Brady Meador and the rest of the AA gang were moving along, even in the first transfer section.  Sadly, the bike pictured below was stolen after Brady got home and cleaned it.  I was bummed to hear the news and I hope the bike and the van make it back home.   I hope to get some information in to Trials and Enduro News soon to get the BJEC series some well-deserved press.  If you’ve never been to a BJEC race, get ready for a day full of riding and eat some sort of breakfast cereal… a lot of it.

The Forward Motion and Missouri race seasons start around here and I’m busy preparing for it.  Speaking of springin’, back when I was a mechanic, I learned after a bit that no matter how many times you poo poo a Snap On™ wrench, sooner or later you’ll end up loving the feel of one and what it will do.  It wasn’t that I couldn’t get things done with some whoflung-you off brand, but having a tool that won’t slip off of a bolt head and leave you cursing a bleeding just makes sense and can make you money when you’re busy paying rent with your hands and tools.  Last year, I sprang for a new tool early in the season and it worked well.  There’s nothing like working off a (rather costly) dead horse to keep you hard at the grindstone, so this year I tried it again.  This hawg will be out and about in my bag this year and I hope that it helps me catch some of the shots that I have seen in my head, but often missed because my old tools just left me hangin’.

After that, the BlackJack Enduro Circuit’s Wolf’s Den Enduro took off down in Kellyville, OK.  The promoters took great care of me and I really enjoyed attending my first BJEC event.  I can only hope that there will be many more like it.  They had a PeeWee race and a family enduro on Saturday afternoon and the weather was great for it.  Sunday’s main event was dusty, but the crowd still loved every bit of it.  There were a couple of guys who left on the backboards though, and I hope that they’re recovering well.  Zach Ingram is just starting his day in the photo below.  He finished the day with an overall win.

This past weekend, I decided that I’d take a shot and check out something new.  Trials.  The Quarry Cup was happening up in Trenton, MO and I headed that way in the sprinkling rain to see what I could catch.  It turned out to be a great Saturday.  I had hoped to return for Sunday’s sections, but it looked like a good bit of rain was headed that way, so I took advantage of a day home with my daughter; two great things in one weekend.  It took a bit of time and some hints from some Masters and Experts, but I figured out how things worked and was able to be in the right place at the right time…..a few times.  I left the event wanting to try it myself….but then there’s that whole balance vs gravity thing that I have problems with…repeatedly.  The folks out on the course made it all look easy, but I know better.

This weekend, I’ll be headed for Quenemo for the Forward Motion Hare Scramble there.  Should be good fun.

Hit the link for more info about the series.  Photos from the race will be posted at yellowwood.us and some will show up on Facebook.

This past Sunday was the 7th round of the Missouri Hare Scrambles Championship series. The race was held on a nice piece of property near the village of Americus, MO. The crew from KTM St. Louis had a nice setup at the race and there was even an actual podium for the top three overall finishers. I arrived about an hour before the start to meet up with some folks and start checking things out. I found out then that the KTM crew had asked the folks at RTS Photography and Design to come out to the race, so I went over to meet them. Lazarus Nunley and his crew were great and we got things worked out quickly. They were going to cover the start, some woods stuff, pits, peewee race, and the podium. This left me to do do that voodoo that I do – woods. Within 20 minutes of leaving the parking lot I had scouted a decent spot and had my equipment out of the bag and ready. I realized after I got set up that it was 11:45, I was drenched in sweat, and I hadn’t had breakfast or lunch. Clif bars to the rescue! It turned out to be a blazin’ hot day and I don’t know that I would have ridden in that heat, much less raced, but there are some tough people out there dukin’ it out for points. My pics can be found here –> http://www.yellowwood.us Just hit the Purchase Photos button up top.

Dunno what’s on tap for this weekend, but it’s looking like a lot of good stuff and maybe some overnight travel coming up. Heck, there’s even a county fair in town next week!

Note: If your return or search buttons start working on their own, take your phone back. Of course, the person at the counter will try to tell you that it’s not at all common – tell them about this really cool new thing called -google-. Took mine back and switched to regular EVO. Don’t let them charge you a restocking fee for a defective phone either, because they’ll damn sure try.