Decatur City 5th in IATVHSS

[fastcat1]

Well its coming up faster than I think in two weeks Myself and others from the club will be heading to Decatur City, Iowa for the 5th Race in the Iowa ATV Hare Scramble Series. This 40 plus class is about to kill this 50 plus rider, But hey I am still hanging in there. Don't know much about this track other than it only about 12 mile from the Missouri border on I-35 so will be a long trip down and back. Hopefully I will fair well and maintain my point standing in the series, out of 18 I am in 5th, But there are some fast rider's catching up to me fast. Others from the club that should make a showing are Jamie " The Weck Meister " Weckel racing in the C +26 class, Randy " Z-Racer " Willey in the + 40 Class, Justin " Suzy400 " Willey in the C 16-26 class, Joel " Tater Tot " Ballenger in the Utilities class and our very own David Moline A member since early 2001 out of Iowa City in the +30 Class and as of now is in 4th place in the points I believe. So till after the Race Fastcat1 Out.
P.S. And of course Becky " Mizz Kitty " Willey will be there as photo bug/journalist for the races, with the help of Caleb Willey in the picture department.

[Weck]

I'm in for sure, Look'n for another top 10 finish.

Yes, there will be more than 10 riders in my class... :->

[ubnpast]

Well boys, How did we do??

[shezuki]

and what was the terrain like?

[honda400ex]

Suspense is KILLING US!!!! PLZ TELL PLZ TELL

[fastcat1]

As soon as the results are posted I will give you an indepth review, Till later Fastcat1 Out

[fastcat1]

Race Day, Hot, Hot, Hot it was a mild 102degrees when I got on the starting line at 1:15 PM. I was last into the woods and all I could do is go up from there. It was a very tight track with lots of in and outs some way off camber stuff, some wide open places across a plowed field that was rougher than hades. I finished 8th in my class out of 11 (so you see I moved up 3 places) I did kinda wimp out after 3 laps I loaded it up and called it a day. About 6:30 PM I was starting to feel better again after lots of water and an air condition truck. Don't know how I finished overall those stats aren't posted yet. Jamie ( The Weck Meister ) finished 19th out of 26 I believe, There was some fuel cap problems on the 1st lap, after that was taken care off he was off and running top 10 times for the rest of the race, he finished 56th out of 71 in the morning class. Randy, Justin, and Joel did not make it to the race, Hope to See them next time. So till later Fastcat1 Out

[Weck]

Yes it was a hot day. I got a decent start and was about 7th into the woods. There was a traffic jam on the trail from a class that started ahead of me. I did have a gas cap malfunction, as in it fell off after I checked the tank air flow while waiting for the track to clear. It did not fall off until I was about 100 yards further down the trail. So I pull over to find it and the rest of my class took off. Then the other three classes running that day went on by. I walked back down the trail and kicked through the weeds but could not find it. I went back to the bike and it was laying between the frame and the footpeg. I put it back on and continued my charge to the front. I caught a few and a few probably quit or wrecked. My first lap was about 46 minutes, but lap 2,3,4 were all within 15 seconds of each other at around 25 minutes per. My times were good enough to run top ten if it were not for the first lap so I was satisfied with that..

Onto Mt Pleasent 9/17

Hopefully the Open Fly Racing Team will make a better showing!!!

[ubnpast]

Check the tank air flow?? WTF?? I bet next time you'll do that before you start the race.

[Weck]

Thanks for the tip...