WW ranch owner

logan_140
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logan_140 6/7/2019 9:24am
6/7/2019 9:24am
JBrockman856 wrote:
Really nice guy, great facility and awesome track! We ended up staying an extra day during our FL ride trip in 2017. Although I will say...
Really nice guy, great facility and awesome track! We ended up staying an extra day during our FL ride trip in 2017.

Although I will say I've never been to a track that has such a unique way of splitting practice sessions. I'm not sure if it has changed since, or if the track is even the same, but when I was there they basically split the groups based on if you were "jumping the big table in the middle." Which I can definitely understand the safety factor there, but as I'm sure most of you know, there are C riders out there that will huck just about anything haha. So this resulted in some dudes that didn't really have any business being out there in the faster group.

However, the best part was that the rule also worked in the reverse. AKA an A/B guy who didn't jump the table was yanked and put in the slower/non-jump group. Not sure if it was the owner or one of the workers, but he would hangout on his 4-wheeler right beside the table and if you weren't doing it he'd come over and yank you. And of course this happened to one of the guys in our ride group which made for great shit talking grounds amongst our group of up-and-coming/washed up A/ local prosLaughing hahah.

Needless to say he wasn't a fan, but the rest of our group really enjoyed the facility and how nice everyone was! If I remember right the owner even came back over and gave Kobusch his money back and told him he could ride whenever he liked. Thought that was pretty cool. Overall very nice dude and great track
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They are great people at WW. I went there when I was in Florida during Christmas. It had rained the day before and the track wasn't...
They are great people at WW. I went there when I was in Florida during Christmas. It had rained the day before and the track wasn't great, a bit wet and lots of ruts. When I signed up Jr's wife (can't remember her name) was very nice. She told me if I go out and ride and don't like the track conditions, she would give me a full refund.
Although I appreciated the gesture I told her I would never go out and ride and expect my money back just because it's too wet.
Same thing happened to me except I was at Florida tracks and trails. Started to pour when I got there rode like 4 laps then they closed.. except they didn’t offer the money back. I would have stayed and rode in the mud 🤷🏻‍♂️
Just south of Paradise... 6/7/2019 11:43am
6/7/2019 11:43am
How will the national be for the fans there in person? Are they putting up big grandstands or anything like that to try and get folks elevated a bit? Also, for the US GP the layout looked pretty interesting for a "pool table" track, curious to see what else they do to trick it up for the national (beyond the split lane)???
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motogeeze 6/7/2019 11:44am
6/7/2019 11:44am
As someone pointed out one line will be faster until it isn't, its going to get rutted and whooped out as we know especially in the sand and the riders will have to make split second decisions of "can I get this guy here by going inside or out" and depending on the conditions which are so variable in mx it could lead to some interestin choices which may have an impact on the race outcome which is why its motocross and not road racing where a line stays relatively consistent through the day..great to see the promoter passionate about making a better track for the fans and riders.
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Shawn142 6/7/2019 11:53am
6/7/2019 11:53am
Some video of the national track and the Baker boys.

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mx546
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mx546 6/7/2019 12:46pm
6/7/2019 12:46pm Edited Date/Time 6/7/2019 12:47pm
Here are a few photos of the track when we were out there. I am lucky enough to live about 10 minutes from the track. JR the owner is just an awesome dude and very sincere and genuine. When the Canadian’s stay the winter at my house he always lets them train there. That is my Pop’s standing by one if the split lanes.


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tingo 6/7/2019 1:15pm
6/7/2019 1:15pm
We can bring in our own cooler of beer? Hell yeah. The $65 general admission price ($50 ticket, $5 service fee, $10 parking) just started looking a whole lot more reasonable.
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Justin345 6/7/2019 3:39pm
6/7/2019 3:39pm
We took a moto trip from Maryland to Florida and spent 2 days at WW. Hands down a phenomenal track, and JR (owner) was amazing! Drove us around in his side by side to show us around and genuinely loves it. My moto crew and I are nothing special. Normal B class riders. All we had was a mutual love for motocross and JR treated us like we were guests in his home. I’m pumped to see his hard work pay off and get a National...moto needs more owners like him!
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JB 19 6/7/2019 4:20pm
6/7/2019 4:20pm
I got a chance to ride there in March of 2018. They treated my dad and I like old friend's. Super nice people.

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GeorgiePorgie 6/7/2019 4:43pm
6/7/2019 4:43pm
Dudes got his logo on the bolts in his fence. Attention to detail is an understatement. Badass facility.
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ATKpilot99 6/7/2019 4:55pm
6/7/2019 4:55pm
mx546 wrote:
Here are a few photos of the track when we were out there. I am lucky enough to live about 10 minutes from the track. JR...
Here are a few photos of the track when we were out there. I am lucky enough to live about 10 minutes from the track. JR the owner is just an awesome dude and very sincere and genuine. When the Canadian’s stay the winter at my house he always lets them train there. That is my Pop’s standing by one if the split lanes.


That's pretty cool . Should be interesting.
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resetjet 6/8/2019 8:54am
6/8/2019 8:54am
Split lanes rarely work. Plus you have the problem of who has the inside coming out. I always thought a 180 turn where the inside line had a small dogleg could make two equally fast lanes. But again one line always seems to be faster.
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gharmon 6/8/2019 11:23am
6/8/2019 11:23am Edited Date/Time 6/8/2019 11:24am
I' m in and bringing 7 others with me. We were there for the GP a couple years ago. It was a great race with some shit weather on Friday but they made it work great.
Harry Backmon 6/8/2019 11:40am
6/8/2019 11:40am
You know ole Harry is in. Mrs. Backmon and Harrison Jr will also be attending. We're setting up a back hair brading demonstration booth, so look for us !
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