Anyone ever run a utility quad in a MX race? I'm going to race the Griz in the Open-B class on the 4thy of July. All I need to do is put a tether kill switch on it. The Griz is pretty quick on the start so all I have to do is get in front of some of the less aggressive riders and I should be able to hold them off. I'll let you know how it turns out.

 

Sounds pretty ambitious.....I dont know your skill level, but racers in B class usually have their **** sqaured away, both for their machines and skill level......maybe you might want to try this in the open C class. The MX track will be rough on that Grizzly, dont tear it up in one race. Whatever you do have fun and good luck, and let us know how it turns out.

 

Up here there is only Open A and Open B other than the sport and mini classes. The A class is for guys who can ride and guys that think they can ride. The B class is for everybody else. The A class only has about 6 riders and of those maybe 3 can actually ride well. Usually 2 of those 3 end up taking each other out going for the lead. I could probably race the A class and maybe take 4th by comming in last but what fun would that be. It would be funner to beat somebody on the Griz. I only intend to race at this one track on the 4th because it is very soft and loamy dirt and the bumps aren't that bad. Also, the jumps are easy to roll over. I've been practicing on a simmilar track and I think it will be okay as long as I don't get carried away and try to be too competetive.

 

I have raced my Rincon 3 times in 2003 It's a blast . The tracks are regular MX tracks with jumps and stuff be carefull on them they can mess you up. ours was a 2 moto format.

not doing it this year . I didn't run against any grizz's

 

If you can ride that grizz well, you shoukld beable to hold most of the riders off. I would love to see this race. And the look on racers faces when you spank them.

This kind of reminds me of a drag race event i saw once, between all these bad a$$ harley guys. When out of nowhere a guy pulls his honda goldwing 1800 yellow schoolbus to the line and spanks them all each time by 3 sometimes 10 bike lenghts.

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But, but, but..........why mx?[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img]Best of luck, but you know if you get spanked by everyone then you're really going to get laughed at. Are you tired of cross-country or something?

 

I would love to race cross country but they don't have it up here. At least they don't advertise it very well. I raced most of these guys when I had the Raptor and the race is won or lost in the start. I think the Griz is quick enough in the start that I could get ahead of a bunch of guys and be able to hold them off for the most part. I'll give them a chance to pass on the small doubles, but other than that I think it will be pretty tough to get around that big ol Griz.

 

hang on, hang on...you're not sayin there's gonna be sport quads in this race too are you. this is only a utility race, right?

 

It's the open class but I'm sure I will be the only Ute on the line. Can you immagine what would happen if I beat a guy on a YFZ, what would that do to the sport. It minght throw it into some sort of paradox.

 

There's the saying that "It takes courage to stand alone." Kids may laugh at the unexpected sight yes, just like children automatically burst into laughter when a film is sped up so that the figures zip around quickly, but that's the way kids are. People with a bit more character might appreciate seeing a utility machine challange the track and see what it can do. And as Starky says, if he beats one or more sport quads any critics ought to be silenced right there. Good luck, bud.