The Potato State Shines!
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 10:16PM IDAHO IOTMX 2012
As the sun is setting on the 2012 season of the International Oldtimer MX series it has been a close rivalry as to which club has hosted the premiere event. With the Idaho Chapter throwing their hat into the ring for top honors for best event for OTMX 2012 category.
The Fernley Chapter had set the bar extremely high with all the entertainment, good weather, a 2 track weekend and the great Saturday night dinner they provided.
Well, along comes the Idaho crew trying to one up them with a Potato Bar to start the weekend on Friday evening, after a practice session. A perfectly groomed track over the 2 days of racing, mild temperatures and a dinner that looked more like a $500 dollar a plate fundraiser than a weekend out at the mx track meal! There was Chicken, Prime Rib, Smokey Sausage links, salad, cheesy potatoes, beans, etc. Oh and not to forget the choices of deserts, cookies, brownies, and frosted chocolate cake to satisfy just about everyone. The serving area was set up with tables and chairs to accommodate the riders and families in a shaded and grass covered area that resembled a park more than a motocross track. Quite a feast Idaho! Great job.
The racing was run without any delay and very efficiently from start to finish. The start area was groomed to absolute perfection before EVERY MOTO! The last time I saw anything like this was at a Pro National event and they only did it for the 4 pro motos. The track was kept in just about the same condition and it held up well throughout the weekend of racing. It did get fairly rough by the end of each day just as a motocross track should!
There were some very good battles going on in several classes. The 50 Master was fun to watch as #38 Ed Marchini chased the #118 of Hampton throughout the weekend with Hampton being mister consistent and taking the win with a couple of moto wins along the way.
The spoiler of the weekend for these two was the #64 of Mark Kaestner. It seems Mark was on his way to the races on Friday evening when he and his wife, June, got tired around 11pm so they pulled over to sleep. According to June’s version of the story when she tried to wake Mark to get going to make the race in time he wasn’t having any of it! So now the Kaestners get to the track AFTER practice and AFTER the first moto had been run. Mark decides to ride so he signs up, walks the track before he rides and then rides moto #2 as his first moto and his practice all rolled into one. Since it is a 20 minute moto Mark starts out in 4th works his way to the front and wins the moto! He comes back and does it again in the next moto. It looks to be a 3 way battle now for each win. However the #64 of Kaestner failed to show up for the Sunday start. It seems Mark not wanting to get out of bed on the way to the track may have been an indicator of things to come. Mark wasn’t feeling well and failed to participate on Sunday, leaving the scrap to continue with the two original gangsters, Hampton and Marchini. They continued their battle with Marchini finally getting a moto win in the last one but having to settle for a 2nd overall with Hampton being clever enough to know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em to secure the Overall win.
Another highly contested class was the 50 expert division with our own Sierra Chapter member #72 Carmen Ogino being in the mix with see-saw battles all weekend long. I have never seen Carmen so excited and pushing himself to such limits as this weekend, probably due to the fact that he always had to hold his ground or someone was right there to take it away. Or maybe it was because he had his family there cheering him on every lap and he was surely not going to disappoint them by giving anything less than his best effort. Good job Carmen! Especially by putting the exclamation point on the whole weekend of racing by taking the final moto holeshot and making everyone chase him.
A great weekend of racing, eating, visiting and napping………..I mean resting between motos. The Idaho Chapter has elevated the bar for all other clubs if they care to compete for best event honors. Good luck.
Great job Idaho, Thanks for all the hard work you guys put into having such a great event.
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Reader Comments (1)
Thanks for the great words about the Idaho race... Fun was had by all i hope... good turn out and great racing... what better is there ??
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