big rob
Coming into this weekend, I knew I was prepared enough for a hot and tough weekend at Glen Helen Raceway. The track is known as a rough track that can throw you down to the ground in a heartbeat. This was my home track race since for me I only live 10 minutes away. I spent a lot of time testing at the track months before the race so I could have the best possible set up for this race. Unclassified I felt really good and super comfortable with the track. The track was almost the same as a local SRA GP race, so I was super happy. The 450A race started ok with an ok start then started going good by moving up throughout the field. Then everything went down hill about the mid way point of the race. I was behind my brother and we started pushing up our pace and it bit both of us. Dropping into a fast sand wash my brother was making a pass as the same time he was high siding off the bike. He crashed really hard and I saw the whole thing. I got on my brakes so hard my front end washed out from under me and I ended up felling two big pops in my shoulder. I though that I had broke my shoulder or just separated it. I was in pain all day after the crash but it didn’t matter because I wanted to race the Open A and get into the Pro 2 race on Sunday also I was running 4th in Open A points so I want to better that position at the end of the year results.
By the time Open race came I was still in pain but I need to race. I got a dead last start but by the time we left the moto track I was running 5th and by the end of the lap I was 4th. I was right behind my brother again and I had thoughts going through my mind like “O gosh not again”. I got around him and was feeling ok but I wanted to get away in the early laps so if my shoulder couldn’t hold up I could back it down and still get a really good finish. That’s exactly what I did and ended up 5th, which I was really happy about.
Sunday I was really sore still and really couldn’t move my arm. I was going into the race just to have fun and finish. My started was mid pack around 10th. First time coming into the endurocross section there were people everywhere and I found a line and got through it clean and but the end of the second lap I was running 4th. All good things have to come to and end and it happen to me again. While going into a turn my front end tucked on me and I felt another pop in the bad shoulder and that was the end of my race. I was so pissed that all the work I did to get really for the race I got one good race. I went to the doctors right after the race and had x-rays done and they came back negative. I going to still take it easy for a few weeks until I have not more pain but ill be ready for the last round.
