July astabula race #2

[LittleG]

Yes that is the mudd ox drone matt and nick do an awesome job getting footage from above.

[hydromike]

Mike was that a drone flying over you at 5:23?

That's Tech Inspection doing the post-race flyby.

[smudvapor]

Ha! Right.....There will be some detractors wondering why there's so much darn stick work and why the corners were so slow at times. You and the rest of the folks that were out during practice laps know how slippery that track was. I think Nick nailed it when he said "it's like ice....". You'd take a good line that you know has worked forever and you'd just float out to the grass... I do have some (very slow) practice lap video that I'll load up to try to convey why it was hard to stay on the track in the corners.

I know there has to be a lot more interest in racing that just the number of folks this event brought out. I'd encourage anybody who's even remotely interested to get out to the late Spring and Fall events on the track when Bud opens it up for us to just have fun and practice. Pine Lake is my "home track" at this point, and I still get 9/10 corners wrong as many times as I've been around it over the past 7 years.

Does anyone know if there will be another Pine Lake event this fall?

[Model Citizen]

[whipper-ag]

[countrybumpkin]

I think Hydromike stayed in 1st place just to keep his camera clean! LOL. Nice job!

[techfx]

Ha! Right.....There will be some detractors wondering why there's so much darn stick work and why the corners were so slow at times. You and the rest of the folks that were out during practice laps know how slippery that track was. I think Nick nailed it when he said "it's like ice....". You'd take a good line that you know has worked forever and you'd just float out to the grass... I do have some (very slow) practice lap video that I'll load up to try to convey why it was hard to stay on the track in the corners.

I know there has to be a lot more interest in racing that just the number of folks this event brought out. I'd encourage anybody who's even remotely interested to get out to the late Spring and Fall events on the track when Bud opens it up for us to just have fun and practice. Pine Lake is my "home track" at this point, and I still get 9/10 corners wrong as many times as I've been around it over the past 7 years.

Nice! I thought I saw the orange helmet crossing first! I wonder how good the competition would be if we could keep racing every 1-2 months and practicing (not sure I could keep up w/ machine repairs at that rate, though). When I spoke to Bud, he said all the rain this year basically caused the lower layers of the track to soften up and even though they tried to re-pack parts of the track, the whole thing needs to be dug up and re-packed. It was maybe a bit more bumpy and un-predictable, but I still had a great time bouncing around ... it's a different kind of challenge and these vehicles are meant for all terrain, right?

[james gerber]

I agree all terrain. no excuses here had to much horse power and no traction but still had a blast on the track. bring back the mud hole.
that's a learning experience also. maybe we could get those little tiny tires like some of the three wheelers and four wheelers were using.
Looking back Pine Lake held most if not all of the grand national events (point finals) and most preferred place to race.

[LittleG]

That's Tech Inspection doing the post-race flyby.

Even from there i did not see a flloor pan.

[LittleG]

Does anyone know if there will be another Pine Lake event this fall?

Yes we will be back at pine lake one more time this fall i have to get with Bud to set the date in the next couple days.

[amphibious drew]

Yes we will be back at pine lake one more time this fall i have to get with Bud to set the date in the next couple days.

We all really appreciate your efforts on setting all these races up!

[LittleG]

You are all welcome but with out all of you participating I wouldn't have anything to do so thanks to everyone again .

[smudvapor]

Yes we will be back at pine lake one more time this fall i have to get with Bud to set the date in the next couple days.

You are the man!

[hydromike]

Here is some video of practice laps on Saturday before any of the quads hit the track.

[Nick O.]

This past weekend was an absolute blast. It was fun experiencing the racing league with all the other atv's and classes. A special thanks to everyone who works behind the scenes to make this possible! Also thanks to everyone who helped out in the pits and made delicious food. We can't wait for Latrobe in a few weeks, and we're excited for a points system next year. It's good to see all the racers getting more competitive and the number of participants growing.

If the videos are getting too long and you guys would prefer a highlights video of all the best shots let me know. I don't want the videos to be repetitive and boring. Or too long.

18:45 slick track
26:30 Don's tip over
27:06 Sharkie flipping
30:13 stunning aerial footage