Here's a few pics and videos from Bacolod of the 3rd leg of racing here in the Philippines ... Really cool event for everyone involved ...Lots of different bikes rolled into the area by fans ... The 2 days of racing was almost completely sponsored included all lodging and food and the trip across the island chain ... Makes a guy wanna be a racer instead of a trail rider when treated so well ... Now, being so close to the ktm fielded team here has a whole new meaning ... I did say the words "Husqvarna Racing team" to their manager and just a laugh back from him ... I'll be checking back in with him on any new teams added with him ... My rider Ayen rode the 08 WR250 very well ... A 1st, 2nd, and 5th overall place finishes during the 2 days of racing ... 2 hole shots that look like heaven on earth as they unfold ... I'm really glad and lucky to have this true racer guy on my bike ...Its really fun for me to watch him race .... Here a few pics of the track ... very dry and dusty .... SX type jumps but smaller that that opening round in Cebu City ... Starting straight-away ... 20 rider gate I think ... Once I was on the eztreme outside and the next time I was on the extreme inside ... I'll add the helmet cam below ... I really need to get serious on my starts and opening lap ... Thats the orange GRP team just on our right ... Glenn Aguliar is their rider... 14 time champion here. I didn't go over and meet him but I plan on saying something to him in the near future since we are bike company BROs now on some unknown level ... We were hoping for some rain but you can see the skies started clearing up ...
This is Ayen getting the hole shot in the Open Enduro class ... Just too cool for a country boy like me to see a Husqvarna out front ...
Second moto Open Enduro ... Hole shot again and that honda rider is still after him ... Honda guy actually gets in the lead and holds it on the next to last lap ... Winner of the second moto will win the overall if they both go 1-2 on the day ... So their racing was a little more intense ... I never doubted Ayen as I've seen him race before ... He knows how to win a race ...
Few more pics .... Their PROs... Yep ... right there ... right there in the backyard ... my new bike BROs ... Its a lot to take forward ... 08 WR250 staging ...
Some photo guy sent me these shots of Ayen on the 250 ... Might be sequence shots. This is Pepo Rubi putting on his helmet and Ayen getting ready to enter the track for some ExA racing ... This bike was not ridden on the 1st leg ... The WA state 010 TC250 was the weapon that day ...
Perfect attendance for this WR250 ... The overall winner for the series gets a yr of coffee or some big coffee lump of some size and most likely overall attendance to the series will decide the coffee offer ... As bad as I look here, I'll post this ... About any track can be fun to practice on with friends but racing is quite different ...Not that it cannot be fun but you gotta be ready .... View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmworYrw_GU
Second moto ExC... I'm on the extreme inside gate ... Much better start than the first attempt .... And my goggles stayed on this time ... View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=schJ9XGPs8Q
