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posted April 14, 2002 06:02 PM
Race weekend report My race weekend started Friday, 4/12. Attended a roadrace school held by Mike Sullivan. Good school, learned a lot, and more than that, learned HOW to learn out on the track. My biggest accomplishment was moving from 'reaction' mode to 'thinking' mode while making laps. Still a long way to go, but I can say that I did faster laps out in the rain at Paciific Raceway this year than I did in the dry last year. Saturday was novice day, so I signed up for the afternoon practice. The rain was coming down, and it was bitter cold, so I turned in my refund slip and sat it out in the trailer. Saturday night brought high winds, a truckload of rain, and thunderboomers up in the mountains. The GF and I sat in the trailer and played cribbage all night. Sunday morning started out great, but the clouds quickly rolled in, the temp dropped into the mid forties, and I went out for some morning practice. Lots of standing water on the track, and I wasn't really comfortable with the new layout. Came back in, briefly discussed things with some fellow riders, then went back out for a second practice session. Still cold and wet, but not raining, and I improved my times over the first practice session. The front end on the SV felt great, really solid compared to last year. I was running on old tires tho, so there was a bit of caution when leaning over into the turns. Sunday afternoon rolled around, and the weather was just too spastic, and once again I turned in my refund sheet, this time for the 650 SuperSport Twins race. In some ways, the race weekend was a bust, the the great conditions during the track day Friday made it well worth coming out for. I'm hoping for much better weather when the next roadrace rolls around, and until then, I can always have fun at the local dragstrip. Later everyone!
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posted April 14, 2002 06:02 PM
Sunday morning started out great, but the clouds quickly rolled in, the temp dropped into the mid forties, and I went out for some morning practice. Lots of standing water on the track, and I wasn't really comfortable with the new layout. Came back in, briefly discussed things with some fellow riders, then went back out for a second practice session. Still cold and wet, but not raining, and I improved my times over the first practice session. The front end on the SV felt great, really solid compared to last year. I was running on old tires tho, so there was a bit of caution when leaning over into the turns. Sunday afternoon rolled around, and the weather was just too spastic, and once again I turned in my refund sheet, this time for the 650 SuperSport Twins race. In some ways, the race weekend was a bust, the the great conditions during the track day Friday made it well worth coming out for. I'm hoping for much better weather when the next roadrace rolls around, and until then, I can always have fun at the local dragstrip. Later everyone!
