
Relented?
Dodge?
Looking safe?
Is that the problem all along?
Elijah thought hard as all the participants prepared at the gate.
The starting moment of the motocross racer is a crucial moment. But Elijah can't even concentrate.
His gaze focused on the motorcycle numbered 999 at the first gate.
Once the gate is lowered, a crossover that has a motor fastened with a powerful engine and one hundred percent traction will be able to outperform other competitors in the first corner.
He is famous as the fastest rider, Elijah thought. Can I really beat him?
And…
The gate was finally lowered.
The roar of the vehicle's engine blared like a thunderbolt in the skyline.
Elijah shot past at least ten competitors in one go.
Gilang and Dede simultaneously gasped in the line pit.
Denta smiled broadly behind his mask.
Here goes! Evan spontaneously grinned as the girl passed him by. He chanted his exhaust while soaring past two crossers in a jumping technique trying to catch up with the girl.
But Elijah raises his speed and weaves his handlebars in a zigzag motion, trying to outwit Evan's concentration by shifting the rear tyre while cornering, mimicking Gerry McCoy—'s technique of tricking opponents with his movements. Where when he entered the corner to the left, the handlebars were deflected to the right—although the handlebar motion space is very narrow but the action remains clear, so the direction is difficult to read by participants at the back, so the direction is difficult to read, where the racing line is tracked massively.
Denta spontaneously frowned. The technique was also commonly used when the opponent behind him performed jumping techniques. His secret strategy is with Evan.
Well, this sliding technique is already endemic among the racers of the artificial circuit class limited to sacks and used car tires—apa again if not road race in Indonesia.
Racing techniques are increasingly developing over time as the development of motor racing technology is also growing.
Every driver does.
But in addition not easy for the racer to do extreme cornering action with the limitations of existing tire brands, the placement of this technique is also not much understood by other drivers except just in the corner.
Placing the sliding technique to outwit the participants behind the jumping, not many do it except Evan and Denta.
This is just the storm! thought Evan was getting challenged.
Reaching the Bermed Corner— Corner corner, where the outside of the bend there is a rather high ground that is often used by drivers to devour the bend at a speed high enough to overtake, Evan was not given a gap to overtaking.
"Good job, My Girl!" peekkik Denta on Gilang's side, while Syantik Man was already slanting like cheerleaders.
"Brapp-wrapp! Braapp-braapp!" Dede exclaimed enthusiastically while patting his fists, watching Elijah eagerly.
Ardian watched them on the other side of the pit line with his eyes squinted.
Igun and Maha also glanced at them and exchanged glances.
Devian could not help but look at Elijah with his eyebrows linked. That was the style of the Storm, he thought in surprise. Still not sure the motorcyclist numbered 666 was the real Denta.
When Step On-a small jump as a medium for racers before bulldozing Table Top—humps high ground and tends to be flat on its top which is able to lift the racer before plunging into the next session, Evan made it past Elijah and reached Step Off faster.
"Cumprrrgh!" Denta groaned while holding his head with both hands.
Ardian glanced at him again.
Step off is a small ground focus after Table Top. Step On and Step Off are almost always there together. Put simply Step On for Table Top battle preparation and then from Table Top landing to Step Off-bodo ah!
Elijah is focused on Evan.
At the time of the long Ski-Drop-off jump after a high section on the track, Elijah managed to overtake Evan.
"Yes!" pekik Gilang and Dede while jumping and clenching their hands.
Denta smiled widely again.
The drop-off is a steep descent where the motorcycle has to jump down and not just slide down.
Passing the massive Double-Two 'hump' challenge in a row where riders usually land on the descent side on the second ground, Evan takes the lead again.
"Yes!" The turn of Igun and Maha now who cheered with clenched hands.
Gilang snorted as he glanced towards them.
In the narrow Sharp Turn-bend that offers little room for error, Elijah again makes a surprise and passes Evan. This part is most difficult for the correction of the racing line and usually slows down the speed of the motor significantly and needs high skill and technique.
Dede and Gilang went back to prancing.
"Focus! Focus, Honey!" Denta pleads with his jaw tightened.
Unfortunately in the Turn Sweeping section - a wider section of the track where it is often used to overtake and also noted the driver's error on the previous corner, Elijah made a mistake. In that part it actually still allows the racer to maintain his speed, but Elijah a little careless and cheered.
Evan is back in the lead.
"Cumprrrgh!" Denta groaned again.
"Eragh!" Gilang set his foot while grumbling.
Dede growled while clenching her hands with a worried expression.
At Whoops-a few small bumps that are quite a lot, Elijah again took advantage.
The turn of Igun and Maha is now growling with an anxious expression.
Basically, this section can help speed up the speed of the motor. Often the racers drove at high speed and jumped several mounds not by passing one by one.
Unfortunately, Evan took this challenge too lightly.
In Three-three consecutive large mounds, most riders usually land on the downside of the second jump section and relaunch it on the third section, however, Evan and Elijah managed to jump over the second part and landed on the downside of the third jump in a draw position.
The supporters of the two riders stiffened at the same time.
Ardian glanced at them one by one while smiling knots.
Evan and Elijah are still in a draw position. Evan occasionally made it past the girl, but not for two seconds, the girl managed to pass him again. And vice versa.
So on the two drivers were chasing each other, until unconscious had finished the race for thirty minutes plus two laps, overlap and reach the front finish with each pocketing a draw point, and then the other two laps, forgetting the other participants, it was as if on top of that trajectory there were only the two of them.
At the time of the Booter-one the jump is really big, which is able to give the rider a long time to 'fly' and be right before or on the finish line as a side for the rider landing, which is, these two riders performed a dramatic stunt that left everyone holding their breath and gasping.
Evan catapulted his motorcycle in a jumping technique, then salted in the air.
While Elijah ambushed and swirled in the air like an airplane propeller.
Then the two landed simultaneously on the finish line with motorcycle tires Elijah was in the front position.
Time seemed to come to a halt as all eyes stared at the finish line, even Elijah.
The girl froze with her eyes and mouth rounded.
Did I really win? he thought unsure. Then blink to make sure the scene at the finish line is not just a hallucination.
The cheers of the audience boomed along with the official-Elijah decision was the winner!