Despite all the incredible rains received by Northern Utah, conditions were dry and dusty. The high elevation offered some relief from the temperatures though.
This was a Hare Scrambles type event, incorporating the MX track and about a 12-13 mile off-road course.
The track is mostly clay, and after watering the track, it was super slimy in spots.
In the Mini Expert class, Josh got out in front of the pack and held the lead for the first 2-3 loops. He slid out in a corner and his good friend Carson Giles got around him. Shortly thereafter, the petcock on Josh's bike turned off and it took him a minute to figure it out. He finally did, and got back in the race and maintained his position for a 2nd place overall. He and Carson had a blast racing.
Karson Bailey had another good finish with a 3rd place overall. Karson is Mr. Consistency. He never looks like he's going super fast, but he really is, and he rarely makes mistakes. His consistency has him in first place in points in his class.
Kobee was riding great and finished first place Schoolboy. He was very excited about his finish and rightfully so.
Benji had a great lead for the first couple of loops in the 65 class. After pitting for gas, his bike sounded like it was running horrible. He managed to finish another loop but said he had to doggy paddle up all the hills and had a hard time keeping his bike running. This cost him a few positions, but he loves riding with his other buddies so much that it made it that much more fun for him.
Due to the Grand Prix style start, the Experts were racing by themselves on the course which required an earlier than normal start (which was nice due to temps). The boys had barely ridden off the track, when Mike was already on the line. They had a two wave Expert start and Mike had to start on the second wave which meant he would be eating dust all day.
After an average start, Mike kept it pinned around the first couple of corners and was in 3rd heading out on to the desert course.
The two guys in front of him took each other out trying to make a pass so Mike took the lead (of the second Expert Wave), and managed to stay there for the majority of the race. He caught and passed some of the first wave. By Loop 2, Boe Bland had caught Mike and as seems to be the tradition this year, the two of them raced side by side for the next 2 Loops.
Boe passed Mike in the pits and he couldn't ever catch up to him, finishing with a 15th place overall for the day and second in class behind Boe.
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