OH, almost forgot about this move --- Suzuki mini racer Nico Capps messed up his ankle on the rope swing into the creek BEFORE the event even began. Watched the racing on crutches.
Also we talked to Malcolm Stewart several times -- for the really muddy 2nd 65cc moto I was near the starting gate to help Zman and Mitchy....Malcolm walked by and I joked and said "hey Mitch maybe Malcolm will race your moto for you" and he turned and laughed and then fist bumped Mitch and said good luck.
We spent some time talking to Jeremy McGrath at the Kawasaki dinner -- he was super cool. Kari actually walked up to him and said "hey aren't you that guy that was on Friends once?" He laughed and told us stories about being on the show, funny. He said the hardest part of that is that the people in the background can't make any noise, so they have to pretend to be talking and such. I told him it still looks funny so see him on a green bike and he goes "dude it's been 3 years now! But for a while it looked really funny to see a green front fender when I was riding"...........
That's just one example of how cool LL is -- there are all these mega-stars there just hanging out. RC, Reed, Sebastian Tortelli, Ferry, Webb, Savatgy, etc. They are just walking around and you go right up and talk to them like any other dude. I told RC he needs to be out there racing Reynard on a 125 and he said "NO WAY!"
Davey Coombs was walking the track picking up used tear-offs. Timmy Coombs was driving around collecting garbage in a truck. I know these people (MXsports) take a lot of flak online, but in person they are really nice people.
Also a highlight was actually seeing Loretta Lynn at the opening ceremony. That was really cool.