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Our track has closed down on fridays because of A low car count for bracket racing .. so inplace of the bracket progam they are trying a street type test and tune night ...Well it may not last long either because the car and bike count was very low also ...I wanted to go because the air was SO GOOD , low 50s and very dry air for FL ... We only get one or to times a year with this kind of air , so even if you freez your ass off it worth going .. With the cold air comes the problem of getting the bike to hook on a cold track ..But you have to take a chance just in case you can hook it ... Tonight Ladies got in for free so i took wifey with me , but she was bored and spent her time writing something that i will tell you about a little later ..

All my passes were in the 5.60s with my best of the night a 5.62 @ 128.49 with a 1.39 60 foot time ..The track gave up and started spinning about 8:00 oclock .. So we loaded up and headed home ..Then i found out what my wife had been doing for the last 3 hours ...She was writing a poem ... It's no longfellow or wadswoth but it pretty good for the short time she had to write it and she knows nothing about racing ...( She hates it to tell the truth ) anyway here it is ...

As i get ready to go to the track, I say a prayer that i'll make it back ..

For racing motorcycles can be a lot of fun, it can also be dangerous , when all is said and done ..

I put on my leathers, shoes and helmet, I make ready the bike for that special moment,
I go down the track as fast as i can, in hopes to beat the other man.

It's not really racing man to man, it's racing myself to see if i can make every pass as fast as i can .

For each pass gets better and faster , I know this racing I will have mastered, untill someone younger and faster comes along , and leaves me and my cycle in the dust all alone ..

But untill that day comes , I'll be out evey week racing down the track, my cycle and me ,,,,

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