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[QUOTE="CAL, post: 541466, member: 19233"] I can now say that I raced my first and last arenacross. It wasn't a very spectactular weekend. Friday night's practice started slow, but was ok. I think over a period of 3 hours we got about 15 laps of practice (not enough for me). Dad decided he wasn't going to race, after the practice session. I thought about backing out, but decided to give it a shot. Race day is the part I don't see how people can deal with. I've never seen so many bikes and quads trying to squeeze into one area in my life. You register at 10:00 a.m., then sit for 2 hours, then get 5 laps of practice, then sit for another 2 hours waiting for everyone to practice. Then heat races start. I was lucky enough to be the second group out for practice, and was class # 21(out of over 50 classes!) on my heat race. That meant roughly 4 hours between my practice and my heat. And here is where it gets good. :silly: In my heat race, I was in the #3 gate out of 8 bikes. So I was right in the middle of the pack...not good for someone who's never lined up at a gate before. So the gate drops and we take off. The guy to my right and I, immediately get tangled together...then break apart, and then we really get together and I go down. I didn't even make it to the first turn! I picked my bike up, and finished the 2 remaining laps of my heat. :( I got back to the pits and thought I had mashed my wedding band on my finger. Pulled my glove off and my finger was swollen and that's why it felt like the ring was mashing my finger. I watched a few more heats trying to decide if I was going to ride my main, and then my dad talked me into leaving and getting my wedding band cut off. So, now after my trial at AX, I have a wedding band to get repaired, and broken finger! I'll never run AX again. I wouldn't have enjoyed even if I wouldn't have broke my finger. $10 to practice, $30 to race, spend 11 hours at the track and get to spend about 15 minutes time on the bike. That's not my idea of fun. Oh well, at least I can say I've tried it. I just hope this finger heals fast! I don't want to miss any riding! [/QUOTE]
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