Huge congrats to Mitch Zaremba. He really opened some eyes down there with his podium finishes.
I think on paper people had him around 5-10 oa but he just wanted more and made it happen. Beat a lot of "factory" racers in the process and also was one of the few riders under the tent each moto that looked like he was ready to do another 10 minutes. Not sweating, not tired.
He has put in a lot of hard work, missed 2021 due to injury, and came out swinging in 2022. Very proud of him!
One other note -- man is it a lot of work making sure a top tier kid is prepped and ready for 6 motos down there. Luckily Mitch was racing the same bike in both classes, so only one bike to work on and prep. The pounding that he was putting on the bike was crazy -- every moto spokes were loose. Ran the same front all week but had two rear wheels ready, one with MX14 scoop and one with MX33. I think he ran the scoop in two of the 6 motos. The only bike issue the whole week was due to knocking the bike over while changing the oil and bending the clutch lever! So that was really good.
I was helping Zman with the bike, Kari was helping out with meals. It was fun but super busy. We started feeding Mitch some banana/strawberry Yonanas early in the week and then he was superstitious about it and had to have it every night! LOL. If you haven't heard of it look it up, fantastic healthy dessert type snack.
Darin lucked out a bit with the pit-situation. He was able to take the bike each day over to their friends pits from MTF. Bowmans from Wisconsin. They were in a nice cool shaded area and had a sweet setup with a water hookup and unlimited washing. It was a huge plus being able to pit with them all week, was like a factory setup. Super nice people too, the kid Josh was in 250B and 450B and the Dad was in 45+.