Red Bull City Scramble race report

[scott411]

Well I am writing this on Tuesday night, I am still so sore, for such short races on such a short course this event was one of the hardest things I have ever done,

I arrived with Brad (starky307) early in the morning, I had not been up to see the track beforehand, and having a walk around did not instill me with a lot of confidence, I drew heat 6 so at least I got to see some others ride the track first,

Well after watching the first practice and seeing Cam Smith struggle I new was out of my depth, I had ridden a dirt bike 6 times this year (all at events I ran so did not do a lot of riding at them either), I am not very fit and this was dam hard, by this time I was shitting myself,

I was not going to give up tho so I suited up for my practice, and got though ok, it was really hard work and I was panting after the first lap, the section in the middle with the logs, then bins full of rocks and water were the hardest,

The format was a knock out, with an 8 gate start line and the top 4 going though to the next round.

So after the 1st race came up pretty quick, the forwards falling start gate was a new to me but managed to get the holeshot, I got over the log bridge and rocks easily and even though the water troughs without much hassle, onto the off set logs and I did not carry enough speed into the tyres and ended up going down, it took a bit to get going but I ended getting back up in 3rd, I stayed here for the rest of the race struggling with the section with the water.

Onto the quarter final, I got a bad start but all hell broke out on the first log bridge, only 2 guys got over and the rest of us were blocked, Cam Smith had managed to get his bike to the top, I waited to get a clear run where others had tried to push though and got no where, I came over the top in 3rd and kept the pace up as best I could, I was pretty tired early in this one and just tried to keep it up right, with out a whole lot of luck, I broke the clutch lever off but managed to keep 4th and a transfer into the semi final.

With the semi final up I was starting to feel out of the league a bit, I got another bad start and struggled from the first lap, I was not any where fit enough and it was starting to show, I had a couple of bigger crashes and in the last lap I got pretty stuck in the tyres, I was glad to see the checkered flag, I was well out of qualifying, I tried to do a couple of donuts for the crowd but was to tired to get anything to much going,

To everyone that cheered me on thanks, it does help, I saw a lot of KB’ers there, a huge thanks to the guys from the waitemata m/c club that helped me out everytime I got stuck or was pinned under my bike,

A huge congrats to Rory for the win, the trails boys showed us the fast way around, good luck at Erzberg.

To Chris and the guys from Red Bull congratulations, you guys did an amazing job, I can only imagine the hoops you would have had to jump though to get that to happen in such a prime location. And a big thank you for the bar tab at the after party for the riders.

[Starky307]

And a big thank you for the bar tab at the after party for the riders.

The bar tab did make it worth our while.

I wish I was a sponsored rider now, free entry, free graphics, great riding and then free booze at the end.:shifty:

My luck was nowhere near that of Scotts, but I had the same thoughts after completing a couple of laps in practice, WTF am I doing here???

It was at this stage I realized how under prepared I was and how all the long hours of training in the local bars here in Puke hadn't done much to improve my stamina. lol

The log, skip and rock park combo was by far the hardest section of the track.

As I mentioned before, every one of the obstacles was nothing much by themselves but put so close together they became very demanding, but then that was the point of the event.

All in all it was such a wicked event and very well run. Everyone learned alot and if Red Bull get behind it again I'm sure it will only get bigger and better.

[camchain]

Great stuff!

[charles23]

top reports, thanks and good on ya, representing the southside well

[k14]

Thanks for the report. Very interesting indeed. Be very cool to do something like that, but seeing as I've never ridden offroad I think I'm being a little bit optomistic!!

[arj127]

Awesome report Scott, was a good read

[chop]

ooooooooooohhhhhhhhh scotty!!!! Sounds to me like you might be keen for some enduro or some hare scrambles now??? Dead toad is coming.... Do it! nice work though man me and shell were cheering for ya.. poor lil 125!!! Ive got some pic's of ya ill sort through

[Ktmboy]

Yeah thanks Scott and Starky. We were all cheering for you at the end of the X logs beginning tyre section(nice line). Think Starky's bike may have a couple of frame "issues"

At the end of the day entertainment plus and HUGE milage for offroad motorbikes across a few spectrums.

[secondfield]

That was the best weekend ive had off a bike.

Congrats to you guy's who rode' now I can put helmets to names :-) that was a historical event!

[barty5]

Yeh well done scott and the rest of you guys that entered was an awsome event.

[merv]

Rory made our DomPost this morning with a story on his win and how he'll now be off to Austria. Good going that man from Porirua city :woohoo:.

[fergie]

just watched the vid on the other thread, phew im sore from just watching! well done to all entrants and organisers. will there be another?

[White trash]

Good on ya Scott.

I didn't know what to expect when we decided to go into town for a look, I was expecting something a little more open and Supercross styled. When we saw the track I just thought to myself "Fuck THAT for a laugh!"

Hat's off to all you guys that competed. Running so many races in such a short period of time, I'll bet you feel like having a couple of weeks off to recoup. :)

It's the thought that counts with the do-nuts mate.

Chris Birch doing the wheelies accross the last bridge was really styley too.

[xen]

Nice report man, mad respect to you guys, that looked hard as. I can only imagine what it was like to ride !

