Okeechobee- Thundercross Practice Pics 12/27/08

Went to Thundercross today, the old man wanted to check it out…  Captured helmet cams of the track and the woods!

LOTS of people there, WOW!

Featured images from today are below.  ALL PRACTICE PICTURES ARE POSTED – THE LINK IS LOCATED BELOW THE VIDS.

(Below) Went out on the WOODS TRACK today, and my son decided to chase a bull on his bike..  MiniXCam Helmet Cam on-board Max Rash vid below.  At the 6:47 mark you can see them coming up on a bull and Taylor coming out of the right and chasing it…  Kinda funny…  But really not a good idea..  Max crashes about 4 minutes into the video..

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(Below) GoPro Helmet Cam on-board Taylor Franklin – First Vid is Taylor’s view of the bull and 2nd is Taylor doing a lap on the Motocross track.  If you look at Taylors shadow when he is chasing the bull, you can see that right after he passes the bull, he just about eats it and flys up off the seat…  brat…  haha

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Thundercross Motocross Park Practice Pics 12/20/08

Several folks commented to me today about not being at Seminole and how did I like Thundercross.  Several had no idea that for 10 years solid my family traveled all over the state of Florida weekend after weekend to the races.  Year after year we did every Gold Cup, every Winter Am, Winter Olympics, Loretta area and regional qualifiers, Florida Series (even when it was the Sunshine Series), FTR Motocross and Hare Scrambles, Ponca City, Air Dania weekend races and practices during the week, Dade City weekend races and Randy Yoho Schools, Brandon Cunningham schools, Gary Baily schools, Tichenor schools, Buddy Duffy schools etc….  Traveled to Michigan, Texas, Georgia, New York, Alabama, Tennessee, Ohio, South Carolina, Indiana and others.  We have been around, and most of you just don’t know that because we have taken it pretty easy the last couple years.  WOW WHAT A RIDE !!!!  So many people we have met along the way…  I would not change a thing..

Enjoy the ride while you can!!!

Oh, and about Thundercross?  The track is awesome, flows nicely, more hard pack dirt than before, and appears to be a safe track.  Good job Dean!

STYLE CHECK – Interesting…..  CLICK HERE (Adam Cianciarulo and Joey Keel)

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Adam Cianciarulo

Nice section of the track.

Skylar Demuth (DZP Rider)

Taylor Ditzian

Ryan Behrmann

Russell Clay

Chris Anyzeski

Crazy fast and crazy sick...

David Burstein

STMX Race 12/14/08

During the first set of motos I took all VIDEO, no pictures.  Was just too dark, and as I always say, don’t like it when it is cloudy because I don’t like to use flash while everyone is racing.  Also during the B Class’s and 16-24 etc, where most of you guys are gonna be looking for pics, I took all video.  So if you don’t find any pics of you today, that is why.

Awesome racing by my son Taylor Franklin #511!!  Today he looked like his normal self, and I would say he loves his two stroke!  Good job son!!

Video will be posted sometime later in the week.

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FOR TODAY’S RACE PICS CLICK HERE – ONLY 235

Below are some featured pics from today’s racing.

Hauling Hall!

Bruggemann

Hagstrom - someone needs some DZP stickers...

Wheeler

Smokin Swingle

If your bike blows up - you might as well cheer everyone else on...

Look at all the kids just having a blast.....

Kody Goss - Really steppin it up...

No surprise - Joey Keel setting up to hit the camel-back.

STMX Practice 12/13/08

Got to the track late today… Slow start…

I want to thank everyone for being so kind to me at the track! I really have fun meeting and getting to know everyone, and thank you all for your support!

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Always smile for the camera!

Lauren Traulsen Wallpaper

Click the pic for the wallpaper....

A few track changes at STMX. The table single is gone, but it is now a camel-back about three feet shorter. The finish line has been changed to a single table and then after the finish line turn where you would exit the track, and start to head to the back, they changed that, it has two small singles after the turn, kinda hard to explain. Cool track changes…!  Click on the pics of the track below to see a larger version of the sections that were changed.

standing on the Camel-Back.

This WAS the table single now a camel-back.

Corner after the finish line, they smoothed it out tonight.

Standing on the finish line jump.

Standing where the track used to be, they moved it over. This is right before the finish line.

New Finish Line

Sorry for the pottie and the motorhome in the background

Getting better every week!

The camera is always looking for the "DZP" on the bike..!

That leg is always out.....

Favorite part of the track to take pics!

Supercross track....

199 Lives – DVD Release December 9, 2008 (Tuesday)

I saw this when it was released in limited theaters..  Very good video…  My future Son & Law (Paul Perebijnos) was going to take that drive with Travis, and he declined, and Matt Bigos ended up going with him.  That is when Travis crashed his car…  Paul found the car right after they crashed.  Matt was in a wheel chair for a very long time and did not know if he would ever walk again, putting his riding career to a halt.  If you care to find out more about Matt, go to his website, very inspiring!  CLICK HERE for Matt’s Website. The vid that comes out tomorrow talks briefly about the crash…

Synopsis:
“Every  day I push  myself to redefine the limits of our sport” – Travis Pastrana,  The  Big Jump

Known as one of the  friendliest, most  approachable guys in the Pro ranks, Pastrana’s  accomplishments on both  two and four wheels are legendary: World Freestyle  champion at age 14,  five-time U.S. Amateur Motocross champion, Pro National  Outdoor  champion, East Supercross Series champion, 3 time Rally America Series   champion, most successful competitor in the history of X Games  freestyle  motocross and first athlete to complete a double backflip on  a dirt  bike.

199 Lives is the  incredible story  of action sports hero Travis Pastrana. From his first  motorcycle ride  at the age of 4, to building a backyard foam pit, to base  jumping the  Grand Canyon at 18, it’s all here. Filled with rare footage from   Travis’ childhood, personal interviews with Pastrana and his family  and all  the stunts, crashes and hi-jinks he is famous for, 199 Lives  delivers an  inside perspective on what it takes to be living   legend. (DVD Releases December 9th)
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Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqGr1nQh2cg
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Official Site:
http://www.199lives.com/
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