1st off I hope Travis Johnson  RM125 #24 Beginner doesn't have any broken bones.  Kid was riding great in his 2nd moto......he won his 1st......had a great save off of the last table on the straight but had to pull off....fell off his bike literally 50 yds from the finish line with a bad left ankle.

Alec had a great 1st intermediate race.  Finished 1st in moto1 and 2nd in moto 2 for 2nd overall.  I am pretty sure that I get more nervous than my kids on the start line.....he lined up with Open exp, Open int, 125 int, 30+ exp, 30+ int, and Pros. Guess what all but maybe 1 or 2 of them were running....yep 450's.  On the other side of the gate were the 40+ Beg, 40+ nov, 50+ exp, and 50+ Nov.  He got a pretty good start but 125 against 450's = getting pulled.  Here is a vid of the start..he is 3rd from the right of the canopy....it sux taking vids with a small digi camera..oh ya I didn't get the 2nd moto start...good thing.....here is a tip for all you racers..........make sure you are in gear when the gate drops :doh::
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Here is some scrubbage over the floater hill:
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Vid of him in the back part of track:
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Down the straight:
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Sloppy mess.....4 guys ate it here pretty bad after they watered.
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All in all a great race exp...it was great to be done racing by 11ish cuz it was getting HOT!.....1st G'Stone MX was a HIT!!!!  The track looked extremely FUN and everyone I talked to said it was a blast.....of course I was wishing I would have raced.    Nothing new there...love that place. Not sure how many racers and fans there were but the parking lot was packed as were the 5 gates.  The rubberband start was very cool!!

There are some things they need to improve on.....not dissing just saying constructively.  Fast guys and slow guys on the start and track at once is not a good thing.  One race there was a kid on a 65 and several kids on 85's out there with guys on big bikes.  Track was dusty in spots during the first races (see the uphill floater vid) but they over watered the section going into the sand and a lot of other parts.  Would be awesome to have a finish line jump as opposed to coming out of a blind corner to see the checkers.  I completely understand not wanting spectators crossing the track during the race but with your track layout there is very limited....about 1/20th of the track to see.  Not sure what solution to that if any there is.  I watched the start and then ran up to the floater hill and got there before any of the bikes came by..I was outta breath. LOL