On The Pegs July 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 7 | Page 124

On The Pegs
THE ADVENTURES OF A
MOTOTRIALS CHECKER
EDITOR’S NOTE: Joel Honea is a member of the Oklahoma trials club NEOTT.
Here is his account of his first experience working a national MotoTrials.
Saturday: I must admit the last few
months have been arduous, fighting
off ticks and enduring heat and hu-
midity while whacking brush on rocky
hillsides, but quite beneficial to my
trials education. I have been to sev-
eral nationals and a couple of world
rounds, but to be this involved with a
trials national was enlightening to say
the least. I was willing to do whatever
I could to support the Arkansas round.
And although I am quite familiar with
a 5, (I collect them as if they would
take me to heaven) I didn’t think I had
enough experience to be a checker
especially with so much on the line. It
was soon apparent that I would indeed
be pressed into service as a checker