2016 racing goals

[Kurlon]

Lots of people clamoring for LRRS to let them race Groms. Single bike turnout at USCRA seems to indicate maybe a Grom bench racing class would be better.

Yeah, I'm a lil disappointed in the turn out after I badgered the USCRA in public to make it happen for people. That said, the USCRA reached out to me letting me know the one entry that did show seemed to work well with the group. The offer is there again to give them a class if they can get 5 pre-entries for the next event.

[Petorius]

Even if I had a race prepped Grom, I doubt I would take another day off work for one race on it. Especially if fast people are doing :55s. Seems like a better idea might be to run a short course on Saturday night after the dash during one or two weekends.

[Mr. Kurtz]

Lol Kurtz couldn't wait to call the keyboard racers out

In other news...there were 14 Novice entries on Formula 300 class bikes.

Yeah, I'm a lil disappointed in the turn out after I badgered the USCRA in public to make it happen for people. That said, the USCRA reached out to me letting me know the one entry that did show seemed to work well with the group. The offer is there again to give them a class if they can get 5 pre-entries for the next event.

I still applaud your willingness to go to bat to help people get racing by using your knowledge of the rules and class configurations. ULGP seems to be a hit!

[BMMCBR]

In other news...there were 14 Novice entries on Formula 300 class bikes.

I still applaud your willingness to go to bat to help people get racing by using your knowledge of the rules and class configurations. ULGP seems to be a hit!

I love seeing these new classes fill up. I believe there were ~12 entries to ULGP between EX and AM. Very fun class to watch too!

[Mr. Kurtz]

I love seeing these new classes fill up. I believe there were ~12 entries to ULGP between EX and AM. Very fun class to watch too!

Agreed, Expert ULGP was a close one, with Wild Bill, Shawn Spear and Jake Vader all in a pretty tight pack.

[scottieducati]

The recent grom action made me see this thread for the first time and I had a couple thoughts...

ULGP -> THANK YOU JOSH!! It was fantastic seeing a couple 125's, a Moriwaki, some Hawks, your FZR and I think even a couple other bikes I'm missing out on the grid this past weekend. It appears ~1:19's are *the bar* for this new class and IMO that is right about where it should be for wee bikes (I think Ultralight SBK used to be around there historically).

My goal coming into this year was to get down to 1:20 or better. First weekend for me this year and thanks to you guys in ULGP, I recorded a new PB on the NC30 of 1:22.010.

Looking forward to what I know will be a very hard couple of seconds to get (ahemputdowntheforkfattyahem)

For the rest of yaz, find yourself something small and funky and come have some fun. FWIW, I should have a RVF400 in race trim available at some point this off-season....

[nhbubba]

I'm with all above. Very well done.

In other news...there were 14 Novice entries on Formula 300 class bikes.

Gosh, that's awesome.
R3's huh..

[Mr. Kurtz]

My goal coming into this year was to get down to 1:20 or better. First weekend for me this year and thanks to you guys in ULGP, I recorded a new PB on the NC30 of 1:22.010.

In LWGP, once I got some free track, I was able to chase you down a bit, and looking at the laptimes after I said to myself "man, if I had gotten clear earlier, I would have been able to get by him!"

Then I saw you got back down to 22.0, which is a few tenths faster than I've managed to drag myself this season, and realized if I had gotten by I might have just pushed you to do that sooner.

I'm with all above. Very well done.



Gosh, that's awesome.
R3's huh..

...and Ninja 300's, and 250's, and RC390s...but yeah, R3 is the hot ticket it would seem.

[scottieducati]

Dude get off your butt and make the pass then!!!

[Rada]

Hmmm. Maybe another reason to race the Hawk....

[jwm2k3]

1) Dont crash
2) Finish every race
3) dip into 17's maybe 16's (Went from 22.4 pb to 18.2 pb last season, so who knows?)

So far......

1) Failed
2) Failed
3) Im at LEAST 1.5 sec slower than where I left off......not looking good for #3 either...

[rolker]

So, how many people entered the Grom class today?

USCRA had a Grom specific class in their event today at NHMS, thanks largely to Josh, based at least partially on people here on NESR saying they wanted to race Groms.

I saw photos of Woody there so they must have gotten at least 5 entries to make it happen right?

Woody is the only one who showed up on a Grom.

I'm doubtful, none of the Groms I spied Saturday afternoon during packout, including Woody's would come close to passing USCRA tech. :/

Woody's did pass tech so...

He raced in the 50s class. against 50cc 2 strokes

How'd he do?

He got a good start, looked like he may have reached T1 in second, but finished mid-pack I believe.

I dunno. I heard 1:55s in practice.

