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We went to pine ridge / upperdeck in Barre today, higins powersports was having a drag race hillclimb event , for ATV and dirtbikes.
They had monstertruck rides and spyder demo rides too.
Bob and I entered the races, not an AMA sanctioned pro event by any means, just an amature local fun type of thing.
we signed our life away
After we registered , they let us walk the hill .
then we lined up for practice
they had a follow the leader sighting lap
then you got 2 practice runs
Bob won the first race er I mean practice
for practice they run you 2 at a time but not necessarily in your catagory, so bob and I got to race each other in our practice runs. He was on his 200 2 stroke and I was on the wr250R
on the 2nd practice, you line up in the opposite lane
there was a step up jump in the middle, I hit it wide open in 2nd and got about 2 feet off the ground which is a lot for a guy that doesn't jump I try to keep as close to the ground as possible.
I won the second one
They didn't have a 200 catagory so bob had to race against 250 2stroke mx bikes
I was up against 250 4 stroke MX bikes , I didn;t stand a chance but it was fun any way , it was a double elimination event so you got atleast 2 races.
I had him off the line and for the first few feet
but then he pulled away from me and I couldn;t catch him
My second race I got this guy off the line too and had him for a few feet but being down on HP he too left me behind .
There were only 5 bikes in my catagory, but someone has to be last, I had a blast though.
Bob had a bye run for his second race.
and because there were only 3 guys in his class he got a 2nd place trophey for his shelf.
for what it was, a small town event , it was fun .