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plouffster
05-28-2008, 11:36 AM
Hudson Plouffe:
To start off, I would like to congratulate Hudson on his 1st Overall sweep in the 50cc 7-9 Sr class. Hudson stole the holeshot in both Motos and put in a flawless ride to take 1st place in both motos and get the over all win. Hudson, who just turned 7 has been racing in the SR class since age 5 do to his KTM SR bike (AMA Rules). Yes, he had to eat a lot of dirt. He has been close to a win a few times but never managed to get to that checkered flag first. Good job Hudson!:thumb

Hudson also raced his first ever race on his 65cc. He also took first place in this race. He raced LEVEL 4 which is a small bike open slow class.

Bailey Plouffe:

Baileys Saturday practice started off with a bit of scare. On his 3rd lap Bailey went down hard in some roller whoops on his new 85cc and had his tooth knocked out. He slid on his head and shoulder for 50 yards. I cannot stress enough how much I believe his Leatte Brace and 661 Pressure suite saves him from serious injury. He hit his collar bone so hard that his Leatte brace made a print on his collar bone and shoulder and I believe saved us a trip to the hospital.

Now to the race...
I would like to also congratulate Bailey as he took the overall sweep and win in the 85cc JR Class. This was Bailey's first race on an 85cc and he was lightning fast!!

Bailey took second over all in the Level 2 (Level 1 being the fastest) Open small bike class on his 65cc. He was beat out only by a boy racing a CRF 150 that I thought should have been in level one with the other 85s.:thumb

Overall it was a great weekend! We also managed to raise a bit of cabbage for RDf as well.

Our next race is Next thursday for the Freestone Am National.

Joel Plouffe

50ccMoM
05-28-2008, 03:06 PM
Great job boys !!! You always make RiderDown proud !

Walker Sky Ranch
05-28-2008, 03:22 PM
AWESOME result!!!!!
please pass along a high five to the whole TEAM..
and a way to hang in there Bailey for taking a soil sample and getting back up to kick some bootie!

tinkerbell
05-28-2008, 05:11 PM
WOO HOO! That is awesome guys!

Grampy is really proud of all you are doing to represent RDF (and I am too!).....

Love ya Kiddos - - -

Tink (aka Auntie Tarie)

plouffster
05-28-2008, 07:37 PM
Pics coming very soon...

Joel

char393
05-28-2008, 10:34 PM
Yeah, where are those pics??? :oops: Sorry I'm lagging Joel.

http://www.mxgurl.com/images/RDF/182%20(2).JPG

http://www.mxgurl.com/images/RDF/other%20(5).JPG

http://www.mxgurl.com/images/RDF/other%20(4).JPG

http://www.mxgurl.com/images/RDF/other%20(3).JPG

Looking good and great job guys:thumb

Joel, I'm curious, how did they decide the classes? Do they still have that deal where you're classed by your lap times?

Tatonka
05-28-2008, 10:45 PM
Awesome! Here's a big round of applause to the boys!!! :thumb

xr650rocketman
05-29-2008, 06:32 AM
Great job Guys.

Bailey and Hudson can really get the job done.

Their Mom and Dad deserve a big hand too.

Congratulations to all the "Plouffesters"

plouffster
05-29-2008, 07:13 PM
Thanks for the Pics Char! It was not directed at you that they would be up soon...I just know how anxious the RDF crew is to see pics so I was letting everyone know you would be posting soon.

Level 1 is pro/expert lap time and Level 6 is for slow guys like me and everything in between it all goes by lap times.

for the kids it is the same level 1 but only goes up to level 4 and kids levels also go by lap times.

You can race any size bike you want. Kids must be on 150cc and under and adults anything...just goes by lap time. In level races if you are too fast and smoke everyone you get bumped out of that race and get to race the next lower number and so on until you find the class that fits your lap time.

They also had AMA classes if you did not want level racing.

ie:
Bailey did AMA 85cc JR and also Level 2 on his 65cc to get some seat time to warm up for next weeks National. Bailey could have rode his 85cc in level race but he would have been bumped to level 1 due to his lap times but we wanted him on his 65cc. Hudson did level 4 on his 65cc and also entered
AMA 50cc SR.

Hope that makes sense.
Some hate level racing and some love it.

Thanks for the support everyone.

Mini Rocketman Racing

char393
05-30-2008, 04:54 PM
I've heard about their level system and I think it sounds like a great idea. Sure would help with the sandbaggers, which seems to be fairly common around here. Maybe one of these days, if the price of fuel every returns to a somewhat normal level, we'll make the trip to CCMX.

BTW... I was just joking on the pics, I didn't really think you meant anything by it. :)

Walker Sky Ranch
06-08-2008, 09:15 PM
Love the photos....!
I wish I could attend one of these events..!!