GNCC Round 11, The Titan, TN

Rider: Paul Whibley
Team: AmPro Yamaha
Bike: Yamaha YZ 450
Result: 7th XC1

With the new Vortex Ignition on I was confident of another good start. The YZ fired up faster than ever, shooting me to the first turn in record time and nabbing the MotorcycleUSA.com hole shot money. The YZ was running strong and we led the way on the first lap although the thumb I injured at Unadilla was bothering me on the rocky, square edged track. Near the end of lap one there was a mile long section added for the afternoon race. I blazed the trail through the virgin woods only to hit some loose rocks in some long grass and go down hard. Re injuring my thumb, bending the bars and loosing a lot of positions. At the end of the second lap I came in for fuel and the tea...

Little Brown Jug Enduro, Union, South Carolina

Rider: Paul Whibley
Team: AmPro Yamaha
Bike: Yamaha YZ 450
Result: 3rd

Conditions were very dry and extremely dusty again for the weekends racing. I was a late entry to the Little Brown Jug Enduro when Randy Hawkins asked me to fill in for an absent Charlie Mullins. With not a lot of racing on, being a long weekend, an Enduro would be a fun change of pace. Also learning the rules and how the event runs took some time with a different system than the World Enduro Format, but by the middle of the day I had a grasp of the basics.

Right off the bat, dust was an issue. Racing was limited to what you could see and I couldn't see much. The dust was pretty blinding as it just hung in the still, crisp air and with the sun shining down creating a seemin...