FlyMx

RACE 5

August 18, 2013

We didn't have a hard rain today, but I don't think it ever really quit raining all day. Man was the track muddy! I never saw so much rain from a 30% chance predicted by the weatherman. I am glad it wasn't a 50% chance, we would have had to broke out the life boats.

Anyway, there were still several die hard motocross racers that weren't afraid of the mud. We even had a couple of little guys willing to give it a go! To give you an idea of how muddy it was, I saw Steven Glendenning on the ground more times in one moto, then I have ever seen him in the entire time he has been racing at Fly MX Park. I should mention I consider him one of the best mud racers that has ever ridden here. Steven still got the win today in the 250 B class, I don't know how he had the energy to finish, let alone win.

Nate Carpenter got his first win of the season in the 250 C class today. He looked good out there in the mud. With that win he moves into third place in the Championship standings with two races to go.

I think I mentioned in the last story that Bryan Huggins got the win in race 4 and it put him ahead by 4 points over Jeremy Phemester in the Quad Amateur class. What I forgot was I was looking at the points from race 5. Actually, Bryan was ahead by 8 points after race 4 and it was Jeremy the closed the gap with the win in the mud. This race could go right down to the wire to declare a winner. Nice ride Jeremy! Good luck to both of you for the remainder of the season.

Kevin Wilson and Dave Eddy battled in the Quad Vet +30 class today. I have to say, the coveralls Kevin was wearing had to be the brightest lime green I have ever seen. They were so bright that I couldn't look directly at them without sunglasses. However it only took one lap on the track for the brightness to fade considerably. By the end of the first moto it was hard to tell who was who. I have to mention that after the end of the first moto, Guy gave everyone the option of calling it a day and let the points stand based on one moto. Two groups decided to go for a second moto and I have to say they are the DIEHARD motocross riders. This class, the Quad Vet +30 and the College boy class decided to ride both motos. As it turned out Dave Eddy got the win today, but both riders put in a good ride. I hope you guys got your Quads cleaned by now. I'll bet that the two of you took home about 100 pounds of Fly MX Park.

I think I know who has the best conditioning of any rider at Fly MX Park after todays race. Brandon White not only rode both motos, but he also rode two classes as well. He actually looked faster on his last few laps of the second moto then the first. He got the wins in the 125cc B-C class and the College Boy Class. He is our DIEHARD Motocross Rider of the day! He is the Championship points leader in both of these classes.

One last note, I wanted to welcome Lacey and Emma Napier to the track. I am sorry you came on such a bad weather day, I hope you can come back and race with us again.

Don't forget, our next race is Sunday, September 8. Hope to see you at Fly MX Park!