But back to the reason we came...WERA had a good go of allowing silly little boys to flog silly little scoots around fab tracks as they have done for 60 plus odd years in Europe...we're talking motoGP 50 scoots that the Euro's live and breath, though this isle across the pond is now beginning to recognize as a potentially viable sport...then again, in the midwest and west of the Americas, the mini class is at times a class unto itself that has the most highly competitive riding there is, especially given that there is only so much that can be done with a 50cc or 75cc cheater motor to get bottom, mid, and top speeds...so competition is fast, furious, as well as cheshire grinning good fun...

in prep for the ensuing race, we see one Rusty Nations giving the Derbi GPR50 throttle some warmup chop, whilst one Jim Goodlett pretends to know how to put on the palm protectors which saved Rusty's hands in the previously pictured bottle cap tarmac induced slide...right then, click for the next in sequence...