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8/23/2019 6:27am
8/23/2019 6:27am
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8/24/2019 6:05pm
I was lucky enough to be at Budds Creek last weekend. Aside from the heat, I had the time of my life. The track was amazing for spectating, and witnessing Eli bring home the 3peat was something special.
One thing that stood out was the smell of the two stokes. My brother and I were joking about how the sound and smell of the All Star race would get us hyped up to go racing. The sound was certainly there, but the bikes smelled completely different! I've never smelled anuthing like it in my life. Is the fuel really that different in the US than in Europe? I have honestly never smelled anything like it.
One thing that stood out was the smell of the two stokes. My brother and I were joking about how the sound and smell of the All Star race would get us hyped up to go racing. The sound was certainly there, but the bikes smelled completely different! I've never smelled anuthing like it in my life. Is the fuel really that different in the US than in Europe? I have honestly never smelled anything like it.
I also remember the race gas being a smell i've not smelt before. Krocs KTM 250sxf on race fuel was something else!
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And the teams are probably running some more exotic stuff.
I think it comes from, among other things maybe, oxygenated fuel, which C-12 is not and T-2 is.
Of course, I'm no chemist so I could be wrong.
I spend a lot of time on the turn track just to smell my own exhaust.
Pit Row
That smell was also more common in MX yrs ago, 70/80's. when castor based oils were the norm.
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