Munising 300 Recap! Nice to meet some TY Yamaha'ers out ther

[yam177]

Yikes first off what a drive!!!! We made it there about 3 PM after driving part of the way thursday and the rest of the way on Friday. Unloaded the sleds and headed out to the ditches for some tuning. got the suspension fixed and put on heavier springs on the front suspension. I think we finally got the mod Suspension to a point where we like it. It was working well!!!

Did some Final clutching tweaks and put the sleds away fro the night.

Next day out on the Parade lap it was apparent this was going to be a rough course. There was really only one stretch where you could sit down and relax. it was a nice 1 mile Straight. Back to the pits to set a few things on shocks cranked up the slow speed settings and slowed the rebound down some. more. I was race 1 in the Improved 85.

Out on the track we go for our 3 lap race..... Everyone knew 3 las was going to be alot!!!! Not to bad a race lap one went great and was fast due to the track holding up. then came lap two and it was run the trail was 5 feet wide through the woods and with some nasty kickers going 70-80 MPH was interesting when you hit something. Got to the power line section.

******NOTE BACKGROUND ON POWER LINE******

I want to give a little background on this power line. This is like a snowcross track with no rhythm 5-8 foot holes and kickers and tress and stumps!!!
The locals all line up and this section waiting for the carnage they have tents and big bonfires going as we go by.

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Ok back to the Race! Power line was nasty and whooped out pounded through that section and got to the creek crossing hit it a littel to fast and my ski caught something wham hit my head on the handle bars and knocked my helmet up. HMM that hurt pushed my helmat back on and kept going wondering what that warm feeling on my chin was. reached up and I guess I was bleeding. Oh well no time to stop. Got through the power line section and into the woods Cool I might get a break to rest up. HA HAnot even close the woods ins just wide enough for a sled and the holes were 8 feet deep. you would lose the sled in front of you! Finally get to a nice long straight with the new clutching we hit 96 MPH on the speedo not to bad for an 80HP Machine!!! Back into the tight woods I was getting pretty tireed after 1 1/2 laps hit a kicker in the woods that was cantered and it sent me sideways saved it then the ski caught some soft snow and pulled me into a tree! Hmm well no damaged other than bent bar from my chest. Took 20-30 min to get the sled away from the tree with all the deep snow. Got it back on track finally. Finished up the lap and took her to the pits to replace the bars. Oh well its a two day race!
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Stock Race

The stock was was three races later they learned after the first rae 3 laps was to much on this course and now everything was 2 laps! Ok here we go for the stock race same track but even rougher now. The ditch had gotten rough and there were some real good bumps hit one at 70 MPH that sent my airborn into another one that was fun! (once I caught my breath that is) This race was pretty uneventful and went OK. The suspension on the stock sled need some more tuning as the center shock kept fading.
Day went pretty good I was sore but happy with the results.
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Sunday

With the Amateurs now set to run they only run one day. They decided to "groom" certain sections of the course to remove the sharp edges and soften the snow as it hardens from setting up overnight.

HMM groomed cross country course this was a first. As the first race out It was nice 80 MPH through all the woods with trees just 2 feet on either side. It was nerve racking as the kickers came up on you fast hot one but luckily caught it square it popped me 2-3 feet in the air but my course stayed true. really did not feel like going into the trees at that speed~!

We only ran one lap because of running three yesterday. I started the day in last due to the tree incident. However thanks to running the 4th fastest lap of my class that day i moved up a few spots to 6th by the time I pulled into the finish. Not a bad day!

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Stock Class

Pretty uneventful as well ran pretty good but was tires and not as fast as I should have been. Center shock again faded as the track was realy rough again. Need to fix that as the sled really kicks when you lose the center shock!


Pretty Good weekend all in all

6th place in Expert 85 Improved

 

[AKrider]

Did you or anyone see the prototype Yamaha that Chad Gueco raced? It was different than the current production sleds but made to appear stock. It would be really cool if someone got a picture!

 

[yam177]

Yea I saw it. Differant A-arms and a different sub frame shock mounting. Worked realy well!! FI you look close at my mod phazer there are some differences there as well

 

[Superman]

I know one of the guys who helps set up the race. In his words what a difference a year makes. Last year he said you could ride anywhere on the powerline becuase the snow was so deep. I really wish I could have made it up there for the race. maybe next year. Don't qoute me on this but I thought I heard they might change the race route a bit next season. Something about running the race closer to or right thru downtown. Again don't qoute me on this. Seems to me the excitement around Munising has been growing on this event the last year or 2.

 

[buddah]

Sup,

Originally this race used to start from the boat ramp right downtown.....high speed out to Grand Island.....run around out there quite a bit.....back on ground over towards the Holiday Inn......race some through the woods out west towards Christmas......back toward trail 8........a couple more areas through woods.......and then back to the boat ramp. On the original course a single lap was 50 miles. They used to run 2 laps Sat. and 2 laps Sun. in the pro classes. They've only been running the course out by Best Western (or whatever the heck it's called now) for the last 2 yrs.

yam177,
I wanted to get up to see/meet you but Dr. told me yesterday cold had digressed to pneumonia in right lung......hence I stayed home all weekend. Should be O.K. by demo ride though.

 

[low slung]

Great story,now if we can only find a pic of Chads sled .

 

[yam177]

I will gt one when I am at the race trailer this weekend

 

[low slung]

Thanks yam177.

 

[AKrider]

Sounds great!

 

[low slung]

The new hardware yamaha tests in cross-country racing has a good chance of showing up in future sleds.I first heard of the Fox mega-float beening tested on Corey Davidsons Apex RTX four years ago.

 

[yam177]

The new hardware yamaha tests in cross-country racing has a good chance of showing up in future sleds.I first heard of the Fox mega-float beening tested on Corey Davidsons Apex RTX four years ago.

We didn't bring that sled to warroad the A-arm broke and they only built a few sets. Stay tuned though there may be some things in the accessory catalog next year....... No Promises but some things were discussed.

I know we are working hard on some Phazer stuff as well. The sled was very cable of winning but we went off course in the race and lost alot of time.

The Open Mod Nytro toke 3rd in Semi-pro

 

[low slung]

Is this the pic of the nytro with the trick front suspension?http://mathwichphotography.com/photoDetail.aspx?RemotePath=USCC_2010/munising/&FileName=MSG_0039.JPG

 

[yam177]

good eyes that was the new front end on titus sled

 

[low slung]

Looks much different than the set-up on the sno-cross sled.Future looks bright.

 

[yam177]

here are a few of my sled from Muni

Yes low slung future is bright. Thats why cross country is so important its closer to what the sleds do everyday. More refinement from the consumer come from CC.