There were prettier cars on the track this weekend.
It wasn’t our greatest victory, but the saying goes “Luck is the intersection of preparation and opportunity.” We had a tired engine and, at least for the first moto, we probably weighed a good 30 pounds more than the other cars. That got us third place out of three Class 11s.
The weather was nice, so I slept on a cot in the bed of the rental truck. Slept until some turkey started gobbling around 6 a.m. My view from the cot.
Heston and Toby did the first moto of the weekend, getting the hang of a recently watered track that pretty much felt like ice.
Heston & Crusty with our new mascot, who’s name I think we decided had sometime to do with a character from the Wolverine movie.
A gratuitous photo of the puppy having breakfast Sunday morning.
Crusty installed a new header system and a new spark arrester.
Rosh Edwards and Heston modifying the valence to accommodate the new headers.
All work and no play makes for a boring day in the spotter stands.
Then Dennis and Toby clipped a turkey. They got third place.
We lucked out in the third moto with Toby driving and Rosh co-dogging. Season points leader Dave Meek Jr. rolled on one of the first laps and limped another lap around the track. We got second again and, due to how points are calculated, we got second place for the day behind winner Jeff Lee’s red Petfinder car.
Toby’s winning footwear.
Next stop, the Yerington 300, where it’s snowed the last two years during the race.