Raceway Park, Englishtown NJ
Raceway Park, Englishtown NJ
March 25, 2007
Yesterday we raced at E-town. When we arrived at the track around 7am we heard that it rained for a few hours during the night. Which made and already wet track muddy and sloppy. When I saw the track I was happy that we put a new tire on the night before. We went out in the second practice and the track was so bad I only got a couple of laps in.
Race one we picked a gate right next to my buddy Gage Solis (116). When the gate dropped Gage shot out of the gate to take the hole shot and I was right behind him but ended up get tangled up with another rider and went down in the first corner. When I got my bike stared I was in 19th place. I stared working my way through the pack (around 15th) when I jumped a tabletop (coming out of the back section of the track) and landed on my rear wheel with the throttle wide open. I couldn’t get the bike under control and went down pretty hard. To make a long short I took my first ride in an ambulance. I don’t know how to explain it, but when I went down I fell off the bike with my hand on the throttle. I somehow fell on my rear tire spinning at high rpm’s and it got my stomach and left arm leaving some pretty nasty scrapes and burns.
I was determined to race the second motto. My Dad told me that the handlebars were bent pretty well and I should take the rest of the day off. In the meantime Rick Solis and Jerry Festenstine work on my bike putting on one of gage’s spare handlebars and got my bike ready for the second moto. Rick also noticed that my chest protector was a tad bit to small for me. Some guy standing there went a got his sons old chest protector and gave to too me. Thanks whoever you are. I lined up in the second moto and got a good start (8th) and completed the race in 14th position giving me an overall finish of 16th not to bad for getting a DNF in the first moto. I want to thank Rick and Jerry for taking the time to get my bike ready. You guys are the best!!!! I also want to thank all of the concerned parents and races for coming to see how I was. I don’t know what’s better the racing or the great people in the racing community.
Eric 814