Socorro Valley 100

[BenBB]

Thanks everyone for posting, and a big thanks to Josh for posting the pics!!

 

Ryan, those tires & rims were a lifesaver man!! No way I coulda finished in the top ten without 'em, there were some serious ruts and some nasty rocks, that extra ground clearance made a huge difference, thanks again!

 

Quick race report:

Jason is insane. He went through those whoops like they weren't even there, and we're talking serious whoops, 3-4' deep and big enough to swallow a quad, spaced unevenly so I couldn't double them very often, just plain brutal. Big props to Jason, he was damn fast, and had he not thrown a chain he would have had 1st by a mile, good thing he got it back on and kept haulin'. I don't know how the hell you made it with that twist throttle Josh but good job, rode a clean race and did damn well on that harsh track. I know Chris had a tough time ridin' that tank through the whoops too, if he didn't have a flat I'll bet he would have done better, and if he was on the Banshee I'm sure he would have placed better than I did, still I think anyone that finished was doing REAL well.

 

From looking at the times, I think I was running 3rd at the end of the first lap, on the second lap I cut a sidewall on my left front tire. I stopped and put a plug in it, aired it up with fix-a-flat, and kept going. Damn thing went flat again so I had to stop, put two plugs in that hole and one plug in another right next to it, aired it up again and took off. The side of my tire looks like a frickin' tarantula is glued to the sidewall, heh. I'm glad I had those 20" rear tires and brand new PRM belly & swingarm skidplates, they damn sure got broken in on those rocks. I probably would have finished 3rd or 4th if I didn't hafta stop, but that's the way it goes, at least I finished, four out of 20 in our class didn't.

 

Still had a great time with the Wide Open Racing team, couldn't have asked for better weather (cloudy and around 80F, some rain the night before so very little dust on race day), the track was a bitch but lotsa fun anyway, very technical. Wish Dustin coulda raced, and Chris had his Banshee (cracked swingarm right before race weekend), better luck for everyone on the next one tho. Anyone know how far Alamogordo is from Las Vegas, NM?! I can make it there and back between the preride and the race, right?

[ABM-Cannibal]

BenBB, that must have been one nice (aka piece of ) that you left in Alamogordo to drive 2

[warwgn]

 

cant wait to see the results of the filming, I wasnt drunk but i had already finished one and was working the second before yall had started the race. I was feeling good for the checkerd flag, i think thats why I was able to sleep in that tiny ass chair!! Hope we all are up and in good running order for the next race.

 

TRANTULA glued to the tire