FlyMx

Race Story 8

June 20, 2010

FATHER'S DAY

Finally, a good weather day for a race, a little hot, but still a good day!! We had a great turnout and a lot of new riders!! Several Father-Son and Father-Daughter Racers/Riders participated in the "Father's Day Lap of Honor". For the past two years we have had a special, one lap ride of the track and we take pictures and post them on the web site. Look for the new page of pictures in the next couple of weeks.

Something you might find interesting from this past race was that we had THREE Loretta Lynn Qualifiers racing at the track. I wanted to make sure and say CONGRATULATIONS to the following riders for qualifying: Jessica Good, Cole Smith, and Raeslee Weimer!! As I have always said, you can find many great riders at Fly MX Park "ON ANY SUNDAY". If you are looking for tough competition, come to Fly, OH.

A new racing team hit the track for the first time (at Fly MX Park) this weekend and they really cleaned up!! I am talking about the Weimer's, Mike and his daughter Raeslee. Mike came away with the win in the 40+ class and Raeslee won both the Super-Mini and the Girls Open Classes. Congratulation to both of you, I hope you enjoyed yourselves and will come back again soon!!

Another Father-Son team I have to mention is the Burton's: Jamie and Billie. If you haven't paid attention to their classes lately, do yourself a favor and start. I swear Jamie and Billie get faster every race. Jamie won the 50+ Class and came in SECOND in the Open B Class (against a bunch of riders half his age) and Billie won the Open A and the College-Boy Classes!!

It was good to see Cole Masten at the track today! He was flying as usual, he won the 250B class today. Andrew Arnold has extended his lead in the overall points standings in this class to 148 points compared to the next closest rider who is Jon Harker with 39 points.

Nick Eltringham got the win in the 250C class today and Chase Brown got second. Great Ride to both of you. Steven Glendenning took a bad spill in the first moto over the finish line jump, sustained an injury and I didn't figure we would see him back on the track. Not only did he come back for the second moto, but he raced three classes. He could barely walk at the end of the day, but he still finished all three of his classes. Talk about tough!

Jakob Hupp, Jim Roth and Jenna Harker won the 50cc (7-8) class, the 65cc class, and the Girls Mini-Junior class respectively. All three looked really strong today!

Vince Boggs got the hole shot today in the D class, but Eric Carpenter came away with the win! Vince still leads the D class points standings and Eric has moved into second now. This championship could go right down to the wire.

Don't forget, our next race weekend is a two race, 4th of July Holiday. Come and spend the weekend, camping is free!

See ya at the races!!