I pulled a few pics of my son and I from the FTR site. There are a lot more pics at the site.
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Woah, tight squeeze between the trees >:D
WOW thats close! :o
I hope you didnt get poked
nice pics chillin...
I wish That i could have went now
ftr is somewhat challenging, but all is not that techinical
Quote from: #13_LT-R450 on November 06, 2006, 06:45:52 PM
WOW thats close! :o
I hope you didnt get poked
Yeah, you can actually see in the pics that some people made contact with those trees. I hope they are okay because side swipping trees really hurts sometimes. :o
Quote from: 4fittyr on November 06, 2006, 07:09:28 PM
ftr is somewhat challenging, but all is not that techinical
Wow, you must be a pro. How many of these races have you done? This race consisted of a supercross track right out of the gate, then 8 miles of tight woods mixed with some wide open straights and then the motocross track before completing one lap. There were huge rocks,big jumps,mud,trees,lots of cypress stumps, and a canal that swallowed at least one quad. To do this for 2 hours is quite an accomplishment no matter where you finish.
Seems more and more riders from this site are starting to show up at these races. Maybe sometime we can all park together in our own ATVFLORIDA section.
Quote from: Chillinthemost on November 06, 2006, 09:10:54 PM
To do this for 2 hours is quite an accomplishment no matter where you finish.
Seems more and more riders from this site are starting to show up at these races. Maybe sometime we can all park together in our own ATVFLORIDA section.
2 hours? Do they have mandatory smoke breaks? Can you pre run it? Because I need a place to hide some beers if it's gonna be a 2 hour race.
Quote from: UncleRico on November 06, 2006, 09:13:34 PM
Quote from: Chillinthemost on November 06, 2006, 09:10:54 PM
To do this for 2 hours is quite an accomplishment no matter where you finish.
Seems more and more riders from this site are starting to show up at these races. Maybe sometime we can all park together in our own ATVFLORIDA section.
2 hours? Do they have mandatory smoke breaks? Can you pre run it? Because I need a place to hide some beers if it's gonna be a 2 hour race.
Hah :D, You never seem to not make me laugh rico.
Chillen you couldnt say it any better, When I finished I fealt like a new person, It just wants you to really aprreciate life more too. Like Lance Armstrong said after completing the NYC marathon this weekend "For the level of condition that I have now, that was without a doubt the hardest physical thing I have ever done," " I didn't train enough for a marathon." That was almost the same exact thing I said after the race. Now I want to become the best I can become.
Here are some pic's, The photographer was amazing
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Matt, honestly how happy are you with your GT thunder setup.
I am thinking about making the change..
Matt, How did your son do?
Those pics are great. Takes alot of hard work to do that for 2hrs. My hats off to you.
2hours? I thought it lasted about 1? oh geez ???
Quote from: #13_LT-R450 on November 06, 2006, 06:45:52 PM
WOW thats close! :o
I hope you didnt get poked
Matt likes to get poked. Why do you think we enjoy his company so much on those long hunting trips?
It was nice to see so many quads out there, a lot of new faces, that was one of the best tracks nice combination a lil of everything, well we didn't have palmettos (who miss them any way?), but like Matt and Rad mentiopned, you have to be in a good shape if you want to be competitive, you could always ride it easy and enjoy, the "QS" series is growing I have seen some "MX" riders arround and they liked it too, so bring ti up. come on and make this even bigger.
I got this from couple of pics FTR gallery, one seems to be on the same spot then Matt's
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another on the open field
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I'm 100% set on doing the next one, can't wait! I'm happy that I just went to watch it, racing in it musta been great.
that looks like so much fun ,but I lack the physical conditioning required for that level of riding.I wish I had the time and money to hire a personal trainer but I spend it all on soda pop and all my time working .
Dang thats a sweet pic!!
If I took my YFZ between those to palms I would be screwed..lol
great shots everyone found one of mine to share.
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Quote from: BIGWORM3699 on November 07, 2006, 06:55:34 AM
Matt, How did your son do?
Those pics are great. Takes alot of hard work to do that for 2hrs. My hats off to you.
My son got the holeshot, but then his bike got soaked and started running like crap and he finished 4th. His bike wasnt ready for the water.
Quote from: svtbolt04 on November 06, 2006, 11:57:26 PM
Matt, honestly how happy are you with your GT thunder setup.
I am thinking about making the change..
The GT thunder setup works pretty good. I dont have anything to compare it to though but I did 5 races last year on stock suspension and that was rough. It really handles well because of how much lower it sits but it also hits the belly skid a lot.
Great Pics Matt! How you think my TT quad would do out there haha
Quote from: LT-R450ApK on November 07, 2006, 08:02:43 PM
Great Pics Matt! How you think my TT quad would do out there haha
about as good as my all purpose quad would do.........................we would still be stuck between them palm trees trying to figure out how to get through :H :R
I ran into 1 of those spiky trees once....It hurt!!
Well guys, Neal McGrath raced on his "MX" quad, and he sure made it, and there were several LTZ450 stock, and you guys know how wide those Zukis are, don't be scared come on and give it a try !!!
Quote from: YFZ450-Tampa on November 07, 2006, 09:43:15 PM
Well guys, Neal McGrath raced on his "MX" quad, and he sure made it, and there were several LTZ450 stock, and you guys know how wide those Zukis are, don't be scared come on and give it a try !!!
those are the guys that took the chunks out of the trees :R :R :R :R
those are the guys that took the chunks out of the trees :R :R :R :R
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I'm not sure but that could of been the utilities that went between those same trees the ones took the first chunks out of them
looks like funnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: YFZ450-Tampa on November 07, 2006, 09:43:15 PM
Well guys, Neal McGrath raced on his "MX" quad, and he sure made it, and there were several LTZ450 stock, and you guys know how wide those Zukis are, don't be scared come on and give it a try !!!
Im not 100% sure, but pretty postive when the mini race took place, 300 and below, they only did the two tracks and the open fields. Not to sure those little 90's could have made it through those deep woods, McGrath was pulling out like 13 minute lap times.
Yeah, These races are fun. We have a group of people that go with us and they all loved it and started to race also. It is a family event everytime. The FTR family is great. The more quad riders we get out to these events the more races we will have a year. come out and see what it is all about.
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Yeah the photographer was great. Though on the last lap he scared me when he jumped out and snapped a picture.
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Great race Matt!!
I sent off my suspension to GT Thunder - can't wait to get it back :)
The pics by Glen Gardner are awesome!!
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Here is a pic of me...Do I always look this mean?? LoL!!
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And here is one of Phil...he finished 5th overall from the VET row.....man-if I could only get that fast - lol!!
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Can't wait till the next one!
Jen
nice pics