Boy Scout Crew 35 Off Road Race Truck Blog: 9/14/08

Well, I've finally returned to the land of Blogdom to let you guys know what's going on. The summer months were, to be honest, rather slow. School was replaced by work, keeping most of us out of the shop. But here in Venture Crew 35, our minds are always on the truck. This was no exception.

I went to the AMA Supermoto Race which was held at Stafford Speedway in Stafford Springs, CT. AMA riders, being fellow members of the off road world, have been big supporters of our project, and this was no exception. As I talked with various riders, along with my friends the Curries (as in Currie Enterprises), I could see the riders getting excited about what we were doing. When I asked if they had anything they could donate for auction, few hesitated. I left looking like I robbed the place. Which is why I would like to thank the following riders (and plug their auctions):

•Cassidy Anderson, rider of the Supermoto Premiere #15 Troy Lee Designs Honda. Donated an autographed jersey
•Daryl Atkins, rider of the Supermoto Unlimited #54 Rip It Energy Drink Aprilia. Donated an autographed jersey
•Mark Burkhart, defending Supermoto Premiere champion and rider of the #1 Graves Motorsports Yamaha. Donated an autographed jersey for the second year in a row. Mark's one of our biggest fans, and we're certainly one of his.
•Benny Carlson, rider of the Supermoto Premiere #45 Rip It Energy Drink Aprilia. Donated an autographed jersey.
•Brandon Currie, defending Supermoto Lite champion and rider of the #1 Graves Motorsports Yamaha. Donated a pair of signed goggles.
•Steve Drew, rider of the Supermoto Unlimited #73 Hart and Huntington KTM. Donated an autographed jersey. Steve also gave us his email, telling us to keep in touch with him on the project. Because people with the name Steve are cool like that.
•Troy Herfoss, rider of the Supermoto Premiere #99 HMC Factory KTM. Donated a pair of signed gloves for the second year in a row.

After Supermoto it was time for the race that should have been our big coming out party, but wasn't. The rising gas prices/recession everywhere else kept us from being done on time, so our first race turned into a recon mission. Scoutmaster Ron Harrell and I went out to Vegas to Reno, chased with Kore, and brought home a wealth of information. But that really deserves its own blog, don't you think?

As for the truck now, it's finally being worked on again. Thanks to a tubing sponsorship from Marmon Keystone, we've begun building the rollcage in the bed section. CBS 3 in Springfield is doing a story on the project, which will hopefully air sometime this week. And we are very close to finally making a shock sponsorship deal. So a little of the momentum is finally back.

I'm not going to tell you guys about V2R yet, because I want to get all my photos and video together first. So you'll probably have to wait until this weekend or sometime next week. Sorry.

Anyway, till next week. Thanks for reading, dudes.

The pictures are back!