[Rupe]

ooooooooooohhhhhhhhh scotty!!!! Sounds to me like you might be keen for some enduro or some hare scrambles now??? Dead toad is coming.... Do it! nice work though man me and shell were cheering for ya.. poor lil 125!!! Ive got some pic's of ya ill sort through

Did you enter???

[Starky307]

Think Starky's bike may have a couple of frame "issues"

Yeah, but now that all the aluminium has been shaved off by the rocks and bins, it's a little lighter now.:laugh::laugh::laugh:

[DUCATI*HARD]

Well I am writing this on Tuesday night, I am still so sore, for such short races on such a short course this event was one of the hardest things I have ever done,

I arrived with Brad (starky307) early in the morning, I had not been up to see the track beforehand, and having a walk around did not instill me with a lot of confidence, I drew heat 6 so at least I got to see some others ride the track first,

Well after watching the first practice and seeing Cam Smith struggle I new was out of my depth, I had ridden a dirt bike 6 times this year (all at events I ran so did not do a lot of riding at them either), I am not very fit and this was dam hard, by this time I was shitting myself,

I was not going to give up tho so I suited up for my practice, and got though ok, it was really hard work and I was panting after the first lap, the section in the middle with the logs, then bins full of rocks and water were the hardest,

The format was a knock out, with an 8 gate start line and the top 4 going though to the next round.

So after the 1st race came up pretty quick, the forwards falling start gate was a new to me but managed to get the holeshot, I got over the log bridge and rocks easily and even though the water troughs without much hassle, onto the off set logs and I did not carry enough speed into the tyres and ended up going down, it took a bit to get going but I ended getting back up in 3rd, I stayed here for the rest of the race struggling with the section with the water.

Onto the quarter final, I got a bad start but all hell broke out on the first log bridge, only 2 guys got over and the rest of us were blocked, Cam Smith had managed to get his bike to the top, I waited to get a clear run where others had tried to push though and got no where, I came over the top in 3rd and kept the pace up as best I could, I was pretty tired early in this one and just tried to keep it up right, with out a whole lot of luck, I broke the clutch lever off but managed to keep 4th and a transfer into the semi final.

With the semi final up I was starting to feel out of the league a bit, I got another bad start and struggled from the first lap, I was not any where fit enough and it was starting to show, I had a couple of bigger crashes and in the last lap I got pretty stuck in the tyres, I was glad to see the checkered flag, I was well out of qualifying, I tried to do a couple of donuts for the crowd but was to tired to get anything to much going,

To everyone that cheered me on thanks, it does help, I saw a lot of KB’ers there, a huge thanks to the guys from the waitemata m/c club that helped me out everytime I got stuck or was pinned under my bike,

A huge congrats to Rory for the win, the trails boys showed us the fast way around, good luck at Erzberg.

To Chris and the guys from Red Bull congratulations, you guys did an amazing job, I can only imagine the hoops you would have had to jump though to get that to happen in such a prime location. And a big thank you for the bar tab at the after party for the riders.


The bar tab did make it worth our while.

I wish I was a sponsored rider now, free entry, free graphics, great riding and then free booze at the end.:shifty:

My luck was nowhere near that of Scotts, but I had the same thoughts after completing a couple of laps in practice, WTF am I doing here???

It was at this stage I realized how under prepared I was and how all the long hours of training in the local bars here in Puke hadn't done much to improve my stamina. lol

The log, skip and rock park combo was by far the hardest section of the track.

As I mentioned before, every one of the obstacles was nothing much by themselves but put so close together they became very demanding, but then that was the point of the event.

All in all it was such a wicked event and very well run. Everyone learned alot and if Red Bull get behind it again I'm sure it will only get bigger and better.

Way to go boys!!!good on yas i say:)heres a little footage i got of the day:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2K7Q-YieH0

[scott411]

ooooooooooohhhhhhhhh scotty!!!! Sounds to me like you might be keen for some enduro or some hare scrambles now??? Dead toad is coming.... Do it! nice work though man me and shell were cheering for ya.. poor lil 125!!! Ive got some pic's of ya ill sort through


i have told you before that i am not smart enough to race enduro's, but ill do you a deal, Chris Birch told me at the after party he would ride the NExt supercross i run in auckland, complete with bum bag, so if he does that, ill do a national enduro of his choice,

[secondfield]

Sounds like someones been drinking.... :msn-wink:

[camchain]

...Chris Birch told me at the after party he would ride the NExt supercross i run in auckland, complete with bum bag...

Pic on CB's website of him taking a decent sky sample off a freestyle ramp. Some supercross training? Empty out the bumbag, but bring well stocked ballbag to supercross.

[Buddy L]

Some photo's that i snapped of you Scott.

[Buddy L]

and some more, last one using
http://www.batchphoto.com/landings/shrink-pictures.html
Because its was free and im cheap

[Buddy L]

Last Lot...................

[scott411]

cheers for the photo's

[chop]

i have told you before that i am not smart enough to race enduro's, but ill do you a deal, Chris Birch told me at the after party he would ride the NExt supercross i run in auckland, complete with bum bag, so if he does that, ill do a national enduro of his choice,

I know i know however we can help you out and even write rules in colored pencil for you with little pictures :) Ive done pleanty of mx its your turn to switch codes now! your old man would be proud! ;)