UMX at Frome

Olly#8 wrote:

COACH wrote:

Well done Olly, thought you were gunna have your work cut out with that nipper, noticed hiim in practice and wondered how he would fair. But for ffs sort out your berm bashing...

cheers Ady, worked really hard for that win in the 1st race but defo struggled on a few of the berms. Normally ok but that one where u were standing was causing me problems, probably cos u were there watching haha

Yeah I saw you were giving it your all, but it paid off in that race. That start is a nightmare, its so unfair if you dont get a good pick. I had a little run in with another vet in my second race on the line, Russ Jarman, typically us old gits stick to our guns and he wanted the rut right by me but there wasnt room... As I wasnt going to be on the pace for more than 2 laps I moved over, wish I hadnt now as I had the worst start of the day. When it happened again in the third race I wasnt moving and poor Mr Blanchard decided it wasnt a good idea t start that close to me and moved.

JonKTM

Olly

COACH wrote:

Me going through a minefield... thanks to Still-MX

I just hope the ones I took were ok as the camera was doing all sorts of strange things plus I did not stray to far from the top field so prolly very samey. Next time I'll bring mine along

my day was alot better than i expected...after all,sunday morning,i still didnt want to ride.

got a 7th,3rd and 4th in the b group to get a 3rd overall

was only the b group,but that gave me a massive boost in confidence,and think i could geton well in the a group if i sort out my qualiying races

Well done all, some good reporting there

COACH wrote:

Well I have to say I wasnt looking forward to this event, number of reasons but mainly lack of bike time meaning I am totally unable to hold on for more than 2 laps, as proven in my first race when I reached for a tear-off and couldnt control the bike ending up with a soil sample and a broken clutch lever....

Had a really good start despite having a supermoto tyre on the back and for the first 2 laps felt like my old self staying inside the top 5 untill I bailed.

Second race Holeshot, red flagged... ffs

Re-start, didnt quite get the start I wanted and locked up stalling in turn one, so that was that really.

Third race and I thought i needed a confidence boost, gated second and stayed quite well up for about 4 laps then decieded to back off as I was struggling to hang on again...

All in all an enjoyable day on a proper track (despite the rocks) and felt I did better than I thought I would off so i'll sleep well tonight...

How was your day?






Pics will be up tomorrow night, leave your name,# bike and kit to make it easier for me to find your shots..

Hi Ady any pics of me #94 rmz450 with yellow UFO kit, i didnt have the best of days being taken out twice off the start in the heat race and then coming from dead last just to miss out on A group, i just could not get out the gate stalling in 1st and 3rd race ( must get booked into a holeshot day with you ) ;-)
1st time at the track and 2nd UMX meeting, enjoyed the day just bummed from my starts, something to work on,
Cheers Ady
Jamie

jamie #944 wrote:

COACH wrote:

Well I have to say I wasnt looking forward to this event, number of reasons but mainly lack of bike time meaning I am totally unable to hold on for more than 2 laps, as proven in my first race when I reached for a tear-off and couldnt control the bike ending up with a soil sample and a broken clutch lever....

Had a really good start despite having a supermoto tyre on the back and for the first 2 laps felt like my old self staying inside the top 5 untill I bailed.

Second race Holeshot, red flagged... ffs

Re-start, didnt quite get the start I wanted and locked up stalling in turn one, so that was that really.

Third race and I thought i needed a confidence boost, gated second and stayed quite well up for about 4 laps then decieded to back off as I was struggling to hang on again...

All in all an enjoyable day on a proper track (despite the rocks) and felt I did better than I thought I would off so i'll sleep well tonight...

How was your day?






Pics will be up tomorrow night, leave your name,# bike and kit to make it easier for me to find your shots..

Hi Ady any pics of me #94 rmz450 with yellow UFO kit, i didnt have the best of days being taken out twice off the start in the heat race and then coming from dead last just to miss out on A group, i just could not get out the gate stalling in 1st and 3rd race ( must get booked into a holeshot day with you ) ;-)
1st time at the track and 2nd UMX meeting, enjoyed the day just bummed from my starts, something to work on,
Cheers Ady
Jamie

Yes mate I got some of you, couldnt miss you with that lovely kit on... Keep checking and they will appear..

motoxxx wrote:

my day was alot better than i expected...after all,sunday morning,i still didnt want to ride.

got a 7th,3rd and 4th in the b group to get a 3rd overall

was only the b group,but that gave me a massive boost in confidence,and think i could geton well in the a group if i sort out my qualiying races

Why didnt you wanna ride Lewis? I thought that was just me..

You did well best ive seen you ride, even got a holeshot didnt ya

Sorry Steve, not much of a shot this one, think there is better..

Jamie i believe..

The 'Hill'....

Father and son in the same shot

Lambert118

That first turn never seems to get any better..

hey, just wondering whether you got any shoots of me , im number 67 in junior group A with a green kit on KTM, cheers

Another ol timer.. seems to be becoming more popular to be over 40 these days...

191cuf wrote:

hey, just wondering whether you got any shoots of me , im number 67 in junior group A with a green kit on KTM, cheers

Yes I think I have 1 or 2, you were going well. I understand your only 15 well done wont be long before you get your expert points... bit of advise though, try not to to quickley give yourself a bit of time to get used to adult racing, the experts dont mess about.

On the gas...

Lucky not to go down on those rocks... Scott Robinson having switched to Suzuki..

awww cheers , yeahh i know, well i dont normally do adult meetings i tend to do elite and bymx nationals but it was nice to make a change and do something different, especially leighton being so local as we only live in Frome so its about a 2minute drive which is nice hopefully do some more sometime

thanks for that comment ady its nice to know im getting up to some of my old form, felt much like the old days there back in the seventies on a ktm 400 , well im feeling ok at mo spent 2 hours waiting today to have my leg redressed but was happy to see my leg is nearly back to normal size already!! must be all that cycling ive been doing lately it has made a big difference to my fitness overall cheers oh ps. any pics 122 rmz blacknwhite top and of course the flourescent jeans!!you cant miss them ha ha oh and please no pics of me under the bike

COACH wrote:

The 'Hill'....

Sweet!

Adam Mitchell digging in on the 450..