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racer x race report 9/9/18 Claverack, Hudson NY

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_X_:
If you race vintage, this is the place to be. The track is as old school and vintage as it comes. Im telling you there are bumps here my boy Angelo (Static Suspension: check em out) hit on his leading link Hodaka back in 74", trust me they asked me how he was doing at track walk.




Well I always come up the night before and camp out. I actually camped next to Josh Clark a neighbor of mine and local hot shoe around NESC. I also had the misfortune of having a group of F-Tards show up to have a kegger and rev their shit box 4 stroke at about 1am show up and park across from me. No worries though i came prepared with ear plugs and the next morning while those F-Tards were just about settle in for a nap, this old gristled vet/track worker guy woke them up by pounding on the camper and made them pick up their mess. This one sorry looking fat F (not that there is anything wrong with that) had ol gristly tell him " thats probably the hardest you had to work in ya whole life , ya piece of $#!T". LOl made ma day.



Well anyway, I did some racing:
First moto vintage 90's - Got a typical start and overtook a rider and ran with this dude on a mint 99 RM 125, but just couldnt seem to get out of my own way and was passed by some fat kid (not that there is anything wrong with that) on a clapped out (something wrong with that) like 96/97 RM 125. That pissed me off, but no matter how hard i tried I just seemed to get slower. Finally, I manged to overtake one more at the end of the race for P8. ugh not good.



125 twostroke only: Got a top 10 start and rode way more aggressive, I was displaced by two rippa snappas on Yamahas but rode strong and had a race for a lap and half with this kid in a katoom who being young tried everything to get by, but this old vet knew to just take the inside and force the kid to use more real-estate and held him off at the checkers. P10

vintage Y2K class: Typical start, there was this chick on a 426 yzf that tipped over, I avoided her and set off after Tom Smyth on his YZed 250. I was able to over take him and finish P4

Vintage 90s moto 2: Well I was up for this one as I told the guy on the Mint 99 RM I was going make things happen this moto. From the start I was on it, the faster guys and bigger bikes get me on the start, but I was right there and soon found my way by #83. I was hung up behind #96 on his mint 99 CR250 for a lap as he likes to make up for lack of pace by running you wide or chopping off your nose in every corner, seriously I was getting agitated with this F-Tard ( not cool vintage manners). I did eventually overtake on a jump before the finish line. Once clear of him I hammered down and closed the gap to Tom Smyth who rode a heck of a last lap to keep me from over taking, we were separated by a wheel over the line. Job well done Tom. P5, but much better moto. 8-5 scores
 


I elected to pack up and forgo the other two class motos to make it home at a resonable hour seeing how I had a 2 1/2 hr drive home that evening. Was a great day overall and cant get over how cool this track is. Till next time TSM!

 

JohnN:
Very nice race write up!!

Most likely the old grizzly dude was Bob Brew, he and his wife own Claverack and have been running it since the early 1970's My first race there was in 1977.

Since this is my local area I know many of the folks that raced with you. Really good friends with Joe Scannapieco (22), please say hello to him next time you see him.

Fun tidbit, this is the track where the idea for Two Stroke Motocross was born. Jeff Conboy and Tim Weeks were joking around. They were both racing two strokes in 2006 (if my memory serves) and we joked that it was the Two Stroke Mafia. Which was the web site address for about a year.

Just discovered the site is back up and running from an Instagram post! So glad to see it back!

_X_:
Thanks John, very good information you've provided. This is now one of my top 3 tracks besides Dilla and the wick. If I see Joe Ill say hello.

Coop:
John! Good to see you posting.

msambuco:
Hey John, Mike Sambuco here. My bike (08 YZ250) was the lucky one to me in the first Militia site Pix thanks to Darren at D-rec. Glad to see you posting again. I grew up watching Conboy, Weeks, McMillen, Coen, and even Chucky Hicks as guys I thought I could be like. Boy was I wrong!! ;D ;D. Still goy a corral of 2 strokes as I am now a 2 stroke die hard. 15 YZ250, 13 YZ 250, 12 YZ 125, and even two big old Detroit Diesels in a boat that pump out 650HP each. Yeah, I know they got valves and don't really count but still 2 strokes!

And Racer-X, did you ever think a track so simple looking could have so many bumps? No big jumps, no whoop section, and yet still will separate the men from the boys. Been going to Claverack since 1981! Has not changed on bit and that's a good thing.

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