I knew this event would be a better draw . 226 vintage entries and over 200 for post-vin . Guy Cooper and Trampas Parker are racing along with a bunch of regular expert heavies . Some classes have 20+ entries . Sure wish I was going . Too bad the other events are having such low attendance .
Don't feel smug when you fly past , cause I'm only riding ...... halffast .
I had my mind made up on doing this race. The track is only about an hour from my sisters house I believe.
But! I've worked 13 of the last 15 Saturdays and 6 full weekends, many 12hr weekdays and in what spare time that I could squeeze in I got my 98 CR250 back together, and restarted on our 84 CR250 (Pit's old project) so the boy could race at Mid-Ohio. And blew head gasket on my car, which I hope to begin putting back together this weekend.
I realized that if I went, there is no way I would have any bikes ready for Athens AHRMA or Vintage Days.
Hate to miss it, and I'm sure you guys will have a blast and good luck.
Last edited by NQ1965; 05/30 at 12:10 PM.
You guys notice that AHRMA regular Jay Gref isn't listed? He's racing +45 this weekend at the Red Bud! I was surprised to run into him at a qualifier.
Jay looked good on a 4-stroke. He said his dad offered to buy him a new 2-stroke if he passed on the pig. He ended up with the pig.
Add me to the wish I was going (or even racing anywhere) list as with a good turn out & all that is going on there a great time would be had by all.
Oh well, always another season some day but that has been way too long for me after missing 3 years already.
I wonder if Henry will be throwing rocks at riders that beat Jay in the +45 class this weekend...... luckily there aren't too many rocks at Red Bud to pick up.
Rocket Robin
As I stated before, I have no hard feelings about the racing that day or what happened. There was a protest filed by the Grefs and the referee for the event interviewed many people before coming to me and getting my story of what happened. I told my side to the referee and he said that my story matched the fans stories that had a clear view of the action and that the protest would be denied.
Did Jay ever come and say good race? Did he even come to the awards ceremony? Did they pack up and leave without talking to anyone after the protest was denied? Did Henry stand in my face and lecture me about racing while I was on the line for my next class? Did he apologize for throwing a rock at another racer?
Anyway, whether I am on a new bike or old one, if I sign up to race, then that's what I'm there to do and I'm on a bike that is almost irreplaceable in that Husky only brought 200 of the 1983 510 4 strokes into the USA and I have 1 in the Ultima class. I get not wanting to bang up your priceless 1957 BSA that there are 2 left in existence but we are talking about a 1983 Honda Cr 480 here which there are a lot of out there...
In my opinion it was a racing incident and Jay got the short end of going down when his back wheel skipped out left into my line, when he went down I immediately stopped right there and asked if he was OK to which I got a bunch of cuss word responses. I stopped again after the finish line and waited to apologize and talk to him about what happened but he wouldn't stop and acknowledge me at all. The I went right to the line for my next class and got a nice long lecture about how "we" race in AHRMA from Henry without so much as any harsh word from me while he droned on and on (you know respect your elders kind of thing). But I guess none of that shows any class to the normally nice guy regulars who deem me as too aggressive a rider for old bike racing! Not to worry, I have no plans to race old bikes much anytime soon so you don't have to worry about me upsetting the system any more than I already have. And I still think it's funny that a 70 year old dad threw a rock at someone who he thought screwed his kid up (and it wasn't me he threw it at it was the lapped in front of us who Henry thought caused jay to fall) which makes it even funnier if you think about it. Imagine if your the guy who is almost getting lapped and then an older man is charging at you with arm raised with a big rock to throw at you and you have no idea why!!!! That guy posted on here that he ducked out of the way of the rock and was thinking WTF is going on here? That's funny stuff in my book!
For those that personally know Henry and Jay, you can tell them I think it makes for a great racing story that's funny and it doesn't bother me at all. No hard feelings here. Seems to bother others more than it did the participants!
Rubbing is racing ! Besides it was it was a slow corner anyway....know I have done my fair share of rubbing elbows over the years & occasionally someone tips over...been about equally a tipper & tipped back! Expert class & the front of Intermidate are going to be a little more agressive anyway as the race is on!!!
Back in the early 80's Fred Guidi & I would always t-bone each other in a hair pin at the bottom of the power hill at Pymarid Valley and still joke about it today! He did land on the back of my bike on the first lap of practice one day in 1980 & I was like wtf as as we had just got on the track....paid him back with a big mud hole a few weeks later!
Just don't like people who bang on jumps or whoops as people get seriously hurt there.
The fact that a single pass from 2009 is still talked about today just shows how effed up ahrma racing is......if people don't want to race then just make it a parade.
The bias in judgement with the rules is what I could never get over with the whole ahrma scene. Robin races ONE race and they tell him he's a black striper, but the person that BEAT him in both motos in one class gets to stay in intermediate.....my second race I jump a couple easy table tops at Tomahawk and they tell me I need to move up, yet they don't say anything to the riders that BEAT me that day. How is that fair?
The entire skill level scale in ahrma is complete BS. 90% of the riders there should be racing novice, but because they want to pretend they are intermediates - anyone that can actually get the tires off the ground is labeled as a black striper. They should get rid of all the skill levels and change the classes to "racer" class and "sport" class. A/B riders go in "Racer" and novices and people that just want to enjoy the ride go in the "sport" class.
What is their official response when you respond with a logical/sensible answer to this "move-up" suggestion?Originally Posted by PitRacer
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