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Had an awesome time in the KRON studio with Gary.

Gotta make this quick. Bad deal in Kansas City. Vincent and Brian Alquist (my travel partners) both got hurt and are out for the rest of the season. Financially I could not afford to keep going by myself. Decided to head home and while driving through a blizzard in Nebraska I got a call from Bruce @ Slaton Racing. He offered me a chance to race a Kawasaki 250 at the rest of the Supercross Lites West races. I said yes and picked up the bike Thursday before LA SX. Rode about 45 minutes and headed south. Rode decent even though I was not used to the bike at all. Kinda hard to jump from a 450 to a 250 that quick and even harder to go from a Honda to a Kawasaki. Qualified 16th in times, fell on the first lap of my heat but came back to 9th. Cruised around in the Main and finished 15th.

This week I rode and trained my ass off and feel waaaay better. Hoping to rip it up this weekend in front of all my friends and family at Oakland Coliseum.

*pretty bummed about AX. I spent a lot of time and money preparing for that championship and I am pretty upset I had to come home. Cant be selfish though, and I hope Jake, Brian, and Vincent all heal up and get back soon. I am still doing Reno AX and Sacramento AX though. OK, gotta go.

Well round 1 is in the books and I have some mixed emotions on how the weekend went. Vincent and I came into Tulsa feeling very prepared but a few things were a little off. We left the race very confident that things are going to improve and that we will be permanent contenders at the front of the pack. Here is a more detailed look at how racing went inside Bok Center.

Practice started off with both Vincent and I in the non seated practice. Probably the most dangerous 5 minutes of my life. Some guys were rolling the finish line double and struggling to just ride through the whoops. It made it hard to put in a fast qualifying lap but we were still able to pull off 7th and 11th place qualifying times. We figured once we got into the racing we would be a bit quicker

We were both in heat 1 and lined up pretty far from each other. I was in the very inside and Vince was in gate 6 pretty far outside. I pulled a killer start and came into the first turn second. I made the pass in the whoops right after the start and took the lead. I rode 10 solid laps and cruised to the heat race victory. Vincent had a rough heat race. He got a bad start and got in a pileup on the opening lap. He charged his way forward and made some unfriendly passes on his way to a 7th. Good enough to qualify but not good enough for a front row start in the main.

I got a horrible start in the main but was able to dive inside and come out in about 7th. The first five laps were hectic as everyone fought for position. I tried making a pass in the first turn and washed out. I got up as fast as I could but was in dead last by the time I got going. My bars were bent pretty bad but I rode the best I could and caught back up to 14th, far from where I belong. Vincent had a bad start as well and was in a 5 rider battle for 8th the entire moto until he stalled his bike with 3 laps to, finishing 13th.

Overall we are happy to get round 1 out of the way. We are excited for the upcoming week so we can make some adjustments to our program and bikes. We are going to continue to get faster and stronger and will both be standing on the box very soon. Check back next week for our Kansas City Race Report.

AURORA, Ill. (January 6, 2011) – A pair of new faces are bursting onto the AMA Arenacross Series scene in 2011, driven by a passion for dirt bike racing as well as a desire to perform music for the masses. The Main Event is a term synonymous with the sport of arenacross and appropriately enough, it is the name of the band led by a pair of brothers who happen to be very fast on a motorcycle.

Daniel and Vincent Blair have become familiar faces in the privateer ranks of Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, over the last few years. However, the Northern California-based duo making the transition to the AMA Arenacross Series for the upcoming season with their MainEventRock.com Honda team.

“Fun and safety were our biggest reasons for making the move,” said Vincent, the younger of the two brothers. “Injuries have put a huge toll on Daniel and I in recent years. We also believe we have what it takes to challenge for the championship this season.”

The duo have been stalwarts in the sport since the middle of the decade and even made a foray into the AMA Arenacross Series during the 2007 season. That year, despite being behind in readying the team to compete, they were able to find some success.

“Back in 2007 we raced arenacross, but we were a little behind to start because there wasn’t much time to prepare,” added Blair. “We did pretty good considering that. I was able to get on the podium and I’m pretty sure Daniel was right there with a top five. Over the years whenever a race was in (Sacramento) or Reno, we tried to be there.”

Blair continued, “The local races are going to be a lot of fun. There will be tons of family and friends and at the end of the night, we’re going to perform at an after party.”

The music is the lifeblood of the MainEventRock.com team. What started out as a fun side project has turned into a full fledged effort that will ultimately support this season’s racing efforts.

“We played music (for fun),” said Blair. “Then we decided to write songs that weren’t just fast paced, but also helped pump us up to race. This team allows us to tie those two things together and focus on our band more.

“We have an EP coming out in a couple of weeks and our plan is to use the sales from that CD as a budget for our team. We’re also going to have a couple young local riders competing in the Lites West Region with us and all of us together will travel to the races.”

While the team is still looking for additional help, there is little doubt that both Daniel and Vincent Blair are putting everything they have into the 2011 AMA Arenacross Series Championship. And one can rest assure that the siblings are going to have a lot of fun along the way.

“Everyone (in the series) wants to win,” concluded Vincent. “We want to win too and we’re doing everything it takes. Arenacross is really intense. It’s high paced with intense and close battles, so we’re working on trying to be consistent. We won’t know until after first round.”

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