This last weekend was the first round of the Road to Mammoth qualifier races at Glen Helen Raceway. The weekend was not easy from start to finish…..
Our van needed a new drive shaft and it didn’t come in until Friday. My Dad worked all night and when he got home from work he put in the drive shaft and then we left for LA. When my Dad drove the van, the drive shaft was not in balance had to be changed back to the old part. My Dad and I jacked the van back up to change the drive shaft again.

One of the bolts on the drive shaft was stripped out and my Dad had to chisel it off. A piece of the bolt shattered apart and hit my Dad in the face and he got a couple of war wounds.

We put the old drive shaft back into the van and then we got on the road to drive to LA…. a little late but we were finally on our way.
When we got to the track Saturday morning the wind was sooooooo bad it was like a sand storm, and it was like that the whole weekend.

I know its hard to tell in this picture but there is 8 bikes on the track racing and you can’t see them because the wind is so bad. The whole weekend everyone had to wear goggles to watch the races and when I was on the track racing sometimes it was hard to see anything in front of me.

I raced in 3 classes this weekend….Although the weather was bad, I still had 36 bikes on the line with me in my class.
85 9-12 – I finished 3rd and 2nd with an overall 2nd place
Mini Sr 1 12-13 – I finished 2nd and 3rd with an overall 2nd place
Mini Sr 2 9-14 – I finished 3rd and 5th with an overall 5th place

One of the things Glen Helen is famous for is the huge up hill. The wind was blowing to the left and my Mom told me to make sure I stay to the right going up the hill so the wind doesn’t blow me off the edge. During the race I knew it was faster to stay on the left and she caught a couple of pictures of me off the edge of the hill. (I know it is hard to tell in the picture but this hill is really high up)

The wind was crazy but the racing was really fun. I did fall in one moto and never got the out front start that I wanted but I was able to battle through and get several podium finishes.
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