Baker Racing Tech – Loretta's Happenings

Well the boys are almost home from Tennessee we had mixed results and walked away with a determination to train harder for next time.

Cody Geller got a nice 20th overall in the 450c class. His last moto Saturday he collapsed after the race and to be given to bags of IV to rehydrate.

Shon got 14th on 1 race in the 250A class but a 38th overall. He ended up in the hospital after pulling off the track and passing out from heat exhaustion and then got sick on top of that and never did snap back.

We had tornado warnings come through camp one night and had different warnings to evacuate and then a little later to just hunker down. A whole lot of lightning with wind and rain but thankfully the tornado passed north of us. This was a bit different for a bunch of Washington boys… other than the rain.

Josh McBride brought his bike down with us in hopes of getting bumped up from an alternate position, this unfortunately didn’t happen for him but he hung out with his Dad an rooted all the locals on.

Joey Ruminer of AES racing also rode out of our trailer. Joey pulled down a 14th overall in the 250A class and 16th overall in the 250 A Pro Sport ! Joey showed tremendous heart and will power. His 1st moto of the week he also collapsed at the end and the medics rushed him down to the river to bring his core temperature down.

As you can tell the climate is brutal down there. We felt we had trained hard and we were ready but next time we need to triple everything we were doing. It is definitely the Amateur race of a lifetime and anybody who makes it there are already tough customers and in for some of the best racing they will ever see.

08.15.2009 | Loretta's Happenings