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1/26/2016 2:38pm
This weekend the RIDE365 AX Tour visited Conroe, Texas for some tight and aggressive racing for Amateur and Pros.
Justin, the owner of the series, is an extremely nice and hard working individual, and ran a quick and smooth program.
I havent raced much moto since LL 2014, but for some reason thought it would be a great Idea to race the pro class, so I ran my 450 in AX Pro... Practice was sketchy, and im not much to risk things these days like I used to, so with zero surprise I qualified Dead Last, wasnt skimming the whoops nor hitting the big triple out of the corner, and didnt care; this was all for fun...
During my heat race I nearly had holeshot but was a little aggressive and went into the wall, and dropped back to 5th. Myself, Chase Adams, and Justin Kopcak battled back and forth and swapped positions about 6-7 times, It was super intense and alot of fun, but ended up 7th. No big deal, I at least had some confidence knowing I will have someone to race with.
I was back row during the Main, and after avoiding a pileup I came out of the start in 4th or so. Lost a few spots, gained a few, people were crashing, I just chugged along and made no mistakes. Started blitzing the whoops finally and only 3-4 riders were hitting the triple at this point (track was sand based and broke down ALOT!) so I was much more competitive. Ended the night 9th out of 13, and had an absolute blast.
I sincerely enjoyed the tight racing b/c its slow and safe, but you still push your limits. Sadly a good friend broke his tib/fib badly and had his night end quickly, and he wasnt the only one to have a night end early. Once again have to give huge props to Justin and his crew for running a smooth program...
All photo courtesy of Cody Lipps @151actionshots.
Justin, the owner of the series, is an extremely nice and hard working individual, and ran a quick and smooth program.
I havent raced much moto since LL 2014, but for some reason thought it would be a great Idea to race the pro class, so I ran my 450 in AX Pro... Practice was sketchy, and im not much to risk things these days like I used to, so with zero surprise I qualified Dead Last, wasnt skimming the whoops nor hitting the big triple out of the corner, and didnt care; this was all for fun...
During my heat race I nearly had holeshot but was a little aggressive and went into the wall, and dropped back to 5th. Myself, Chase Adams, and Justin Kopcak battled back and forth and swapped positions about 6-7 times, It was super intense and alot of fun, but ended up 7th. No big deal, I at least had some confidence knowing I will have someone to race with.
I was back row during the Main, and after avoiding a pileup I came out of the start in 4th or so. Lost a few spots, gained a few, people were crashing, I just chugged along and made no mistakes. Started blitzing the whoops finally and only 3-4 riders were hitting the triple at this point (track was sand based and broke down ALOT!) so I was much more competitive. Ended the night 9th out of 13, and had an absolute blast.
I sincerely enjoyed the tight racing b/c its slow and safe, but you still push your limits. Sadly a good friend broke his tib/fib badly and had his night end quickly, and he wasnt the only one to have a night end early. Once again have to give huge props to Justin and his crew for running a smooth program...
All photo courtesy of Cody Lipps @151actionshots.
On a side note, you may know this but some don't, Justin is one of Cole Thompson's older brothers. Its nice to root for people that put work back into the sport lol
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At my first (and only) AX race in Charlotte 2001, I can remember being absolutely floored by how massive the whoops were. It was a humbling experience to say the least haha
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I had some people come up to me after practice and be like "Ryan, not trying to be rude, but you used to be really fast, what happened?" lol
Age, a job, and not riding happened...HAHAHAHA
Oh yeah..I'm race the AXTOUR Erenacross in Tunica Ms, February 6th... which by the way will be my first race again in like ten months.. so...Here we go again!!
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