Loretta Lynn's 2010 finished

You got the results from Chris so you will all know Josiah finished 5th in the modified class and 6th in the stock class. Josiah is mostly happy with his results. He was disappointed with the modified class as he had to beat #40 to get 4th. He had been leading him until lap 5 when Josiah made a mistake and #40 got past. Josiah tried to pass back but didn't manage too, only being a bike length behind him at the finish line. But 5th is not bad when you consider how many he had to beat to get there.

The schedule was running about 4 hours behind so that pushed the Friday night moto to Saturday and the morning moto to the afternoon. Because of that, Andy decided it was better for them to get to Nashville (for their flight back to NZ) on Friday night as things would have been pushed to make it on Saturday. It was a plan as Lee had met a kiwi guy called Steve from Christchurch who works for Moose Racing and he had a car and was leaving Friday night so he could take them to Nashville and saved me the trip.

Before leaving, Andy (as he had done all week), made sure the bikes were both ready for their last motos. Thanks heaps for doing that as Josiah was confident everything was running smoothly. Thanks heaps also too Lee, Olly and Laura for supporting Josiah.

At the start of his first race, Josiah took the holeshot in the 3rd mod race and rode hard to get 5th. Then it was the last moto for the stock class. Josiah didn't get the holeshot but rode a consistent race. Friends we meet at Ponca City (Jody, Misty and Tye) came for the day to support us. Jodi also took photos for me as being in the pits I couldn't do both. They also ran me back and forth from the track which was great as my legs are still sore from when I got hit by the four wheeler.

Josiah and I went to prize giving Saturday evening as did the Hempens. It was long but we got the hardware. We left the Ranch at about 10pm. It was sad to leave and can't believe it's all over. Josiah said to me that although he wants to get back home to NZ he wishes he could stay longer and race the boys in the U.S. The more Josiah races the top guys the more he improves.

But we are looking forward to coming home. We drove a few hours and stopped to sleep for the night. Then we set off early this morning to get back to Iowa.

We had almost made it back to Iowa when we blow another tire. I had not been able to get another one from the one that blow on the way to Loretta Lynn's travelling the week before from Ponca City so we had no spare. A man stopped and said there was a Walmart 3 miles back that had a tire service centre. So I got on the phone and they had the one I needed. I dropped the trailer off and took the tire to get fixed. The Hempens weren't far behind me so they were waiting to change the tire for me and get me hooked up again. So thanks for being there to rescue us again. So on the road again and we arrived at the Hempens house at about 3pm.

There are now things to tidy up before we leave next week for NZ. I have the motorhome on ebay and flights to book and bikes to sort out and sell. So it is all go.

Look forward to coming home.
See you soon

Janine