This would be TheManTheMyth's return to racing after breaking his leg back in April (and driving me crazy in the meantime). So after spending many, many hours, not to mention $$$, on lighting for the motorcycles, TheManTheMyth and Thing 1 were ready to race.
Thing 1 sits waiting on the starting line. He hates it when I take his picture so of course I take as many as I can in the hopes that one of them will turn out ok.
The race started at 8:00pm. This is the 1st line of racers, Thing 1 is on the right:
TheManTheMyth was excited to finally get back to racing.
Thing 1 came into the pits in 5th overall and handed the bike off to his teammate. I actually got a decent picture of my baby boy!
TheManTheMyth is rarin' to go:
Thing 1, Rental Kid Wyatt and Andy watch for their teammates:
It was a long night. Each team had to race 100 miles. In the dark. Thing 1's teammate had a bad crash when his light went out but he was able to make it back to the pits where a mad scramble for a replacement light ensued. Their competition had a 5 minute lead when Thing 1 jumped on the repaired bike and took off in hot pursuit. Despite riding like a banshee, Thing 1 was unable to overtake the competition and he finished in 2nd place, only about a minute and a half behind the 1st place team,, absolutely exhausted:
We sat at the finish until almost 1:00am, waiting for TheManTheMyth. A cold wind was blowing, making for miserable conditions. Finally, TheManTheMyth appeared out of the darkness and crossed the finish line!
TheManTheMyth's comeback was a success with his 1st place Magnum Heavyweight Expert win. Yes, his team was the only entry but hey, a finish is a Win!
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