SF Supercross - 2004        Vigil's View

My day started by making sure I had my bus trip essentials packed…a supersize bag of hot & spicy pork rinds, tortilla chips, Pepsi and 750ml of Jack Daniels. Wow, does that say “road trip”. I was whisked away by the zippy and limo-like Ueltzen family  MPV minivan. We arrived at the our rendezvous point, Chris Weissensee’s shop. 

There were 25 of us on the bus, most were club members, and some friends. I don’t believe we had made it to West Sacramento before the hop & grain based beverages started flowing. A couple of us proceeded to have a few Jack & Cokes (J&C). Well the bus ride was good, a little of a letdown after cruising in the Ueltzen MPV. We arrived at our destination, Pac Bell park, home of the never-won-a-World Series-Giants. 

We re-stocked for the trip through the pits. Somehow we managed to have this one girl follow us around the pits all day. She managed to get more autographs than we did. Well back to the bus to re-stock for the walk to the stadium. At this point, rumors started to fly about one of our own having reached his limit. I thought they were in better condition when they came from Chico State. Well we made it in and to our seats. Capitol Powersports did us great, they got us hooked up with some great seats.

Practice was great. We were eager for the racing to begin. We had a club member decide it was time to take a nap through all of practice and most of the racing. He did wake up when he decided that his view was obstructed, he decided to clear the four rows in front of him by “ralphing”, as the seats cleared, he decided to back to sleep. He was kind enough to allow us to use him to store our peanut shells and beverages on his back while he napped. Later we found out that he decided to partake of a couple of J&C’s, this is something that only a trained professional should do.

The racing was great, we all had our favorites we were rooting for. Unfortunately, mine didn’t win. I can’t even remember who did win.

Well, back to the bus. We had a few riders that were going home with other prearranged transportation. We waited for quite a while, as we had one member that was A.W.O.L. The bus driver was emphatic that she had to return to Sacramento. We pleaded with her to give us a few more minutes to account for the missing member. Finally, she could not wait any longer and we departed without two of our members. As much as we missed them, we knew they would be able to take care of themselves, they were big boys. 

Back at our Sacramento destination, we all disembarked and got to our own vehicles to head home. Ah, this meant one more ride in the Ueltzen MPV. It performed flawlessly, except that I did not know the rear hatch sometimes while at cruising speed on Capitol City Freeway. We managed to get it shut and got home. Long day, but it was fun being with all my other fellow Trail Dogs.