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"I was in second for awhile, but they passed me back," said Noah, who enjoyed more back-and-forth racing in the later laps, as well. "I passed two kids -- one was here and I took the outside line -- but one passed me back."
Although he was not a threat to win, Noah rode well and clearly was getting the hang of his Polini, which was more than a handful on his first few rides on the bike. If Noah can keep progressing at his current rate and find a bit of luck, he should be as competitive on the Polini as he was on his PW50 at the end of last year.
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This is too easy & crazy (or lost?) like a fox
While the rest of our racers were sitting this one out or were grounded by a slow-moving repair project, midwestmotocross.com associates and father and son team Joe and Zachary Carnes made the field at FVOR's Father's Day race.
Zachary had the better race of the two, especially with his efforts boosted by no one else signing up for the 65 class. Still, don't be fooled by Zachary's lack of competition. He rode with the 85s, and his time was better than three of the kids running the larger class.
One of the more entertaining moments of the day came at the Trailrider's start. The big-bike start was set up so the bikes would go straight for about 70 yards and then make a hard 140-degree left-hand turn around a stationary four-wheeler, back another 30 yards and then into the woods. This worked well for the first four drops, but despite seeing it done correctly four times, the guy among the 18 Trailriders who got the holeshot instead made a 90-degree turn and led the pack off the course immediately. Everyone followed. Unknown to us at the time, the guy who got the holeshot and led his class astray was Joe.
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"I got the holeshot, but then I could do no right," said Joe, who was 14th in the final results. "I went the wrong way [on the start], and then 50 feet later I went the wrong way again. I went from having the lead to being dead last."
And as most know from experience, a harescramble is not a race you want to start in dead last.
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Joe says his day didn't get much better. He admits he was running too hard playing catch-up and crashed several times, once pretty hard head on into a tree, breaking a fork guard and bending a handlebar clamp.