Penton/KTM rider to compete in the 2009 ISDE

[Gary Roach]

Cory Buttrick will be competing in the 84th ISDE this week in Figueira Da Foz, Portugal. He's riding on the Junior Trophy Team aboard the #39 KTM 250 Four Stroke in the E1 class. The ISDE starts Monday morning at 8:00 AM Portugal time. Portugal is 5 hours ahead of us, so it will be 3:00 AM here on the U.S. East coast. The event will have Live Scoring so that you can check to see how the USA riders are doing. Here's the link to the Live Scoring: http://www.isde2009-live.info/


Here are links to photos. Some of these are updated daily:

http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-pre-race/Pre-Six-Days/Portugal-ISDE-2009/9902086_hdz9M#674885086_75u9b

http://gallery.me.com/orcaspix#gallery

http://www.offroadchampions.com/html/isde_teams.html

http://www.offroadchampions.com/html/isde_pre.html



Here are links to stories and info:

The official ISDE website: http://www.fmportugal.pt/ambiente.asp?cod_seccao=6226
http://www.isde4teamusa.com/from_kit_kamo.htm
http://isde4teamusa.com/ (click on "Notes from Portugal" in the "Letters to USA" box)
http://www.gofasters.com/
http://www.amateamusa.com/news/
http://offroadchampions.com/
http://www.isde.tv/site/
http://ktmtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=364176
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/ (type in ISDE in the search box)
http://destryabbott.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=1906 (more info links here)

If anyone has anymore links to photos or information, please post them.

Go get 'em, Cory B

John and Cory at the 2005 John Penton GNCC


John and Cory at the 2009 John Penton GNCC






Gary

[TGTech]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed so Cory kicks everybody in his class.

Dane

[tmc3c]

Good luck Cory!!ride like the wind and keep it on 2!!



Thomas Carmichael


1970 125 Six Day
1976 250 Hare Scrambler

[tomale]

cool stuff
JP sure looks good....

Thom Green,Still crazy after all these years!
76' 250 MC5 (orginal owner)74'
250 hare scrambler (project bike)

[Gary Roach]

Well, the first day is done. Cory ended up 73rd overall for the day, but he had an issue with a rear tire change (I haven't found out exactly what happened yet) and was assessed a 2 minute penalty for going into the impound area late. The USA Junior Trophy Team sits in second place, just 1.28 seconds behind France.

The USA World Trophy Team is in 5th place, some 18 seconds behind Australia. France leads, followed by Finland and then Italy. The USA Team lost a rider before the second checkpoint. Ricky Dietrich crashed in the first test and damaged his exhaust, and then his clutch went out. He was towed back to the Parc Ferme and fixed the bike, but was then disqualified because he houred out before he could make it to the second checkpoint.

The USA Women's Cup Team is in 3rd place behind France and Sweden.

From what all I've read, it sounds like the deep sand will be playing a major role on man and machine by the end of the week. Here's a quote from USA World Trophy Team rider Destry Abbott:  

quote:The tests are getting really bad and tomorrow is going to be really rough! Like I was saying before there's going to be a lot of people having problems with bikes. The sand tests are really hard on them and just about everyone's bikes are already making bad noises.

Here are some photos from the start of the event: http://www.offroadchampions.com/html/start.html

Here are some photos from Juha Salminen's website that shows some of the sand in the special test: http://www.juhasalminen.pictures.fi/kuvat/ISDE+2009+-+Portugal/Day1/


Gary

[Larry Perkins]

Looks like we had an up and down day today on Day 2.  Some good Special Test times and some not so good.  Cory had a couple of real good ones but a couple of not so good ones.  Same for Caselli who remains top American at 6th overall.  Cory I think will end up in 82nd Overall at the end of the day.  I don't see the team standings yet.

