I pick up Pit Racer at 8:30 and the air is warm and moist. Hey, is that a bird chirping in the back yard?
We load up with much anticipation…is the 2013 outdoor season really about to get going?
A magical time of the year….Its the new start. We all feel it..
There’s new equipment, and new commitment. There’s new direction and new connections.
On the way we talk of a new track, one we’ll ride for the first time today.
We get an update that things look great and ready to Moto…..I pushed the cruze control up before Pit even finished his sentence.
The drive is cake …Over heard in the pits, “Yeah, I’m from PA and we have it easy too.”
It’s less than a few minutes from the Highway on nice roads… Over heard in the pits, “Yeah, no issue with trailer scraping or trees. “
The driveway in is short and nice. Overheard in the pits…“Not Scenic or Spring Valley like ….thank god!”
Parking is level and plentiful. Over heard in the pit’s “The big rigs will love it”.
We signed in and they handed us a running order schedule. Over heard in the pit’s “nothing, know body ever came over just to ask if anyone knew what was out there or what’s next“??????
The infrastructure is top notch, Awesome bleachers, food, garbage cans, toilets all set up nicely.
Over heard in the pits “looks like hook-ups may be available“. “What’s going on in the place with the big earth mover tires buried in the ground?” What’s going on in beautiful buildings?” looks like ice or roller skating.?”
The pits over look the track that’s in a valley. On the bleachers, you can see the entire track.
It has nice elevation change and great use of drainage. Over heard in the pit’s “It’s laid out is very much like Original Highpoint. “Who laid out the track? They knew what they were doing.”
Turn out was great. Lots of folks anxious to go.
The track is cool, it has big turns…It’s got wide sweeping turns that will lead to great racing and passing.
Up the hills, or down the hills, you sweep your way towards some nicely spaced and built jumps. A roller section out of a tighter right bends you into a small valley and then back into some more awesome turns. Finish line section is a race towards the crowd in the bleachers as you make you way through a series of nice tables.
The dirt is good. Hardly a rock, it breaks up under your wheels and it tacks up nicely. Today was springtime soft, not muddy at all. Perfect. With spring, ya expect the track to rut up, that’s what makes it so awesome. And with as many as we had today, the track gave us all something to appreciate. It was tough!
Over heard in the pit’s “I don’t think I’ve looked down at my front wheel for so long in my life.” If a naked girl was standing 10 feet from the track handing out hundred dollar bills, I would have missed it.”
Everything was well organized and moved along fluidly. We had flaggers, some track-side help and timely sessions. All excellent and appreciated.
On the way home we re-lived our laps…. inch by inch, turn by turn and section by section. Comparing notes and making strategies for the next time we Moto at MX-213. Ahh, yes…the 2013 outdoors MX season in Ohio has begun.
Ah, yes…It’s a new start…
Bulls-eye!
