Crandon Trophy

Great racing, guys. Thanks. My hat is off to Garry H for the gentleman he is. We bumped after the front stretched. I just happened to get more loose and wound up in a spin. Nobody's fault at all, just off road racing. If you wanted to place any blame, more would have to go on me for coming down on Garry. But, he, being the gentleman he is, virtually stopped, waited for me, let me go ahead of him, before he proceeded to whip my ass on the track the rest of the race. :) Garry, thanks but, you didnt have to wait. When the term gentleman racers came about, they were thinking of you, sir. :)
After Garry left us in his dust, Jan and I went back and forth a bit. I had to chase him down, stay on his tail, waiting and hoping he would mess up. This took many laps.
But finally, he made a slight error, just enough to let me by. Then for about 5 laps left of the race, I had to drive my poor carpal tunnel hands off to keep him from passing me again. Didnt think I would be able to finish they way they hurt. So, I was very relieved when the checkered flag came. Tonight, I was blessed by the presence of such fine racers. Everyone did great. It truly was a great race. My teammate, Joe Cronk did very well also. I cant thank him enought for his generous contributions to the Racing Dreamz Foundation(www.racingdreamz.bbnow.org). As much as we love racing, here's a guy that also thinks of the kids too. Thanks Joe. :) Looking forward to more racing with ya.
Thanks guys. :)

A few laps of Crandon from my POV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=bn_HsO94Qw4

Nice vid Ben. Cheers...

I posted the video up on race-dezert.com. This is where most of the real off road racers/sponsors/teams go out west. In just one day, over 200 reads and the video got over 50 views. I issued a challenge to the real off road pro 4 drivers to join us. Maybe we can teach them a thing or two. ;)

Great video Ben,Very nice racing action! This race was fun and hard! I want to say I'm sorry to Cronk for the hit... I was watching you and trying to decide inside or outside pass and watching Mark on my tail and froze !!! I hope I didn't ruin your race Sir. You are a good competitor and I hope there is no bad feelings cuz of my mistake.
Ben you did awsome to hold Garry back as long as you did! Garry is one of the Best Pro4's IMO. I've try'd to hold him back countless times and the pressure gets to me Almost every time. Good racing all around.

You guys are WAY too kind. Now my heads all swollen up. Heh.

Ben, don't let Glenn fool you. He's one tough customer out on the dirt tracks. ¦-)