[Jason]

I had my second race on the 20th of Mar. I did a lot better than the first time. It's a difference what a month makes and 10 hours of riding. First moto wheelied and had to shut it down. Went into the first turn 11th out of 12. By lap two I was in sixth. I needed about 4 more laps and I think I could have gotten 5th (doesn't everybody think that). For all you X riders, there was a guy running seventh on a 250X. Those things will run better than I would have thought. Second moto I got 5th off the start and ended up 6th at the end. I battled with the 5th place rider the entire race (4 laps 2 miles each) and just couldn't get around him. Every time I was going to go high he would take the same line. The next lap I would try low and he would take the low line. I think he was reading my mind. Anyway it was a blast again. Can't wait until next month to see how much I can improve this month.

Redrider I have pictures up of this one. I didn't have any good ones of the first one.

[crfsonly]

jason...good job! you're making us all proud here at crf's only. let us know how it goes next month too! here's that picture you mentioned!

ken

[redrider911]

jason, good job on the pics. Sixth is not bad. First is now in your sights!!!! Did you at least trophy? Our beginner class has about 30 riders and i think you can get a trophy up to 10th place. 25 more days until first race of the season up here.

[Jason]

Thanks for the compliments. You get a trophy from 5th on up. I'm going to work on the places I'm losing ground on. I wasn't hitting the jumps as fast as I should. Need to get some more riding in before I air it out and still need to work on the corners some. After the big jumps I would lose probably a hundred feet or more. By the time we hit the whoops I was back on his back tire. Then it's a tight trails type section and every time I nailed it the bike would go sideways (like a flat tracker). I could have forced the issue but I'm not going to cause a crash for a trophy. Playing back the race in my mind I know where I could have taken a different line that would have set up a pass three or four turns later. Oh well it was a lot of fun and that's what I'm out there for.