Doug Obie #17

Welcome to my blog. On this page is where all my sponsors and fans can catch up on what's going on.  My race results, pictures and my thoughts will be posted here and it will typically be updated frequently or when I just have something to say.  Please let me know if there is something you would like my opinion on and I would be glad to give you my 2 cents. Email me at omirace@tds.net.   Thanks for stopping by!  Doug.

"Winners make it happen, Losers make excuses!"

2/6/08

Thanks for checking in with me!  First, I need to thank all my sponsors that are helping me out for the up coming 2008 season.

    For the MX series I will be running the production A and 16-24 classes hoping to pull off a championship this year in either of these classes.  Then on the TT side, this is the one I am really excited about!  I am going to run the ProAm Production, Production A and the 16-24 classes.  I am shooting for the two championships and a top five finish in the ProAm class.   

    We are currently finishing up on the MX bike.  We are on our way to pick up the motors at Rossier Engineering right now!  I cannot wait to put that in the bike and see what Joe gave me this year!   I think this year we will have a lot of the right stuff to get the job done with the help of all my sponsors.

    There are less than 90 days until the first TT race of the year and the TT bike is coming along very nicely for only being  the second year racing TT.  I think I am going to do very well, last year was a stepping stone for me and this year I am in it to win it all!

    See you at the finish line!

 

5/16/07

Well its been a while, so let me catch you up!   We decided we are going to follow the ATVA National Circuit this year.  We missed the first three rounds but we're catching up quickly! 

We started out in Georgia at Echeconnee Park.  Went down and signed up for three classes, come to find out, that was the wrong track to try that!  I ran 450A, Production A, and 4-stroke A.  I took 11th in Production A, 14th in 450A and dropped the 4-stroke class.

Then we wandered down to Birch Creek in Virginia. Here I signed up for the 450A and Production A classes.  The first two motos were good, I came out second in both holeshots in production A and held on to it for three laps when a pro-am rider caught me and took 2nd away from me!  I finished third overall.   In 450A class, i cam out 2nd in the holeshot and held on to it for 2 laps, made a few mistakes, which cost me a few positions, I finished 5th overall.

Last week was Red Bud here in Michigan!  For once it actually didn't rain!  I had to qualify for the production A class and took 4th. In the 450A class, I started out good with a 5th place holeshot, then a rock found its way lodged into my front wheel. After I got that out, I started to catch everyone and they started to water the track and I hit a slick spot as I went sideways.  As I was sideways, I hit a dry spot and it threw me off.  I finished that race and came out 17th.    On Sunday, the 450A class was up first and I came out of the holeshot last and worked my way up to 6th.  The guy in front of me blew a tire off his wheel and caused me to run off the track as 4 other guys went past me and I ended up 11th overall in the 450A class.   Then production A was up.....I pulled off the line 2nd and stayed there until a pro-am rider past me, so I tucked up behind him for a  while then on the last lap going into the whoops, I had picked a bad line and couldn't get any rhythem and gave up a position which put me at 4th.  That gave me an overall 4th in Production A. 

Holeshot, Red Bud    Red Bud Production A Class

Oh Yeah, and check out our new graphics, thanks to B&K Graphics! They did an AWESOME job!

 

2/7/07

We ventured across the lake to Wisconsin for the Ice Race Nationals last weekend, I raced the Pro Am class  and ended up finishing in 4th place, I also raced the Pro Am TT class with a 3rd place finish.  The weather was to the extreme. A windchill  Saturday morning was -15, that afternoon it reached a high of a whole -3 below. I have frost bite on the nose, but it was all worth the experience!

Very Fun, Very Cold!    Now, this looks cold!

 

 

1/16/07

Happy New Year!  We went to ProSource last weekend for the first race this year.  There were a lot of quads, but no "A" riders so I went out and ran with the only "B" rider that showed up!  For the first time in 6 months, I ran without any pain in my knee!  Sure feels good to be riding again.   Just got my '05 motor back from Joe @ Rossier today, I can't wait to put it in to run the Ice National in Wisconsin!

Here's a new picture of this years remodel -

 

12/21/06

Once again, I signed my knee over to the surgeon last week and let him do some repair work... Recovery is going well.    My motor just arrived back from Joe @ Rossier, can't wait to break it in and get riding again!  Hope everyone has a great and safe Christmas!  See you all next year!

 

11/20/06

my knee hurts....

I started to race again after about 5 months off.  Went down to the Motoplex first race, pulled the holeshot then moved over. still trying to get my knee in shape. Thanks to the sponsors that have come on board already. cant wait to get my 06 motor back from Joe over at Rossier.

 I also  have to go back under the knife to do a little refreshing on my knee before the real racing starts. I'll have pictures of the new machine posted soon !

 

         

      

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

           2006 Rebuild Finished                         Pullin' the hole shot at Red Bud National 2006

           

                    Flat Track Racin' 2006

 

Thank you very much to all my '07 sponsors that make what I do possible.