That's what I timed with a stopwatch, but Woody had a lap timer and told me he got down to the 53's.

Yawn!

Sorry dudes, it doesn't seem worth it at that point.

Who the fuck cares what the lap times are if they are all roughly the same!

Lots of people clamoring for LRRS to let them race Groms. Single bike turnout at USCRA seems to indicate maybe a Grom bench racing class would be better.

Yeah, I'm a lil disappointed in the turn out after I badgered the USCRA in public to make it happen for people. That said, the USCRA reached out to me letting me know the one entry that did show seemed to work well with the group. The offer is there again to give them a class if they can get 5 pre-entries for the next event.

Was it publicized enough? Shawn Pigott seemed upset to not know about it.

Even if I had a race prepped Grom, I doubt I would take another day off work for one race on it. Especially if fast people are doing :55s. Seems like a better idea might be to run a short course on Saturday night after the dash during one or two weekends.

Next USCRA event is on a weekend, June 11th-12th, the weekend before the classic!

[Mr. Kurtz]

Was it publicized enough? Shawn Pigott seemed upset to not know about it.

http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/...ml#post1453797

[Chippertheripper]

Woody is the only one who showed up on a Grom.



Woody's did pass tech so...





He got a good start, looked like he may have reached T1 in second, but finished mid-pack I believe.



That's what I timed with a stopwatch, but Woody had a lap timer and told me he got down to the 53's.



Who the fuck cares what the lap times are if they are all roughly the same!





Was it publicized enough? Shawn Pigott seemed upset to not know about it.



Next USCRA event is on a weekend, June 11th-12th, the weekend before the classic!

Laptimes schmaptimes. All I care about is bang for my racing dollar.
if you think it's the greatest thing ever than go nuts, I'll be pumped for ya.

[ducatirdr]

Here is my thoughts on Grom racing. Groms belong out in the parking lot with cones. Make it tight like a gymkana course and run them one at a time or head to head two at a time. Of course that leads to aggressive mayhem but its what the public enjoys. Then unleash the scooter and mini-moto class. I'd volunteer for help with set up and timing as long as I get a chance to run it myself. Those drift guys seem to have burned in a nice spot to host it. (Talk about making the bowl look like Armageddon on Saturday).

OR we could host a single small mass start parking lot coned race track outside in that area. An old GP start with the bikes off and you need to run from a starting point. Host it after 5pm and I guarantee more than one entry and a large group of spectators envious they aren't riding in that mayhem.

[scottieducati]

Could probably easily set something up in the opposite end of the track from where the Legends guys race, a mini-moto course in the Turn 10-12 / Nascar 3-4 area could be uh, fairly amazingly epic.

I would contend that small dirtbikes / mini-motos would be a better option than racing a Grom... they would crash much better I presume.

[Paul_E_D]

I think you'll find this hard to get organized. Over the years there have been special parkinglot based events. None have survived. I recall a broken neck in a pitbike flat track race...

[Tricky Mike]

Wasn't there also that "exhibition of speed" a few years ago also resulting in a ride to Concord for somebody?

[scottieducati]

You guys are a couplea debbie downers man.... Mike, you used to be fun....

[Paul_E_D]

Ha! It's true, I am.

[jerseygirl]

I think you'll find this hard to get organized. Over the years there have been special parkinglot based events. None have survived. I recall a broken neck in a pitbike flat track race...

NEMM (Box Shop Speedway in Maine) was born from a parking lot race so it can happen!

[Tricky Mike]

You guys are a couplea debbie downers man.... Mike, you used to be fun....

Ha! Don't misinterpret my post. I seriously couldn't care less how one person chooses to gronsel themselves. I do enough dumb shit to live in a pretty large glass house.

[Kurlon]

I think you'll find this hard to get organized.

NHMS is willing to work with people on this. That side is easy to organize. The challenge will be getting the notoriously cheap and flighty as hell mini community to actually commit and pony up entry fees come race day no matter where on the grounds you do it.

[Kurlon]

AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days: News > Mini road racing coming to AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days July 8-10

[GingahNinjah]

Could probably easily set something up in the opposite end of the track from where the Legends guys race, a mini-moto course in the Turn 10-12 / Nascar 3-4 area could be uh, fairly amazingly epic.

I would contend that small dirtbikes / mini-motos would be a better option than racing a Grom... they would crash much better I presume.

Since the Groms are underpowered machines perhaps it could be done to use 1-2, the chute of 3 thru the 3-10 split like a chicaine, back onto the nascar back straight, then use the access point on the left before nascar 3 to get to 11 & 12... this would remove putting up the hills but still be a fun course