What, motocross on Saturday, are you nuts? Nope, it’s AMA messing with a good thing again. Oh, and those races being over before they have to turn on the track lights? Don’t count on it.
Fortunately, weird decisions by the AMA didn’t affect the great racing on the track, and we were treated to a fun day that was great to watch – uh, except for all the ‘husky’ fellows who felt the need to go shirtless. Okay, I respect the fact that some people with less-than-perfect bodies are very comfortable with their body image, but it doesn’t mean I want the image of their body inhabiting my nightmares.
Our day started early, leaving the house at dawn we pulled into the track before 8am, the mixed aromas of race gas, Asian barbeque, and porta-potties that you’ll only smell at Washougal.
Something new to us were the pits being open in the a.m. It’s always fun to check out the new gear, and we had a great opportunity to watch the Mitch Peyton’s Pro Circuit mechanics do some clutch work to Christophe Pourcel’s bike. Whatever they did didn’t work for the first moto, but it sure came together for him in the second, netting him a third overall. Dungey came away with the overall, tying both riders for the series points lead.
Weather was sunny and darned hot – fortunately there was a bit of light cloud cover in the morning to keep us from completely roasting, but by afternoon we were ready to plant ourselves in a shady location and not ‘leaf’ until the final moto.
Mike found a great vantage point at the very top of the hill, and we watched Chad Reed spank Jason Lawrence and Josh Grant, but not until after a nice fight in the second moto.
Ryan Villipoto helped in the announcing tower doing color for the second 250 moto. He has a great radio voice and was smooth and professional. If that moto thing doesn’t work out for him, he sounds like a great candidate to take over when Dave Bailey retires.
