After a month of dedicated work, the dirtmeister extraordinaire Randy Poulter of Extreme Dirt turned part of my hay pasture into a world class supercross/outdoor training compound. I got a sweet lake out of the deal as a bonus. Randy moved more sand and clay than he would have ever imagined but now I have a most awesome supercross track. The layout is from Indy SX of this year and man is it killer.
This week #178 Phil Nicoletti of the Motosport Xtreme Kawasaki team became the first rider to ride the track. After stressing about all the money I was pouring into this project, as soon as Phil rounded the first bowl turn it all became worth it. I was outside in the awesome weather, hobby = job and I was AT HOME. One of the better days of my existence.
The outdoor track is 99% done. All that needs to be done is for me to get my first tractor and tiller and till up the lanes to connect all the HUGE obstacles. I cannot even begin to describe how huge the double lane step up/step down is. It is easily the highest point in my town. It about 130 feet long, 45 feet wide and 35 feet tall. It is the largest track obstacle I have ever seen. The track is also VERY LONG. A B rider would take about 3 minutes to get around it. As a bonus, my two dismal ponds were connected to form a beautiful lake (well it’s still a pond but I like to call it a lake). The track has TONS of sand so it is going to get super rough. Randy also mixed in some dirt on one area of my track so that I will have rutted turns as well as sand berms. Both track surface and obstacle material change throughout the track; I think that is such a great feature for a training track.
I can tell that the outdoor track will be a continously changing work of art. It’s not even completey finished yet and I have already begun to plan the additonal things I would like to try here and there. Also, I am trying to think of a name for my new training facility…I like the word ranch so getting that in there would be cool as well as coachseiji…if you think of something let me know! Pictures of my little piece of SX heaven in Harwood, TX:
