Let me see if I can explain how the series works. The Governor's Cup series consists of 4 races at 4 different tracks in the state. The races to the north also happened to be State Qualifier races. And of the 2 races down south there was a qualifier for another series we aren't competing for this year, and a double points race. In order to qualify for the cup you have to race all 4 races. They then award cups to whoever has the highest number of points for each age and skill level. So there are a lot of cups handed out at the end. But it sure isn't easy to get one!
We started out at Newburg early Saturday morning. No sleeping in for us! The weather sucked at home, but luckily was dry at the track. In fact we ended up in shirt sleeves in no time that morning! There were so many people at the track it was great! There were 204 racers I think with 48 motos. That is huge and one of the largest counts I have ever seen at that track. It was great! People everywhere. Nick had an awesome race and ended up 3rd overall. He was flying! Very proud of his accomplishment. I also knew at this point he was guaranteed to win the cup since he was the only 11 intermediate registered. He ended up racing in the 12 intermediate class which was great. It's the boys he's going to be racing with all summer since he turns 12 in a couple of weeks. However we didn't tell Nick he was going to win the cup because we wanted him to work hard for it and see what he could do. Plus he could have figured it out himself, but he didn't.
The final stretch in the main at Newburg. Looks like he's in 1st here, but he's actually in 3rd place. Awesome finish!
We headed to Molalla that afternoon for the next race. This one also had a big turnout, just a little smaller than the last race. He Did OK here. Still qualified 1st round, but ended up 5th after having a bad gate in the main. He isn't used to racing with a full gate of people and got a little intimidated by the games some racers play. We need to work on that!
Here is a link to his qualifier in Molalla. They didn't get the main recorded. He's in the 2nd group that races. He starts in 1st place but ends up in 2nd. Molalla 1st round of Qualifiers There were 2 groups of 12 intermediates. Lots of kids!
Nick & Isaac sharing a chair during the main break.
So it was a long day of racing but we were very happy with how Nick raced all day. He looked good, was fast and beat his finished from the year before. He just has to learn how to deal with aggressive riders. Stay tuned for day 2...
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