RYAN KUDLA TAKES USDR ROUND 4 OVERALL VICTORY! - RACE REPORT

By Ryan Kudla photo by American Metrics

Got out there before my dad and brother for once this time on Saturday afternoon and actually had some time to unload slowly and get changed for the practice lap and be up on the front row. I started in the 2^nd wave of riders and went to the front of this row after the first little rise. The start seemed like it was a little better than the last time I rode it and the rolling hills after the start were very fun. When the practice lap was all said and done I knew it was going to be a fast race the next day and I got to work on my bike to get it set up for the following day. Again, I got everything done early and was in the trailer and out of the wind at around 4:00 PM and man was it blowing hard! Props to all the little kids who were braving the wind for the kids race! I did some homework, watched a movie, and slid into bed around 10:00 that night.

With the help of Moto-Tally and the hard work of Melissa Kudla the Ventura County Motorcycle club was able to put out their preliminary Results in record time posting them online the Tuesday after the race. "With 344 riders and 3 people inputing the entries on Saturday and Sunday the Results were a sinch to get out this year" said Melissa of the new Moto-Tally system. "Any time I had a problem I called them up and they had it fixed in just minutes and I was able to keep Going."

Click http://www.moto-tally.com/vcmc/results.aspx for the results.

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Congradulations to JCR HONDA/RED BULL'S Kendall Norman on his 3rd Qualifier Overall Win after traveling 800+ miles from winning the Utah National hare and Hound the Saturdy before the event.

Round 7 of the AMA/KENDA National Hare and Hound Series

Ryan Kudla's Race Report

By Ryan Kudla - Photo By Brad Bentley

            We left early Friday morning to and got out there at about 4:30 Friday afternoon. Headed over to sign up and got some posters for my girlfriend’s little brother. The tent was a little cramped and hot, but it was cool to have all that extra stuff in there and to see the bike that won the Cherry Creek race in 1960! We headed over to the start to walk it a little bit and see if there were a lot of things hidden in the tall grass or not, and then headed to Nephi to stay in room 9 at the National 9 hotel, and ironically my number is 9. With all these number 9’s floating around I was hoping for at least a 9th place finish which would be my first Top 10 of the year.

            We got out to the race site at about 8 Saturday morning, put some gas on the gas truck to be taken out to the alternate gas on loop 3, ate some food, and got suited up to head over to the start. The race was supposed to start at 10:30 but they had some trouble getting the kids cleared off their course so the riders meeting was around 11:00 and shortly after the banner was up. When the banner came down and kicked as hard as I could and thought the bike started, but when I tried to go nothing happened. So I had to reach down pull the kick starter back out and kick again. I thought it started this second time but it didn’t again! So I had to reach down a 2nd time and after 3 more kicks I was off and going.

17 year old T.O. powersports / Flexx Team Mate Colton Sanders in Recovery after epic crash.

By Erek Kudla, Nick Burson, Orion Sanders and the many spectators - Photo by Matt mcGowen

After finishing 2nd overall to Kendall Norman on saturday May 8th 2010 at the Badgers Euro Scramble young Colton Sanders was eager for the win come sunday. The T.O. Powersports / Fasst Co / Maxima / Dunlop Ktm of Sanders was hot on the JCR/Red Bull Honda of Norman "He came through check 1 on the thrid lap a good 30-40 seconds behind Norman.." Said a spectator. "...and to get that close to him at the end is absolutly amazing"

Sanders was able to reel Norman in just before the finish shoot and was going for the pass... and then the worst thing possible happened. About 100 yards from the white flag heading out for the last lap Sanders cliped a rock at full speed in Normans dust.

" I was standing at the finish and saw the bike cart wheel and do two or three flips before it landed." said Shane Sands who was watching at the finish.

"It was one of the most horrible things I have seen in my life... " said Donna Ogden.