Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Hey everybody! Thanks for checking out my website, and especially my results Blog. Here is a video of my race report from Last Dog Standing! Special thanks to Beta, Stillwell Performance, Klim, Kali Protectives, Rekluse, Hammer Nutrition FMF, HBD Grafix, Dunlop, Deft Family, and my parents! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA1mDUcIKKk

Thursday, March 1, 2012

AMRA Globe, AZ 2012

Coming into this race I was super pumped. I was excited to race and was looking forward to another great race put on by the Rock Stars. Globe has treated me well in the past, but I can't say the same for this race. Off the start I had a mediocre 3rd place start. I was right behind Davey Broderick, who was behind Eric Bailey. The dust was insane, so you either had to be really close, or really far away, making it hard to pass. Like a bonehead, I washed out my front end less then halfway around the first lap, allowing Mason Ottersburg to get by me. I unfortunitely got stuck behind him for about a lap and a half, I was getting pretty frustrated, and I finally had to bust a move and make a pass. Now it was time to go after the front runners. I was catching up to Davey when I hit a rock, and bent my brake pedal in, far enough so that it would stick under my case. I had to ride a whole lap with no rear brake at all. I lost about 3 minutes or so on that lap. Meanwhile, Eric Bailey broke a chain and was running back to the pits to get tools like an animal. We fixed my brake at the pitstop, and then I was super pissed. I was on the gas, wanting to catch back up to Davey. I gained a couple minutes on him the last couple laps, but was unable to close the gap anough to make a pass for the win. Congrats to Davey for the great ride and the overall. Thanks to my sponsors: Stillwell Performance, Beta, Klim, Rekluse, Dunlap, Fasst Co. Topar, Kal-Gard, RTT, ODI, HBD Graphics, FMF Fastway, Dirt Tricks, Slick,Posey Motors, Woodies Wheel Works, DP Brakes, Sidi, and most of all, my parents. Thanks for reading, Beraaap!

Max Gerston

Friday, February 10, 2012

King of The Motos 2012

Lets start off by saying that King of the Motos was the gnarliest thing I have ever seen or done on a motorcycle. I did things that I thought weren't even possible. The start consisted of a dead engine start, and shooting 20 guys up this gnarly mountain hill climb at once. It was insane. I got a sick start, right behind my teammate Cody Webb, and I had fourth place held down. Once we got over the gnarly hill, and down to the fast stuff, I was able to pass Graham Jarvis and Cody Webb. There was a helicopter following me and cody for about ten miles. It was sick. Those dudes got me back when we dropped into a gnarly ravine section. That was at about the 12 mile mark. Coming into mile 35 there was a mountain of rocks, no exaggeration. I thought that going up, down, and around this thing was impossible. Destry Abbott and Gary Sutherlin had some better line choices, and got by me. My bike had started to knock real bad, and it was blowing smoke. When I got the the pit, I let it cool down, put some water in it, and kept going. It was at the 55 mile marker that I had to throw in the towel. Thats where Cody Webb was with a broken radiator. We put my radiator on his bike, and he proceeded at get 5th place. It was until around 4 hours later I finally got back to the pits. I had to push my bike a mile out of a rocky, sandy Ravine to get help. It was a nightmare. We ended up throwing my bike on the hood off a Jeep, and driving me and the bike out of there. Gnarly. We learned what we need to do for next time, and I would consider it a successful trip. Thanks to all my sponsors Stillwell Performance Beta, Klim, Rekluse, Deft Family, Hammer Nutrition, Faast Co, Eks Brand, and my parents for all the support. Also special thanks to Cole Townsend from Faast Company for helping me get out of that nasty desert. Thanks for reading, Beraaaaap!!