Seth Thorson Racing

Sorry for the delay been in a mad rush to get the sled ready for the I500 on a short week.

Ok first Grand forks was a COLD race with temps never getting out of the -8's all day.

Race 2 was expert 85

Waldochs Sport/Curve Skis/Klim  Phazer was working well  Course was real rough with rock hard drifts came through the first lap and had passed one rider.  Into the Second lap I got passed by one rider. Kept pushing on and ended up with a 8th place finish.  Not great but a solid start.

Race 5  Sport 600

The Waldoch Sports/Exit Shocks/Klim/Curve Skis sled

Was working great I was second off the line caught the first rider of the line in 30 sec of being on the course.  Sled was working good and I was flying I was all alone the whole first lap.  Only problem is is hard to set a constant pace. I backed off a little saw riders starting to catch and picked it back up Only to hot a shapr bump and have my brake lever break off HMM..  Center shock was also bottoming hard and jarring my back later found out coupling block had snapped off and center spring needs to be changed as well as valving.

Ok well keep going and its suprising how much faster you can be with no brake lever.  Piled into a corner and knocked my hand guard lose, ended up ripping it off as it was in the way.  Not to bad a race brought the sled in for a 8th place finish(first sheet showed 5th need clarification yet)

Ok now to repair any damage and get the sled prepped for the I500

First test was to get to the race. Drove to Fergus falls Friday and roads were terrible got stuck in Fergus Fall as they closed all of 94 and 29 to ND yikes...  Hmm holed up in a hotel at 2 pm Saturday roads still not open... Ok alternate plan take all the side roads weaving around road closures and up glare ice roads with a trailer not fun!!!! Made it To Grafton at 7:30 whew some hairy and scary roads.

Ok on to the race with all the weather issue they made it a non points race but must drivers did make it to the track( I know Cross Country racers are a crazy bunch!!!!)

With a high of -2 it was a cold race.  On the parade lap hand froze and lost feeling in them hmm this will be fun.

First race for me was Expert 85 Improved.  Onto the river and finding some open water is always fun.  Down the river we go and its fast and slushy with fast corners new Sway bar is realy working well and sled is flat on the river!!!  Going well caught one rider.  Threw the woods and over the rough ditch about halfway through I head a loud bang and the shocks seem real soft in the rear.  HMM  keep riding hard and the sled is realy bucking.  One more lap to go.  By now its hard to control and I'm off the pace.  2 riders pass me  try to follow them but every bump send the rear end in the air and kicks me off the sled.   Not sure what wrong at this point I push on and make it to the finish.  Get the sled to the trailer and found the front pivot(front track arm) to the dog bone broke. Hmm no wonder the sled was rough.  Oh well finished 7th out of 9 riders 6 min off the pace.  Should be better once we get that arm fixed up!

Sport 600 Race5

Off the Line and the Nytro is running well clutching was spot on and the new EXIT shocks are RIGHT ON.  Wow within the first 2 miles I had caught the first rider get past him.  I am flying sled is working realy well I see 80 MPH on the speedo down the ditch.  Hit a couple drifts and launched the sled the shocks are spot on nothing twitch or out of the ordinary.  Sled is fast and smooth on the river and handles like a dream.  The Curve Skis realy bit and hold lines well they are a big improvement. into the field section down to dirt now so wide open running.  Into the next woods section its realy deep slow going as not to hit any trees.  back onto the road ditches and away we go finding some smooth lines near the top of the road.  Am able to see snow dust in front of me. That means another rider.  Starting to catch him but taking a while to real him in.  back to the river HMM it opened up some and dropping down into the river the ski bends pretty good almost going into the water.  Thank goodness for the stiffness of the curve skis otherwise i would be wet!!!  Down the river and coming up to the bridge I see a section of open water with a ice heave right after it ok wide open across the water hit the ice heave bounce sideways WHEW back on that gas and away we go!( I think thats where the a-arm bent..)  Ok catch the rider in front he waves me past.  Ontion the last streact near the pit big deep hjoles double up a few of them and into the finish line.  Only a one lap race :(  wish it was more I was ready to go for another lap.  Finished 7th bit was only 38 sec out of second.  I think one more lap I would have made up some more time.


Semi-pro 600

The race was right after the sport race I did not race I had twisted my ankle before and with the bent a-arm didn't want to take any chances with non point race.