What is it, year six? Seven? Shit, it feels like we have been coming to The Dirty Sanchez for a lifetime. Years blending together, creating a brain-melting amount of memories of some of the best days of our lives. The Sanchez family ranch is a second home to us, and we look forward to racing bikes there every year. We don’t care if it’s muddy, dusty, brutally hot, or cold. We just want to ride with our buddies, laugh a lot, drink some beer, and live to tell the tale. TDS provides the perfect backdrop for the best stories, the kind of stories that make your face hurt from laughing so hard.
This year we got a muddy one, and it didn’t take the wind out of our sails; if anything, it just added to the looseness that our crew seems to love. The weekend started with practice on Friday, and everyone had a blast ripping trails. Later that afternoon, the sprint enduro moto race took place, and it got a little western. This year, MotorSport brought out Carson Brown, and it made for some good racing and great spectating.
We woke up Saturday morning to the sound of rain, and what started as dusty/marbly riding conditions on Friday quickly turned into slick and muddy dirt that lasted the rest of the weekend. The rain was a rolling mist all day, leaving the ranch soaked. All in all, it didn’t faze the racers or the spectators; everyone was having a good time. After a long day of racing and heckling, we kicked it at camp and tossed back some cold 805. All primed up and ready for the night ahead, there was one thing left to do: race some pit bikes. Finishing off the night, we probably stayed up too late hanging by the fire pit. But what can you do? We live for the late-night crowd at TDS.
Sunday morning rolled around. It was still raining, there was a ton more racing, and our crew was ready to get after it. Colton Peterson and Bubba (Austin) Warren held it down for FH and stood on the podium Sunday afternoon, finishing 2nd in Pro-men and 1st in Pro-EMTB. They sure did make us proud!
The Sanchez Crew, along with a killer team of volunteers, poured months of sweat into prepping the land and carving out a bunch of epic trails. Thanks to their hard work, we get to spend three days in the woods doing what we love most—riding bikes and having an absolute blast with our buddies. From rowdy nights around the fire to all-out racing during the day, this place has given us some unforgettable memories. There’s just something special about this gathering—it brings people together in the best way and reminds you how rad it is that stuff like this still goes down. Catch you next year!
