Awesome accomplishment!
I guess Mitch must have got a new mechanic since he finished all his moto's at Baja!
Thanks Vet261 and all...very funny AHRMA361..what you did not hear is...I changed a rear tire Sunday night and he was 2nd gate Monday morning in the 7-11 for his second moto in that class. Of course, we get to the gate,and I notice the rear tire is flat and his class is ready to stage. I must have pinched the tube. Full on panic...he panics, I panic and rip back to the pits to pull a wheel off another bike. He had won the first moto so, this would have been a deal breaker adding a second moto DNS. I made it back...he was rattled and upset and it showed...rough start and had to come from the back..catching 2nd and passing 2nd with one lap to go. Way off the leader so 1-2...was going to be okay under the circumstances.... and then he went down with less than a lap left. Ended with a 3rd. That one I will take credit for, but looking back on it now it made the .44 second 2nd and battle in the 3rd and final moto worth the chaos to get him out there. He still had something to battle for in the last moto. Just missed that class title, but one thing I had never seen him make such a clean aggressive pass another rider. He did that on the last lap 10-11 65cc class, which he needed to do for the overall. He did it with less than a lap to go. Boy left all he had on the track each moto and at the end of the day, I can't ask for anymore than that...and we got out without injury.
Seriously, thanks all. He set out early in the year to capture a AMA #1 plate and a major event...he has worked really hard this year and has faced some rough luck...but pushed through.