Hawkeye Downs

Big night at Hawkeye Downs (Cedar Rapids Iowa) on Saturday night. A whole new level of MX racing for Issac. He was SO excited to be going down the the races 'finally' as he would say :)

Another night of VERY NERVOUS parents!!!!! Like very nervous!!!! Jeremie drove Issac and the bike down. Mitchel and I followed but we stopped to fill a cooler of food and beverages. Issac is officially a member of the CVTR association, and the National association too :) so its all official now!

These are where the "pros" of Eastern/Central Iowa ride! Seriously!!!! there were some pretty damn talented riders there!!!! It was frightening for me to watch some of them! I tried to stay in the stands as much as I could and just let Jer be with Issac... it was just REALLY hard for me to be sitting in the pit with Issac and if I would of stayed there... I would of said... lets pack it up and come back for a practice... I was beyond scared!!! Nothing like the 'fair nites' we had earlier in the week!

Ok so Issac is up to practice. YIKES!!! He did make it around the track up until like close to the finish line... he thought what he was coming up to was a "table top"... well it wasn't... so he gunned it and lost the bike... flew over the handlebars and nearly got run over by the upcoming bike. I immediately SCREAM and take off running. The officals standing guard help him get off the track and checked him over and well... he was back up on the bike running before I even got down to the gate to get in. I was FREAKING out though!!! Scared all of us even Issac! For once Jer was more confident that he was ok than either Issac nor I thought. So practice is over... I take off running to the pit to check him all out to make sure he is ok, and he is but he was shaken up and shaking, which even more freaked me out! His front brake handle broke off, his sheild on his helmet cracked, he said his leg hurt a little.... ARGH! all this in the 'practice run'...

Ok so he raced 2x's both races he did have fairly good control of bike and looked well formed. He really did do a GREAT job for being on the track this only time without any practice time prior to this evening. He did place in 13th and he was very disappointed on with his preformance, it was TOUGH seeing him hurt!!!! From going from a BIG win to not placing was very very HARD on him, but we assured him that things will get better at Hawkeye each time he comes back, and the other boys that were out there had WAY MORE experience riding the track than he did. It was a tough night for Issac, Lis and Jer and even all of his fans cheering him on. He will get there just will take some time! He's got lots of talent and riding that bike is a true 'natural' for him! He's got what it takes to go all the way and that is TRUE DEDICATION!!!

It is really hard seeing your child be go from being SO SO HAPPY to being really disappointed. My heart ached a lot on the way home and still today I hurt for him but all I can do is keep hugging him and telling him its ok and jump on that bike love to ride and never give up! Hopefully he will get out to ride his bike at the farm soon!

Next race at Hawkeye is August 4, 2007. He is planning on going :)