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February 2024 25 last 50 yards of the straight, especially on a vin- tage era bike, as you may get a spine ra ling jolt through the seat on the g-out at these speeds! Trail boss Bre Reichart burned some diesel in the front-end loader prior to the event as he sculpted some banking and berms into a few of the early corners as well as profiling the handful of drop- off jumps that pepper the course. A lot of the ground used is cut through a field in typical grass track fashion and is hard packed and off camber in some spots. Where not man-made, berms were slow to form, so cornering skills were the key fast lap mes. Unlike berms, braking and accelera on bumps were quick to form in the main groove rewarding those able to find a smoother line. Following the day's racing, the crowd begins to gather for an awards ceremony to celebrate the racer's successes for the day. This also kicks off some of the other ac vi es that make the WRMC event a special weekend. As has become tradi on, a Halloween costume contest is encouraged, and Saturday brings a few early par cipants into focus. The most hard-core costumers will ride Sunday's cross-country event in character. Following the awards, the Mid-Atlan c's leadership provided a spread of food for all to enjoy in salute to anoth- er successful and rewarding year of compe on and fellowship. Prior to the dinner, a plethora of emo ons swept the crowd as some me was set aside to bid farewell to a long- me member of the Mid-Atlan c family. As we had sadly learned a few rounds earlier, our friend and fellow compet- itor, Larry Warner had lost his valiant, but all-too- short, ba le with cancer. Larry's wife Anna, son Glen, brother and racer Kyle, and sister-in-law Joelle, were on hand to celebrate Larry's life with his brotherhood of racers. The family brought some of Larry's bikes, memorabilia, and a slide show of memories along to share and several MA brethren spoke to their rela onship with him. A brilliant fabricator, collector, racer, and funny, gentle, caring man, Larry will be missed greatly. Godspeed, friend. As Sunday's cross-country racers queued them- selves into the star ng area without Larry's 17B Yamaha in the 50+ Expert row, it is a good remind- er to us all that life is short and unpredictable, race (or whatever else you enjoy) when you can and while you can. And, if you can race at a place as awesome as WRMC, even be er.