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Garrahan
Brothers Racing Missouri Hare Scramble 2000
For the last race of our trip we went to Missouri for
the Mule Kicker. This has always
been one of our favorite races and this year was even better.
Usually it is over 100 degrees but the heat wave broke and it was just in
the upper 80’s. The traction was
as good as it gets in the trees and you could see knobby marks in the dirt from
the bike ahead of you. They put down a bunch of sand on the motocross track so it
was even more loamy than normal. Blackwell
got the holeshot with local Chris Theile right behind him.
Brian and I were third and forth with Wattsy charging hard trying to
pass. He went to pass Brian on a
big single on the moto track and right when he left the ground we knew he was in
trouble. Upon landing his bike
stuck and his heels touched the back of his head.
I had to ride off of the track to avoid hitting him.
We all freight trained the first lap with Brain in third and I was fifth
behind Paul Edmondson. At the end
of the lap I heard a buzzing and noticed it was Shane already up in the lead
pack. I knew we were in trouble.
He got around me but I was able to stay with him for the next two laps.
On the third lap Brian got in trouble getting behind a lap rider in a mud
hole dropping him back to seventh. After
the gas Shane dropped out with a broken clutch line and Paul and I were about
thirty seconds behind Blackwell. Brian
had another problem trying to get around a kid on an 80.
He went to pass but the kid pulled over right in front of Brian sending
him into a ditch. We kept on
charging and I was in contention until the last lap when I had to stop for a
splash of fuel. That let the leader
get away and I ended up a minute down at the finish for third place.
Brian ended up with a fifth. Other
local d-36 riders were Eric Ducray who was tenth overall, Eric Koehler in 13th,
Craig Wesner, and Brian Barrington a B open rider going for the class title rode
to a second place finish. For the
championship Brian and I are still in the hunt for the title, with Brian in
third and Patrick in fourth with three rounds remaining.
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