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Endurocross Round 1 Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada

justinsoule6 — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:29:34 +0000

I finished 5th overall in the main. It was a tough night to finally get this result. It seems in qualifing for this event I always come up one short and this night was no different. In the 1st heat only 2 advance to the main. I ran 2nd right up to almost the finish and got passed by Cody Webb. My starts were terrible I was always coming from behind. This is the craziest race you can go from first to last with a minor tip over or get stuck in the rocks. In the 2nd heat only one rider advanced to the main and I finished 2nd. In the last chance qualifier I started on the 2nd row and pulled the holeshot and ran with it finishing 1st.

In the main I was as high as 3rd and it was an all out battle for 3rd between myself, Mike Brown, Cory Graffunder, Kyle Redmond and Gary Sutherlin. It was a lot of fun and I consider 5th the start to get my momentum going for this series.

From a stacked field of Whose who in the off road and trials world only 11 riders make it into the main.

Endurocross Results: 1. Taddy Blazusiak 2. Geoff Aaron 3. Cory Graffunder 4. Mike Brown 5. Justin Soule’ 6. Gary Sutherlin 8. Jamie Lanza 9. Destry Abbott 10. Cody Webb 11. Kevin Rookstool

Monster Energy Mammoth Mountain MX 06/25-27/2010

justinsoule6 — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:06:33 +0000

In the Pro Open on Friday they ran a two moto format. I finished 7th and 5th for 5th overall. I feel like I rode really well this week end in spite of being real sick with the flu.

The start was really important and the first two laps were totally hair ball, literally handle bar to handle bar racing with a lot of banging.

In the Pro 450 there were two divisions and I had to qualify for the main. I finished 3rd in the first Division qualifier. In the main I finished 7th. I had an excellent start in the qualifier and it was great to run up front and separate from the pack. In the main my start was not so good, somewhere around 12th to 15th. So I had to fight hard for every position. All in all it was a great week end. I love racing Mammoth for me it is almost like a vacation.

My next race is Endurocross in Las Vegas, Nevada. So now it is time to shift gears and get my rock and log riding dialed in.

WORCS Round 6 Cahilla Creek MX, Anza, CA 6/13/2010

justinsoule6 — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:46:50 +0000

I finished 3rd. This was a new venue for the WORCS series. I really liked the course it reminded me a lot of a dry Honey Lake.

My start was pretty good I was in 3rd and Rookstool got around me putting me in 4th. On the 3rd lap I moved back into 3rd and rode aggressive but I could not catch the 1st and 2nd spots. This was actually a great race for me I rode smooth with no crashes.

The pro section did have this one bad section that was unnecessary, a 6 foot drop off with a G out into an immediate climb up a hill. You had to hit it just right and be ready to accelerate up the hill, I never could land it right. In the pro qualifier on Saturday I damaged my bike (wheel and pipe) as did many other racers. Therefore, in the race I chose the alternate line, which ended up being a wise choice. It cost me time on Dietrich and Caselli, but several racers attempting the section did not fare so well in the race. So it turned out to be a good move for me.

Top 10:

1. Ricky Dietrich 2. Kurt Caselli 3. Justin Soule’ 4. Nathan Woods 5. Mike Brown 6. Bobby Garrison 7. Colton Udall 8. Gary Sutherlin 9. Cory Buttrick 10. David Pearson

USGP Glen Helen MX, Devore, California 5/29-30/10

justinsoule6 — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:34:06 +0000

In Moto 1 I finished 23rd and in Moto 2 went 19th. This was an awesome opportunity to be one of 40 riders invited to race against the Europeans. In the first moto I ended up with some dirt in my goggles. I wear contact leses and I could hardly see, it was so painful. I was just glad to finish the moto. I was much happier with Moto 2, I raced hard, but my start was terrible and trying to move up from the back of the pack is pretty tough. But this really helped me with my sprint speed which I am working on.

All in all this was an incredible event and I was glad to be a part of it. Everything was 1st class and well done.

WORCS Round 5 Honeylake MX, Milford, California

justinsoule6 — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:13:45 +0000

I finished 4th. This is by far the best course that WORCS has ever put together. A lot of virgin areas with nothing but rocks, an awesome water fall section, washes with a steep long downhill and the great motocross track Honey Lake is known for.

This race is considered my hometown race being as it is only 45 miles from my home. I have to thank all of my family, friends and fans for coming out to support me. I really appreciate it so much. It was great to see my sponsor Steve from Moose. I just wished I had more time to visit with everyone.

I am really happy with my race. My bike was awesome thanks to Jeff Decker, my mechanic and Brett Leif the king of suspension. I rode pretty much mistake free, with no crashes. I know my win is coming, I just need to find a little more speed. I rode aggressive and strong so I know my hard work is going to pay off soon.

Destry Abbott is out with an injured shoulder and collar bone so Kawasaki had John Dowd fill in as a guest rider. What a great guy. He was one of the guys I looked up to when I was growing up, so it was way cool getting a chance to get to know him. But, of course we missed Destry.

One of my sponsors Traxxis had a full on race course set up for the RC cars. They are running a triple crown series at the WORCS races. They held the first race on Saturday night and I have to say it was pretty fun. I finished 3rd in the main.

I have a pretty cool opportunity to race the FIM World Motocross at Glen Helen on May 29th and 30th. I believe this is the first time it has been held in the United States. So I hope I can find that speed and qualify. I will let you know.

