Originally posted by willardguy
8x was only a piston away from......theres always next year!
and 20 DAYS TILL DAKAR!!!!!
Don't rub it in. =) I can't believe my first 1000 and my team I was pitting for almost won.
I can't believe (after hearing the racer reports) how close 8X was to winning! 10 seconds back said Steve Hengeveld:
I had made up another minute in a very fast section. My next section was San Carlos Hwy to Santa Rita, This is the section with the notorious WHOOP
section thru the cactus forest that everybody dreads. As I made that left off of the highway and headed for the whoops i knew it was going to be very
foggy and this is where i had to do it. I had to push thru the fog and whoops Harder than anyone else. I had to catch and pass that Honda in this
sectioin. I knew I could do it.. I wanted to prove to everyone that I was still KING of the NIGHT!!!! After about 20 miles i started to see something
in glimpses.. I was seeing light. I kept pushing for miles and all of a sudden I could see him. I couldnt believe it.. I actually could see the back
of the Honda. I was esstatic.. At this point i was just reeeling him in. I was starting to plan my pass. I figured I would pass when he would pull
into his pit in about 5 miles, I was about 10 seconds behind him. i knew that in 5 miles i Would be right on him and the game would be over.. I would
just pull away too the finish.. BUT then Tragedy struck me.. =( I couldnt believe it . The bike popped and coasted to a stop I kept kicking the
machine in hopes it would refire. To no avail she was done..... I pushed the bike for awhile but then the sand was too much.. I had to stop pushing in
the sand. I waited there in the dark for what seemed to be hours for the next bike.. Thanks to NIGHT RIDER, My new Night riders were able to let me
look around while i was pushing my bike and also while i was waiting for help. When Kurt Caselli came by he stopped and and he went to the next pit
and told Dean in whic told BOB bell where i was and that I was safe.. Thank you Kurt. In the mean time a family that was camped way out in the middle
of nowhere came along and picked me up. Kurt had also stopped at there camp and told them i was broke down. They ended up giving me a ride out of the
middle of the BAJA out to the Highway whre my team happen to be waiting at this random dirt road. We came to this BAJA to win Like we do for EVERY
RACE. Our outcome is not what we wished, But we did have the competition running scared in the night..
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