have to listen to him whine the whole way home that he got beat by the "old" guys. :blah

...mikey's ok ..

Posted by: 3x440ex

well lets see here

i'm going 30+ mph on a 2 mile track for 30min.......that means i can go 15 miles divided by 2 that's 7.5 laps for me :devil

Posted by: YLW400

riiiiiiiiiiiiighhttttt..........lol

Posted by: 3x440ex

i already installed my horn, so you all will know i'm coming:square

Posted by: 250rmike

lol if you can average 30mph at budds i wanna come watch. you should be racing with the pros

Posted by: 3x440ex

man i fell like such an freekin idiot.......i spent half my day yesterday packing everthing up, got up at 3:30 this morning, loaded the kids in the truck, drove all the way there an hour in a half just find out the race was cancelled:confused2 :confused2 next time i won't make the mastake of not double checking before i leave.........there was a couple other people coming in as i was leaving......oh well there's always next week.

Posted by: YLW400

Man, that stinks!!! Did you at least go riding somewhere else when you got home?? lol

Posted by: 3x440ex

yeah....i was on my way to our local track after i droped off the kids and my wife called me on my cell phone to inform me that my down stairs was floded:grr :grr it ends up our pipes were cloged. i've been working on it every since......so far i bought 2 plumming snakes ......a 25' and a 50' niether of which was long enough......i'm going now to rent a 100' ...hopefully that do it.

Any plummers out there? Na, i should get it with the 100'. i finally found the opening to the pipes outside..it was hiding in my flower bed under about 4" of mulch.....i made it all the way to the very beginning of the clog with the 50' but i need at least another 2' to clear it. there's no telling how far it's backed up...

Posted by: 3x440ex

well i should be a certified master plumer by now:blah :blah it wasn't even my clog.....it was the counties

Posted by: pgregg131

Budds usually runs two moto's at 4 to 5 laps each moto for MX. They race every weekend in Feb for a winter series. Everyone should come out and race. I will be there this Sunday Feb 9th riding a Cannondal because my R is not together yet.

Posted by: 400EXrider#91

u will need a kill switch. and it would be a good idea to have nerfs. Budds is a pretty weird place for quads when its not the national they dont really care if we go by ama requirements. there are 4 classes 2 stroke, 4 stroke, pro, and vet. thats it. but have fun and ill see u there later this year when my hand completely heals

ok if they don't do ama requirements then does it matter about age? cuz if they don't i be there cuz its hard to find a place without ama rules

j/w

-Corey-

Posted by: 250rmike

they do some requirements i dont know if they will make you be 16 cause i have never tried to race there when i was under 16.i have personally seen bikes there without nerfs and a kill switch. you can try but i cant garentee you that youll be able to race.