Josiah Qualifies at Spring Creek NC Regional!

Hello everyone.
It feels like three weeks since I posted but only half that time.
Memorial weekend at Millville MN went well. On Sunday Josiah raced in the 9-11yr 85cc. He finished 4th. On Monday he raced two classes, 9-11yrs 85cc and 9-12yrs 85cc. He finished 2nd and 7th respectively. It was a good chance to get practice in for the regional the following weekend.
For the next three days before the regional, it rained alot so we did school and went to town to shop and do laundry. Not much really happening.
Practice for the regional was on Friday. It was wet so practice was delayed but once it got going the track dried out. On the last stock bike practice Josiah got taken out by a boy who took him on the inside. The kid smashed into the side of him. I saw it happen and was mad because there was no need to do that. You can't win practice. Josiah had a skinned elbow with bruising and a sore hip. The radiator shroud was munted and the radiator damaged. Plus another broken peak. So that was an expensive practice.
Onward and upward. For the stock class there was two divisions which meant the top 16 from each division go straight through to the following 2 motos and the rest go into a LCQ (last chance qualifier). Josiah finished 2nd in his division.
Then there was the first race for the modified class. Josiah got a bad start but the race was red flagged as a rider went down and broke his hip on the second corner which had a blind jump before it. Then he got a bad start in the 2nd start. He went from 16th to 7th in the first lap but didn't come round again. I had to run over to the back of the track as I thought he must have gone down. Thankfully he hadn't gone down but sadly the spokes on the back wheel had shattered. Josiah was very disappointed, as you just can't come back from a DNF. I said don't worry, it's just one of those things so lets concentrate on the stock class.
We lined up for race two of the stock class by which time it had been raining for sometime and the track was very slippery. Also the track officials were worried about injury as they had had some bad ones. Next thing they are calling a riders briefing and they cancelled racing for the day.
We went back to our pits and went out for pizza. It helped with the day we had had.
First moto on day two went well. Josiah didn't get a good start but he finished 3rd. Josiah was sitting in a good position with one moto to go. Another bad start, he was running about 13th or 14th. Some trouble in the first lap through the whoops and behind someone stuck in a rut didn't help him gain any spots. In the next lap he started to pull a spot here and there. Josiah finished 7th which gave him an overall of 3rd place qualifier.
We are both thrilled as there is tough competition at the regionals and they all want to make one of the 6 top spots to go to Loretta Lynn’s.
We are also very excited for our friends the Hempens. Luke qualified 5th in the 65cc 9-11yrs, so we can go to Loretta's together.
Moving on Josiah has two more chances to qualify for the modified class so we will plan the next trip which is to leave in 2 days for Georgia. Will post again before heading off.
We are counting the days until Chris, Sarah and Joel arrive. It is very hard without them. Much harder than any of us thought it would be. Keep commenting on the blog as we love to hear form you. As much as you wait for posts, I wait for comments.
Thanks for your support.
Janine and Josiah