Larry P

[Gary Roach]

Hi Larry,

Yeah, Cory had an 18th Overall and top American score in Test 2, and a 23rd overall score in Test 5. The not-so-good scores were on the test that's on the beach right beside the Parc Ferme. It's the first test they ride on as they leave Parc Ferme, and it's the last one that they ride before going back into the Parc Ferme. Cory has been struggling both days with the deep sand in this test. Bad news for him is that they will have to ride this test every day, twice a day. Here's a link to a video update of Day 1, and you can see the test that I'm talking about (it's the one where you can see the ocean, motels, and houses in the background).  http://www.isde.tv/site/day-1-daily-video-update-isde-2009/

Here's another website that has daily updates and videos: http://www.isde.tv/site/

Gary

[firstturn]

Thanks for the update and Please keep them coming our way.

Ron Carbaugh

[auggie]

Thank for you Gary, Larry and the rest for keeping us updated.  I too wish Cory the best in his endeavors at the Six Days.

[Gary Roach]

Well, Day 2 is in the books, but not without incident for a couple of fast American riders. Cory didn't have any penalty points today, so either his tire change went along smoother than it did yesterday...or he didn't change it at all!

  Cory's Junior Trophy Teammate David Kamo had the main wiring harness melt on his KTM and the bike wouldn't run. He was unable to fix it on the trail, so he is out. That means that along with the USA World Trophy Team, they have no more throw aways, and cannot afford any more DNF's.

  For those not familiar with ISDE scoring, I'll try to explain how it works, and hopefully don't make it too confusing. We'll use the Junior Team as an example. The Team starts out with 4 riders. Each individual rider is timed through all of the special tests, and then all of his test times are added together for his total score for that day. At the end of the day, out of the 4 riders scores, the Team's worst score is throw out. The 3 best scores are used for that Team's total score for the day. But they are only allowed to throw away one score per day. So, since the Junior Team is down to 3 riders, every one of their scores will have to count for the Team's score for the rest of the event. If another rider falls out, than they're Team is pretty much done (unless the same thing happens to all or most of the other Teams, which is highly unlikely). Each individual rider is also entered into a machine displacement class at the start of the event, so if the Team is out, the remaining riders can still compete for the rest of the event and try to improve his position in his displacement class. These rules also apply to the World Trophy Team, except that they start with a 6 rider Team. Same goes for the Club Teams and Women's Cup Team, except they have only 3 riders per Team. If anyone sees an error in my explanation, please let me know.

The fastest Club Team rider on Day 1 was American Ryan Powell. He finished an amazing 50th Overall yesterday, but seized his bike today and had to quit.

  But the Americans weren't the only ones with problems. The Great Britian Team took a major blow today when World and GNCC Champion David Knight crashed in the first test. He had to be taken to a hospital to be checked out. He's going to be fine, but his Six Day is over. Also, World and GNCC Champion Juha Salminen of Team Finland had problems in a test today, and then received a 10 second penalty on top of that. He was 7th Overall yesterday, but fell back to 48th by the end of today.

  The USA Junior Trophy Team is in 3rd place, less than 2 seconds behind France, and less than 15 seconds behind Spain. These boys are keeping it close! The World Trophy Team fell back to 6th, some 11 minutes out of the lead. The Women's Team is now in 4th.

  Days 3 and 4 are going to be brand new loops, and only one test is supposed to have any amount of sand in it, so hopefully Cory can improve his Overall standing.


Gary


Here's a picture of Cory B. that was taken today.

offroadchampions.com photo



 
   

[Larry Perkins]

Very nice shot of Cory!  Go boy go!

Larry P

[Mick Milakovic]

Hey Gary, thanks for the updates!  It's really exciting to track someone you know!  Where do we look to see the riders' individual standings in their class?

Mick

[Gary Roach]

Hi Mick,

Click on the live scoring link, then click on "Day 3". Off to the left of the page there is a side bar with standings broke down by teams, displacement classes, and at the bottom is the test scores for that day. Cory is in the "E1" class. "Day results" is for results just for that day only. "Progressive" is a total of all of the scores added together.

Gary

[Lloyd Boland]

Am I reading this correctly, Timmy Weigand is the top USA rider?  I hope he does well.  Several people questioned putting some of these guys on the team.  I know Timmy very well and he is really a nice guy and works very hard.  Not bad for a west coast guy.

[Lloyd Boland]

My mistake, it looks like Kurt Caselli in E3 has a faster time.  Timmy is in E1.  I am not sure I am reading these correctly.  What is the difference between E1, E2 and E3?