Pepto Bismal, Por Favor!
Once again it’s been a month between editions of this Newsletter so I need to apologize for not having got one out sooner. Oh, things have been so hectic here lately!
We last left off with the Watts family doing a bit of “back to nature” stuff while staying at Yellowstone National Park. Again, what a beautiful place, but after nearly a week of being there it was time then to move on back across towards the East coast for my next race, Rd. 6 of the OMA series in Missouri. The drive started out great, rolling through Yellowstone, then down through the Grand Teton’s, and eventually we left the mountainous, lush green country side of western Wyoming and charged on eastbound. The journey quickly turned into a long drag as we clicked off the miles through the dry and parched looking eastern plains of Wyoming and then into Nebraska, where at some stage across that state’s 470 mile portion of our drive we entered green vegetation again, this being corn fields. Lot’s of them, right through to Memphis, Missouri.
It was so hot and humid there. Basically I was entering the race with the plan of being in survival mode, just concentrating on making the finish, due to the extreme conditions and my lack of time on the bike in the recent weeks. You might be saying now that that isn’t a very good attitude for me to have, especially seeing that this is supposed to be my job. Well, unfortunately sometimes circumstances get in the way of me doing the necessary preparation to fight for the victory. Anyway, I’ve got a plan and it’s to focus on being ready to race when the GNCC series starts up again in early September, and then to follow this through with excellent results for my remaining National races of the year, which will be every weekend until November.
Check here to see how the heat during the race treated me.
From the OMA, we headed up to Moline, Illinois to park the rig at Tim Taber’s house (owner of FunMart Cycles) because at 6am the next morning we were jumping on the dirty bird to head south of the border to visit our Mexican friends whilst competing at the 2-day Fun Enduro. It was a late night trying to get all our gear packed, and then a very early morning so there wasn’t much sleep to be had. Our first flight got delayed for a little bit which then made us late for our connection in Chicago. We hustled to the next flight, just making it to the plane, but not to get something to eat. Our guts were rumbling! We landed in Mexico City and met up with our chauffeur (and Four time Fun Enduro winner) Homero Diaz, who was waiting there with Nate Kanney (from the US) and Bartosz Oblucki, the factory Husqvarna rider from Poland. Once we got our bags packed in his van we headed back into the terminal to grab a bite while waiting for the desert king Destry Abbott and his mechanic Johnny to land and make their appearance.
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Link of the Week!
How often have you searched the web looking for the perfect gift for your favorite rider, or the right part for your old-school but much loved KTM? How about looking for the latest hard-to-find riding gear? Or, you finally found the right item, but had a hassle with customer service or getting a human to answer some obscure question about "whether this part will work with this bike". If this sounds familiar to you, this is-hands down-the best site for all your needs (and one that I'm very partial to since they have been so absolutely awesome to me and my family)!
Not only do they have some fantastic and unique products-a KTM Bikini for your wife, and wrapping paper for your kid's birthday prezzie, but they have a killer microfiche search engine to find the RIGHT KTM Part. Check it out! I guarantee you will find everything that you're looking for, and more! Plus, you'll be working with great people and supporting a killer company!
Thanks to everyone at KTMHutt for all of their help over the last two weeks, and for everything they have done in the past. Wouldn't be at the races without you!
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Product Highlight
Powersport Grafx preprinted Backgrounds and Graphics for the Extreme Rider!
Check out their website for the latest and coolest graphics to make your bike uniquely yours! They even have rider replica kits, like mine from last year! If you know me, you know that I try to be "conservative", for lack of a better word, with my use of gear, and I can put a set of these on my practice bike and they'll last me half the year-with no problems. Also, they have a patented product called PG Gripz that give you that extra bit of "stick" for the really bumpy rides.
You can order the easy-to-install graphics, or you can take the easy way out, like me, and order new plastics with the graphics already on them!
Check out their site to order online, or give them a ring (800) 673-6764.
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My Favorite Snap...
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And the winner is…
Jeff Gibson
of Muncie, Indiana.
Congratulations Jeff! You are the proud new owner of a Large KTM Rolling Duffle, compliments of the folks at KTM Hard Equipment.
Thanks for entering, and for supporting my racing!
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