RR Budd's

 Went to Budd's Creek MX for Independance day.
Last time I was at Budd's Creek was for MXoN a few years
ago and when Mark called to ask if we were interested
in coming, I was all over it.

Mark O'Connor, some of you old timers may remember
him, organized a one day only, 10 rider max, ride on the
National course at Budd's Creek yesterday, July 4.
My 14 year old (how'd that happen?) and I drove down
to participate on our WR250 and CRF250.

Mark O, his sons Kent and Ian, Rob, Pete (Plassman, ya'll
might remember him too), Bill, Phil, His Royal Highness
and I congregated at the clubhouse on the north hill at
9:00 on the fourth.  A silent, groomed and lightly ridden,
track awaited us.  The clubhouse was open for showers and
meal making and ogling Jon Beasley's mint 125 Penton Six
Day and hundreds of signed photos of everybody from Johnny
O to Carmichael to Bubba.

As for the riding, everything on this National track is
easier than the local MX jumpfest as guys that fast
jump HUGE jumps that are totally rollable.  The local
tracks have jumps that are do or die, I guess because
the big stuff is too big for the local hotshoes and
little jumps are too wimpy.  Or something. But the
National track was tons of fun with really cool (hard)
off camber corners at the bottom of most of the
ski jumps.

That didn't stop Bill, who has ridden there often as
he's a member of the club that cornerworks the Nationals
and therefore gets to ride club weekends a couple times a
year, from coming up short on a step up his FIRST LAP
and breaking his collar bone.  Guess that's why he
brought his wife who drove home, though they did
hang all day to kibitz.

That was the only injury of the day, besides some soreness
and bruising.  Resting on the hillside and watching others
ride I could only think what an uninterested spectator might think.
"Why are those old farts going so slow?"

Two highlights of my weekend, besides hanging with the
boy and friends.  Jumping (albeit 10 feet to his 210)
the same ski jump that Villopoto did every lap during
MXoN while I thought "that looks like it hurts, dang
he's gonna win this thing!".  Note that
he won both his motos on a 250 against the world's best
450s.

Second highlight had nothing to do with riding.  NPR read
aloud the Declaration of Independence as we drove away,
washed and fed, and Nina Totenburg read the paragraph
about King George's refusal to allow the colonies their
own courts.  By that point of the reading the son and I
were entranced and I have a crush on Nina so.....
http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id 8242656&m8260011

Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.

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Cool. Lucky youse guys!

Thanks for posting...

--
Charles
'99 YZ250

"It's bad luck just SEEin' a thing like that..."

 

Thanks for posting that. Good stuff.

I had some folks over to bbq and then watch fireworks from the beach.
I had not managed to hang my flag, with all the other projects going
on. But I did have my new turntable spinning vinyl. So I pulled out
Jimi's version of the Star Spangled Banner, cranked the stereo to a
new high, and blew the neighborhood away. No wonder my neighbors hate
me. LOL



Cool that you rode Budds.
Either my memory is shot, or they switched the direction the track
runs.