Day 3 race report The rains have come and the track conditions have worsened for the Gold, silver & bronze metal finales. They run the bronze and the silver before the gold. Class B the older 50 class is up 1st Casey Cochran goes in with the 1st gate pick. Choosing right in the middle. He got a 4th place hole shot. The track is so muddy these kids are in survival mode. Most if his opponents are using big wheels in their 50s. He had some problems on the 1st lap to put him further back. Since then I have watched him pick off over 15 bike positions. Not sure how the scorers can even read the numbers. 65 hole shot pile up took him out. Rode the whole race without going down again coming in 3rd place. @casey_ mx66 caseycochran.net Class D 65cc Jackson Gray got a 4th place hole shot. Moved into 2nd within the 1st lap. Ran in 2nd most of the race. The kid out front was making no mistakes keeping distance between himself and the USA pilot finishing in 2nd. He headed straight back to the gate for his 85 race. He got the hole shot with the #917 right on his heels until 917 crashed at the starting line berm giving JG a comfortable lead. With a 7 second lead in the 3rd lap over #38 he settled down, ran his pace and brought our team its 1st individual victory. @jacksongray77 Class E brings Ethan Mann to the gate. 1-1-1 gives him choice at the starting line. Our riders are lining up dead center for these Gold metal finales do far. He did not get the jump he was looking for. He got caught up in a pile up in the 1st corner and was in 19th place after 1 lap. Mr consistent had a ruff time making passes on the muddy, one lined track. While #61 & #403 took turns for the lead up front. 18, 17, 16 but I am sorry to say its not enough time to salvage even a podium position. @EthanMann52 Class G brings up Colton Eigenmann who has been in 5 Gold metal finales before today. Colton got a 5th place start after one of the other riders crashed the gate before it dropped and kept going. He was in 4th place on the 2nd lap nudging towards the pack in front of him. Moving into 3rd place about halfway he looked to put Team USA and himself up higher on the podium over the #11 & #22 riders. @colton815 coltoneigenmann So far we got a 3-2-1-3 finishing positions that count towards the overall team scoring. Class H comes next on to the big bikes 14 year old Dylan Greer got 4th place hole shot. #103 & #259 both former & current French champions were out front. Navigating thru lappers and the thick mud made it a true challenge for this young big bike rider. He rode a good race but the experienced French champions went 1-2. Dylan finished 5th. @dylangreer777_ & dylangreer777 Class I comes next with hard charger Andy Kost. Andy got a 10th place hole shot, making his race that much harder to win. These French riders are getting some starts over our guys in the mud & rain. Its raining a lot harder as this race goes on. These guys are animals! Mid race Andy was sitting in 5 or 6th place. Another good battled developed with #454 Pierre-Louis. 4th place went down putting Andy in 5th place with one lap to go as the rain stops. @andykost31 Class J brings David Buller our last shot at a victory. As the gate dropped David shot out for the gate and took the early lead and was able to gap the pack quickly. The track conditions were treacherous but he was able too keep it on two wheels and finish with the win. David was the only rider from team USA to pull the hole shot and go on to win the race. @davidbuller I would have to say our hole shots are what hurt us the most today. But our results are better then last year. 2 1st, 1 2nd, 2 3rds and 1 4th for the overall team results. We will find out in a couple hours who won. Stay tuned.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:11:35 +0000
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