I said I'm a fair weather rider. Ok it rained I'm ok with that fact. My son really wants to race. I'm OK with that fact. Nothing is ready. Doesn't bother me. We load up a few hours before the race. Hit the gas place and grap some snacks. Pay for some race fuel then off we go. We get hard a time trying to find a place park? I thought we are in a recession. It doesn't appear this way. We payed to park. Counted money and we have enough for racing and a couple of burgers. Met some race friends.
Made our way next to sound check and needed to jockey a little NBD "No big deal". Get through sound check. What else and grap my front brake and nothing. Check the money again and short for a set of brakes. $12.oo :( Check with my dealer nothing and the new guy nothing.I find the race support guy www.rockfieldsadventures.com guy who has a set and he needs $25.00. I cruise the crowd and hey there is Roy Garrett. He would loan me some cash. There I go and ask hey Roy do you have some cash so I can get a set of brakes? Sure how much you need? He flips wallet open $20 will do. Off I go grap the brakes and dash to the KTM with new brakes in hand. It starts to rain. The bikes kick stand is broke and I have the parts in the tailer just haven't put it on. So I'm stuck in the rain. Grap the tools and get going. Snap in a instant I change the brakes and consult with my son hey grap that front and squeeze it. Do they work? Oh yea! OK confidence back ready to race. Riders meeting met Dwight and we chat about a deal we almost made. Finished race prep and off to the start. 10 min Paul Garlick ulogy and memorial prayer. I'm psyched and ready to go get a great start and watch 5 riders go over the bars and crash. I'm being care full, not racing. Hey dry earth go go go. Then a down hill stream and wamo soil sample. Quick and clean I get up and get going again. Anyway I finish 6th and I find this race was one of the toughest I been to in 25 years when I last went to Black Water, West Virginia. Slip Slide in a way. Very techincal and glad I bought those brakes. Thanks Roy. Roy Garrett and I sat next to one another at Paul's funeral. I'm sure going to miss him.
Made our way next to sound check and needed to jockey a little NBD "No big deal". Get through sound check. What else and grap my front brake and nothing. Check the money again and short for a set of brakes. $12.oo :( Check with my dealer nothing and the new guy nothing.I find the race support guy www.rockfieldsadventures.com guy who has a set and he needs $25.00. I cruise the crowd and hey there is Roy Garrett. He would loan me some cash. There I go and ask hey Roy do you have some cash so I can get a set of brakes? Sure how much you need? He flips wallet open $20 will do. Off I go grap the brakes and dash to the KTM with new brakes in hand. It starts to rain. The bikes kick stand is broke and I have the parts in the tailer just haven't put it on. So I'm stuck in the rain. Grap the tools and get going. Snap in a instant I change the brakes and consult with my son hey grap that front and squeeze it. Do they work? Oh yea! OK confidence back ready to race. Riders meeting met Dwight and we chat about a deal we almost made. Finished race prep and off to the start. 10 min Paul Garlick ulogy and memorial prayer. I'm psyched and ready to go get a great start and watch 5 riders go over the bars and crash. I'm being care full, not racing. Hey dry earth go go go. Then a down hill stream and wamo soil sample. Quick and clean I get up and get going again. Anyway I finish 6th and I find this race was one of the toughest I been to in 25 years when I last went to Black Water, West Virginia. Slip Slide in a way. Very techincal and glad I bought those brakes. Thanks Roy. Roy Garrett and I sat next to one another at Paul's funeral. I'm sure going to miss him.
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