Racing at Battle Creek

Last weekend I packed up the kids, dog and motocross trailer and we headed out to Battle Creek on Friday night.  It was a beautiful evening and we pulled in with about an hour left before it got dark.  Plenty of time to get the trailer set up in the perfect spot along the track that I had picked out.

All went well except the generator didn't seem to want to give me any electricity.  Ah well.  I couldn't stay away to watch the movie I brought anyway.

Saturday morning was hot and sunny.  Great day for racing!!

Nothing like a neck to neck start to get the old blood pumping!!

The whole group was good - they all started strong and gave Motocross Boy a big push.

He quickly took the lead and kept it.

The previous picture is at the top of the hill.  This one is at the bottom.  It was a huge drop off that you wouldn't have expected.

This was our first time at Battle Creek MotoX and we liked it. The track was a challenging mile and a half long but well groomed.

Motocross Boy rode it well and still kept his lead.

And the other boys just kept on pushing him.

but not so much that he couldn't do some jumping and tricks.

Somehow he went into the last 100 yards in front and came back to the trailer with a 2nd place finish.  Apparently he fell right before the finish line.  It was still a great race.

To be continued.