LowAndSilent
Well-known member
Well, I can't believe this hasn't been posted yet, but...
Coming on the heels of his win at this years Utah 1088, Matt pulled off another great ride and came away with a first place finish at the first The Good, Bad and the Ugly (GBU) Rally. Covering a distance of approximately 1917 miles in just under 32 hours, he was able to bag an astonishing 19,000+ points. A view of his route can be viewed at his website, here.
While bonus locations were spread across the state of Montana, higher points could be obtained by riding "routes", which included three bonus point locations (a start/end point, along with a middle point). The three points of a route did not net the rider any points until all three points were documented correctly. Routes included such roads as the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park, or Lolo Pass. Also, to make the rally more friendly for newbies to the rally riding scene, pre-arranged Saddlesore guides (labeled as being Good, Bad, or just plain Ugly) were loops of bonus locations that would allow the rider to document a ride of 1000+ miles in less than 24 hours. Using the Saddlesore guides, a new rider could then add additional bonus points or routes as they saw fit. If my memory serves me correctly, Matt snagged a total of 8 routes during the rally. :blink:
Finishing first in the "New to Sport" category, created for those new to rallying, was Mike (who assisted Wendy C. with her 5th place finish in the Unlimited category
) and Puppychow, who rode to a third (maybe second?) place finish! Great riding by all those involved. :yahoo:
Coming on the heels of his win at this years Utah 1088, Matt pulled off another great ride and came away with a first place finish at the first The Good, Bad and the Ugly (GBU) Rally. Covering a distance of approximately 1917 miles in just under 32 hours, he was able to bag an astonishing 19,000+ points. A view of his route can be viewed at his website, here.
While bonus locations were spread across the state of Montana, higher points could be obtained by riding "routes", which included three bonus point locations (a start/end point, along with a middle point). The three points of a route did not net the rider any points until all three points were documented correctly. Routes included such roads as the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park, or Lolo Pass. Also, to make the rally more friendly for newbies to the rally riding scene, pre-arranged Saddlesore guides (labeled as being Good, Bad, or just plain Ugly) were loops of bonus locations that would allow the rider to document a ride of 1000+ miles in less than 24 hours. Using the Saddlesore guides, a new rider could then add additional bonus points or routes as they saw fit. If my memory serves me correctly, Matt snagged a total of 8 routes during the rally. :blink:
Finishing first in the "New to Sport" category, created for those new to rallying, was Mike (who assisted Wendy C. with her 5th place finish in the Unlimited category
) and Puppychow, who rode to a third (maybe second?) place finish! Great riding by all those involved. :yahoo: 
