Boy, did we get a BUNCH of rain! My rain gauge said 3-3/4" by Sunday evening. But, you know what, we still raced!! AND, we had a GREAT time!! The track was still very rideable!! Motocross is NOT a fair weather sport!! As far as that goes, most forms of dirt motorcycle/ATV racing are still ran in the rain. We are kind of like the US Postman "Neither Rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor dark of night will keep us from racing" well it goes something like that. There were a few brave souls that raced with us and did very well. We did modify our format for the day, the large quads decided they wanted to race one 12 lap moto and just about everyone else rode one 8 lap moto. We still paid the full points for a regular day of racing, so the few that did race got a bit of a "jump" on everyone that chose not to race.

 

We had an injured rider (from last season) return to the track today. Calvin Valentine came back with a vengeance, man was he flying in the Mini-Junior class. Unfortunately, he was the only rider, but he really looked good out there, no wrecks, and he was putting in some very good lap times. He looks like he is ready to compete for the title! Also, I wanted to mention how good Jim Roth looked out there today in the mud in the 65cc and the Mini-Senior classes.

 

Another rider that really impressed me today was Steven Glendenning, he actually looked faster in the mud then I have ever seen him ride!! Not only did he win the 125cc School Boy  and the 250cc School Boy classes, but, he also won the 250cc C class today. The two wins in the School Boy classes puts him into the series points lead in those two and second place in the 250cc C class. Great rides today, Steven!!

 

Jessica Good and Nicole Hays were both riding very well in the mud today. These two should be role models for the riders that chose not to ride because it was muddy! These two young ladies put on a mud riding clinic!

 

Our D Class was a little thin today, but two riders that are serious about a championship trophy rode today, Nathan Winkelmes and Vince Boggs both looked great out there in the mud. They also happen to be our number 1 and number 2 series points leaders.

 

 There were quad riders all over the track today and there were all sorts of riding styles, sideways, backwards, circles, etc. The Quad Amateurs were real gluttons for punishment, they chose to ride one 12 lap moto. Talk about having your tongue hang out at the end, that is an extremely long time to try to race a moto in the mud. Michael Bragg, Wiatt Blake and Matt Stevens kept 'em moving forward all the way till the end. My hat is off to them (if I wore a hat)!! The rest of the quad classes all ran today including "Big Bad Michael Myers" in the Quad 50cc Class. There were also two young ladies in the quad ranks that rode in the mud and looked great: Taylor Bowers and Hannah Bever)!

 

The were a number of other riders that rode today and they all looked like they were having fun. But, I have to say, there was probably not another rider that had has much fun as Andrew Arnold. Every lap he came around the big sweeper, you could see him getting set up to cover everyone with mud that was standing on the outside of the turn. He looked like a "blender without the lid" on every lap!!

 

I hope everyone had as good of a time as I did. There were times I had absolutely no idea what was going on in some of the motos. The riders were so covered with mud I couldn't even see the color of the bike or the riders face, let alone their race number. So, announcing was kind of a crap shoot, I hope I didn't get too many riders names wrong.

 

Until next time, make sure you let our sponsors know how much you appreciate the fact that they support Fly MX Park! After all, if it weren't for them we wouldn't have anywhere near the amount of nice awards and prizes to give out.