Top 10:

1. Ricky Dietrich

2. Mike Brown

3. Kurt Caselli

4. Justin Soule’

5. Robbie Bell

6. Kevin Rookstool

7. Colton Udall

8. Brenden Ritzman

9. Bobby Garrison

10. John Dowd

39th Annual Virginia City Gran Prix 04/24/10

justinsoule6 — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:04:24 +0000

I Finished 2nd overall. The all off road course was 24.7 miles of paved streets to flat out as fast as you could go to one lined tight and technical, and of course a lot of rocks. I believe there was a record turn out with 439 racers. The Start was on the street of downtown historic Virginia City. Each row had 10 bikes that were started every 30 seconds, I was on row 4. The race was checkered at 4 hours and I came in just shy of the 4 hour mark and had to go back out on another loop. I was hoping to catch or see the leader. After almost 5 hours of racing I felt really strong and accomplished one of my main goals of not crashing once, although I came up short on my main goal of winning.

I ended up having to pit every lap and lost a lot of time there. I was using about 2 gallons each lap, so I definitely had to pit every lap. However, if you didn’t pit you went through the scanner and right back on the race course. If you did pit you had to wind through the fenced in areas at 5mph to get to the pits and lose several minutes before you could get back on course. But I am really happpy with my race and my KX450 Kawasaki. It was strong and ran awesome all day. All in all a really good day!

1. Ross Neely

2. Justin Soule’

3. Irving Powers

WORCS Round 4, Adelanto, California 04/18/2010

justinsoule6 — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:28:11 +0000

I finished 5th. The race was at Racetown 395 in Adelanto and it consisted of the motocross and several miles of off road. It was about 75 degrees and the course was dry, sandy and rough.

I had about a mid pack start and quickly moved up to the top 10. I am not sure what the deal was but, I could never get a flow and put a charge on. I straight up struggled and fought the course the entire two hours. I usually love rough tracks but I just seemed to really get beat up on this one. I did see a lot of nasty crashes, DNF’s, blown up bikes, people running out of gas, a crazy day. So I am glad I finished safe and salvaged a 5th.

Round 5 is at Honey Lake in Milford California on May 16th. I now sit 4th in points.

Top 10:

1. Mike Brown

2. Kurt Caselli

3. Ricky Dietrich

4. Eli Tomac

5. Justin Soule’

6. Gary Sutherlin

7. Josh Strang

8. Bobby Garrison

9. Nathan Woods

10. Johnathan Davis

WORCS Round 3 Lake Havasu, Arizona 03/28/2010

justinsoule6 — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:29:26 +0000

I finished 5th. I am really happy with this finish considering what it took to get it. This was going to be a dead engine start. At the Primm race I took the hole shot with a dead engine start. At the beginnning of every WORCS race we get to run a parade lap. I could not get the bike started, I am thinking this is not a good sign. I started the race in the back of the pack. About a mile into the race I was hit by another rider resulting in a hurt knee and a pretty bad crash. My knee hurt so bad I could hardly stand, much less walk. My bike laid there and I had to wait for the rest of the bikes to pass. My motivation to get back on the bike was knowing that some 20 plus Pro 2 riders were coming. I got back on the bike almost two minutes behind the last place rider. I admit I was mad, had a lot of adrenaline, and I was in a lot of pain. I put in some of my fastest laps trying to catch up.

By lap 5, I had moved into the top 10, I was charging hard. Around lap 8 the bolt on my rear brake backed out and I totally lost my rear brake lever. This was from the crash, not good! I was able to move up to 5th, but it was pretty hard to make the passes I needed to get up on the podium. We did a total of 19 laps.

Lake Havasu did not disappoint me, it is one of the roughest courses we race all year. I love it! The course is only a couple of miles long so it gets really beat up and has deep sand sections and tons of rocks, really a tough course.

I am going to take it easy a few days and keep the knee iced. Hopefully, there is no damage and I will be good to go. The good news is I moved up to 3rd overall in the series.

Top 10:

1. Ricky Dietrich

2. Mike Brown

3. Kurt Caselli

4. Kyle Summers

5. Justin Soule’

6. Robbie Bell

7. Gary Sutherlin

8. Colton Udall

9. Nathan Woods

10. Chris Johnson

Website Changes coming

justinsoule6 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:10:53 +0000

I know my website is not updated and is in the process of switching to Kawsaki green and listing all of my new sponsors. My website is done by Amber Farmer and as many of you know she and Mike just had a new baby, so it should be done soon…..

Best in The Desert GPR Laughlin Hare Scrambles 03/06/2010

justinsoule6 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:06:36 +0000

I was 1st Overall with my partner Gary Sutherlin. I have always heard great things about the Best in the Desert races and I have always wanted to try one, but my schedule never seemed to allow it. I heard about this race Thursday night. The problem was I had to hurry up and find a partner. My friend Gary Sutherlin was able to and made the drive from Phoenix. So I had to scramble to get my practice bike race ready and leave at 4:00 a.m. the next morning for make the 8-9 hour drive to Laughlin.

The course was two seperate loops, the first being 19 miles of fast whooped out sand and the second loop was 18 miles of tight rocky single track. The race started one bike at a time every 30 seconds and we drew the 5th spot. Gary started the race doing the first loop and he was riding like a mad man, handing the bike to me with a 30 second lead. From there I put another 1 and half minute gap on everyone on my loop and we just kept pulling the whole race. It was 4 hours and a lot of fun, I will definitely be back next year.

Top 3:

1. Justin Soule’ / Gary Sutherlin

2. Bobby Garrison / Corey Grafunder

3. Ty Davis / Nick Burson