Broken parts on race night is usually never good :}

Kgibson

New Member
Nov 4, 2009
1,097
28
0
Florida
My son pulls the holeshot in the first moto
4 laps into it he's still in the lead with 1 lap to go
After going over a fast table he slows way down and gets passed and finishes second
He comes into the pits and he's got tears in his eyes
The first thing he says is my nerf bar broke and I think I broke my foot
He said he broke his nerf on the 3rd lap and then ran over his foot on the last lap
So at first I'm pissed....why would he ride with only 1 nerf and much less go that fast
Well after the medics looked at it and said it wasn't broke I relaxed a bit
.
.
DSC04478.jpg


After thanking God that he didn't get hurt I got to work trying to fix it
Doing the best I could with limited resources, I felt good about it and trust me he wouldn't ride it if I hadn't

Moto 2 goes like the first with another holeshot
And believe me, every time he went by I watched that nerf
He has a huge lead and haulin on lap 2
He comes around on lap 3 and dammit the nerf is broke
I instantly lit 2 cigs and started biting my nails
For the next 3 laps he riding as fast as ever and wins by a large margin
Now I don't want to bragg but do u realize how hard it would be to race with no footpeg, much less do it fast lol

The Ken OConner Blaster....FIRST PLACE!!!!!!!!
'
'
163750_167582656622011_100001108335995_347120_812498_n.jpg

I feel really lucky and blessed that all went well and no injuries.
I just need Ken too not only build the engines but also do the welding
not joking
 
Nice and I hope he recovers ok
we had to mod to ours nerfs too, and then you will find the next weak spot.

FYI I rode with pins in my foot and a boot cast. Quad was ok but Bike was harder but not my shift foot. Good luck!!!
Great job Keeping with the blaster wins
c36aa748-bc13-46cd-85b3-695de2eba448f.jpg
 
I heard about this story the other day.I was astonished to hear he finished the race never mind taking first.You have some real talent on your hands!!!Congrats to both of you on the win.
 
wow, congrats on the win.

I have never had a nerf bar snap off with the peg but I have had my heelguard get bent over ontop of the peg before so I had to finish the race standing on the nerf nets.... that sucked to I can only imagine what that was like....

here is a pic of the heel guard, thats as far as we could bend it back before it snapped off lol

100_0392.jpg
 
wow, congrats on the win.

I have never had a nerf bar snap off with the peg but I have had my heelguard get bent over ontop of the peg before so I had to finish the race standing on the nerf nets.... that sucked to I can only imagine what that was like....

here is a pic of the heel guard, thats as far as we could bend it back before it snapped off lol

100_0392.jpg

shoulda taken the nets off and heated it first
 
What caused that... a first turn ram job?

nope, that night everyone got the the first turn fine... it was the 3rd lap out of 5 and the guy behind me did not even slow down for a tight 180 turn and as I started turning he ran right into the side of me.... he flew off his quad and probably went 15-20 feet through the air lol thats how hard he hit me..