Six years ago today, dirt bikers collectively rolled their eyes as the largest group of quads that I’ve ever seen together rode at Hurricane Hills Motocross for a fantastic day of riding. That young man to my left just took a 6th overall in Production B class at the ATV National Championship race at Sunset Ridge in Walnut, Illinois this weekend. Congratulations and a job well done, Chad Merow!
Seventeen years ago, after a full day of riding Donny’s track, our riding group got together for this single snapshot in time.
I’ve come to the realization that I must have a real addiction to motocross and I’m not exactly sure if I’ll ever be able to stop. The friends I’ve met in this sport have been with me for decades!
With the weather we’ve had so far this summer, it’s never been a bad day riding! I rode with a buddy of mine in Litchfield at a friend’s backyard Motocross track. I had a fun, fun time!
A cool start to Saturday at the Scott County Fairgrounds in Jordan for my fourth Motokazie supercross event of the year, but after Noon, things started to heat up fast!
I had fun starting near the front, middle, and back of the pack for each of 4 practice sessions. Each position has its own unique challenge and way of thinking. It took no time at all for the far more talented “A” and true “B” class riders to work their way around me, sending dirt and mud flying every direction. There’s a lot of trust for one another out there, and this is what makes being in the air side-by-side on a jump and going two wide in a place with no room to spare possible most of the time.
I had a friend crash pretty hard out there during the third practice session and we had to coordinate to help him make a hospital run. After a little pain, everything turned out to be just fine. He’ll be riding again soon enough!
I’ve been having a lot of fun riding with a great group of quad guys this Spring, and hopefully with good health and good fitness, I’ll continue to mix it up with the young pups out there the rest of the year!
Congratulations on Mason Giller for his Mini Quad Production win!
Shout out to 266MX PhotoGraphy specifically for making a vet guy look fast, but also to Manny Wall for several shots throughout the day, and the video you see below. Also, thanks to Logan Herker for making a GoPro video that I stole a screenshot from to show you part of our rather big practice group of 16 quads!
Feeling nostalgic tonight, so posting this old video from 15 years ago of my friend Dave on his Honda 250R at the Scott County Fairgrounds Motokazie Track in Jordan, MN. Check out that old gnarly layout!
Standard definition because that’s what the original GoPro was!
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