WAUKON 4th in the IATVHSS

[fastcat1]

June 11th will be the 4th race in the IATVHSS, to be held in Waukon Iowa. I again will be there hoping to finish in the top 10, usually only 10 to 11 in the class so I do have a decent chance to finish in the top 10. They say the course is 10+/- miles in length and has some nasty rock climbs and down hills. Will go up and maybe walk the track on Sat. If any body wants to go we will be going up sometime early Saturday morning and spending the night. Race on Sunday and head home after the race. Will let you know how it turns out. So till later Fascat1 Out.

[honda400ex]

Hey Fastcat good luck. Id consider coming up to watch you. I have family that lives in Waukon. Please dont mouth off or piss off the local DNR. Thats my uncle!

[fastcat1]

Well, 400ex we will be at the race park Saturday morning to walk the course and be there bright and early Sunday morning to get ready to race, come on up to watch and bring some friends there might be some bad places that we need help getting thru.

[xman]

Good luck to the Open Fly Racing Team, hope to see another photo update like the last time after you guys are back.

[rrwilley]

Thanks X! At least three of the Open Fly Racers will be there! And so will our team photographer, But if its like last time a few shots of us and the rest of them where of barely dressed women! Kinda makes a father proud. Anyways will post what he gets.

Later Z-Racer

[rrwilley]

Hey 400ex, Ifin he's like you we won't have a chance to mouth off!!!!!!!!!! LOL Just kiddin!!!!

[rrwilley]

Hi all, The pictures will be on sometime tommorrow, Any ways It looks like the youngest open fly member done the best, Got a Ninth place Plaque to prove it, The fastcat and I had a blast acually raceing, Can't wait to see the times, The second and third laps we was passin everything including each other!!! I'm a thinking we came in 7th and 8th in class.

A brief summery of the course, 750 feet difference in elevation, The first hill was awsome straight up a flat spot then straight up agian! ;D I acually liked it! Then it was up and down back and forth up and down some more till ya got to a hill they called coyote ugly, Not real steep, but at least a quarter mile long, Then Wide F&*^in Open through a pasture, Then you went up and down some more then you Hit a place they called Rock ON!!!! Long up hill after going through bolder creek!!! Oh did I mention the rocks every where? Skid plates wasn't required(but the two units that I know of that didn't run them DNFed) Then it was through the cow piles in the pasture some more then ya went in and out of a barn then ya went in and out of the barn again to the check piont!!!!! Then ya did it all over again two more times!!!! 30 plus miles in a little over 2 hours!!! Some of the really, really fast guys did 40 miles in a little(more) than two hours. The weather cooperated for the morning classes and by their second lap the track was in good shape! But at the beginning of the second lap in the Afternoon classes it started raining, oh by the way, Not drizzeling, not sprinkleing, But raining and by the time the third lap was started the goggles where off and I was haveing a Brookes flashback! Thank goodness I kept my 22inch holeshots on!
But theres nothing like power slideing your ride through a sweeping corner in fifth gear with the throttle peg to its max!!!!! ;D Well better go to bed, Its way past this old timers bedtime!!!!

Later Z-Racer!

[fastcat1]

Yep, it was an awesome track for sure, Like Z-racer said ups and downs and sideways and every wichway, Good hayfields for some go fast riding, Some off camber for some technical riding some up and downs for some suck up the privates and do your best. I had a great ride me and the Z-racer did some actual racing against each other Due to taller tires he could out run me on the flat, But with my low-end power I could make him keep checking his mirror to make sure I wasn't going to run him over. Then as luck would have it. He dropped into a big rut, I go thru the trees, ;D AND THE CHECKERED FLAG IS MINE. Till next race there Z-racer see in my rear view. LOL Congrats to Justin for bringing home some hardware. See ya at the next race there young buck. So till later Fastcat1 Out.

[fastcat1]

Results are now posted and Fastcat1 came in 6th with Z-racer right behind in 7th place. Lap times for me and the Z-racer were close thru out the hole race 1st lap 45 seconds apart with Z-racer in the lead 2nd lap 50 seconds apart with Fastcat1 leading 3rd lap 4:35 and the Fastcat taking the win over little Bro Z-racer. So it was some good racing between Z-racer and Fastcat with only 4:40 difference in 30 miles of up, down, sideways, and every other way. Look forward to the next 3 races. At this time I am in 5th in the points and Z-racer is in 8th. So till later Fastcat1 Out.

[rrwilley]

As promised here are some pictures of the Open Fly Race Team in action at Waukon!!! Sorry they are a little late!!!

Base Camp!


Fastcats Co-pilot!!


Suzy400 at the checkpiont!


And just What was Fastcat doing in the Barn???


Clean and wide open(Haulin Butt)!


Look really hard and you will see two old men(as some people call us) raceing hard in the background!


OH!!! So thats what Fastcat was doing in there!!!! ;D


OOOPPPSSSS!!!! Now I know why Fastcat beat me!! I did the Ultimate NO-NO, I mudded the Check in Ladies!!!!!


Oh, Did I mention it rained the last Half of the afternoon Race!!!


Well, untill August its just fun rideing, Keep at least 1 wheel down, Ride hard and Ride Safe. See ya all at Solon!!!!
Later Z-Racer