We stopped off in Lubbock to grab a bite to eat with my boy Thomas Hoover. Thomas is a bad ass enduro rider who is now haning out with all the fine ass hotties at Texas Tech, but a bit of bad luck snow boarding cost him a Team Green ride, but hopefully the little pep talk will help keep his motivation up and he will be ready to ride come the fall TSCEC races. I have to say that the Hooters in Texas are a far "sight" better than the ones here. Here, I actually go for the wings, there, F*$% the wings the girls are sooooo hot!!!
We showed up the next day to Lake Whitney, this would be Sunday and practice was scheduled to start on Monday and continue on through Tuesday. James had us hooked up big time and we got to hang out on the lake with the Drys, Andersons, Florentinos, and Rick Johnson!!! I am not messin with you, Rick Johnson was just across the way. He actually started up a team and one of his riders was none other than NM's own Jason Anderson (312). So we were all haning out and he just popped in. It was cool, he obviously is really into this new team that he started up with Sebastian Tortelli and some others, but you could tell he was really psyched to talk about driving the trophy trucks. That would be insane, but I will only dream because that is some big bucks right there. So I posted two pictures, one of me and one of Travis Baker. You will notice that our bikes look a hell of a lot alike. This was really cool for me because as I would ride through the pits, everyone was giving me the thumbs up or a high five because they though I was him (by the way he has a hot mom!!) But it must have sucked for him as I cruised around in, oh...LAST PLACE!! and everyone was thinking "What the hell is up with Baker? He is riding like a dork!!"
So I am only going to talk about myself for like two seconds, and I will only say that I rode like I had never been on a bike before in my life!! Well it was mostly a physical thing, my arms would pump up so bad that I couldn't hold on to save my life, so I would ride a lap or two and just cruise around. That really sucked, but I tell you what, it was so cool to watch the future of motocross there for a week. Especially the NM crowd. Right now Jason Anderson is right there in the hunt for many mini titles. I don't know the statistics, and if anyone knows them please post a comment, but he seems to be on track to winning as many or more mini titles as Justin Buckelew (I am pretty sure he still has the most of anyone from NM, let me know). The other NM star had to be Corey Dry. He had some really bad luck, a flat tire and a dead bike on the line, but he was riding really well, and was solid every moto in the intermediates, most likely the most competive bunch of classes out there.
There was some really exciting moments; almost any time Jason Anderson was on the track, when Dry holeshotted one of his motos and lead for like 3 laps, the Barcia scrubs, anytime Ashley Fiolek was out there, and of course when the little dudes and girls were out there and parents were running around like crazies.
So what was the deal with Wagon. Well he was looking good in practice, but his bike was making a noise and at first he thought nothing of it. But disaster struck in the 25+ moto when the bike took a sh*& and Wagon's week was done. We pulled the cover and there was bits of broken metal everywhere!! Too bad that Yamaha wasn't there supporting amateur motocross, but at least they were cool later on when it was determined that it was a breakdown that he couldn't have permitted and hooked him up with all parts. You will recognize his pictures as number 728, but you can also recognize them because he always looks like a pro out there, but we gotta hook him up with some white boots, those black ones clash with that white gear!!
All right, there was just way too much cool shit going on at Whitney to get it all here, but hey, there are a few more amateur nationals this year, maybe I will make Ponca?? Until then...enjoy the potos.
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