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The Following is a story
from a New York Boy who went to the Grits for the first time.
Yes, Jason Kind a.k.a.
Problem Child, and his buddy Bobby Fanning, drove from Long Island
to Suches GA! The fact that two guys from Long Island could even
find Suches GA is some what of a miracle. This was their rookie
year at the Grits, and you can see....they learned a lot! Thanks
for the story Jason...see u at next year's grits!....the squids |
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My friend Bobby Fanning and I left
N.Y. thinking we would be in Suches, GA. in 11 hours. Oh were
we wrong! We Got to the GA border at 11:30 PM after driving straight
through. Then we started through the mountains. Which took two
hours of white knuckle driving. We finally got to the Hotel at
2:00 am. The next morning we woke up and did our food shopping. It is then when we found out that we were staying in a DRY TOWN. (No Beer). So if you are gonna stay in a hotel don't stay in Blairsville. It reminded me of that 80's movie Footloose. |
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After cruising around the town for a while
on our YSR's. We decided to go check out where the race was going
to be held. It was the most awesome selection of roads. 64 miles
of twisty turnies. |
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At the campground where the race was going
to be held we found out the info on what to expect from some
of the Veteran riders. They were the nicest group of Helpful
people we could ever meet. |
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We then went back to the Hotel to go over
our bikes. It was getting dark out so we brought them in the
room with us. "That didn't go over well with the Maid."
We made sure everything was tight for the race on Sunday. Sunday
morning we showed up late of course. |
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Filled our bikes up with fuel and went
to the rider meeting at T.W.O campground. That's when we saw
the memory wall with all the busted motorcycle plastics hanging
on it. I then proceeded back to the trailer to get my full racing
leathers. When we started the race I thought I would hang with
my buddy through the whole thing. Not true. I stayed with him
for about 3 of the 64 mile race and didn't see him again until
the finish line. |
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I would be going down roads that felt like
forever. Then I started wondering if I read the map wrong. That's
when you come upon another rider dressed as Superman or a Bumble
Bee. The 64 miles went so fast I wish it was longer. |
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Team Calamari built us two of the best
engines. My YSR finished in First place in the Medium weight
class and my buddy finished in second place in the feather weight
class. When we met at the finish we already started talking about
next year. It was so worth the 1100 mile trip there. We hope
to see more people there next year. Thank you everyone at TEAM
CALAMARI. The Problem Child Jason Kind |
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Report and Pix from 2002 "A Redneck Oddyssey" |
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