#43 RSP Racing 2013 Year In Review video

[PainfullySlow]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...00935209202537

or on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq8g9cxgNOg

For some reason Facebook isnt showing it in widescreen, hopefully I will get that fixed shortly.

In any case, best viewed in fullscreen HD.

What a year!

Through injury and a difficult schedule flying in for the races I still managed to hit most of my goals for 2013 and I am looking forward to absolutely demolishing them for 2014!

There are far too many people to thank but I specifically wanted to mention my incredible teammates at RSP Racing. You guys are the absolute best and I couldn't do this without you!

Also I couldn't possibly leave out thanking my wife Erin Dewlin Weyant, our kids Emmett and Aidan, or our super-pooch Khan the destroyer!

To my friends, family, fans, and supporters who either come to visit at the track or follow racing through social media: THANK YOU!! You guys and gals add so much to what we do, I cant express how grateful I am for your involvement!

Finally to my sponsors without whom this would not be possible: The dedication, support, and drive that you offer me is humbling. This truly is a team effort between myself, RSP racing, and my sponsors. I look forward to a bright and hopefully podium-filled 2014 =)

Because I cannot tag them all (damn Facebook) I wanted to briefly mention them here. These people all make great products or have fantastic services that I hope my followers will consider using.

Tony Iannarelli of Tonys Track Days
NEXX-USA and NEXX Helmets
Woodcraft Cfm
Yoshimura Research & Development of America, Inc.
Shorai Power
Spears Racing
Knox-Armour
Motul North America
MTAG and Pirelli
Probolt USA
SportbikeTrackGear.com
Dyno Solutions

[GingahNinjah]

Great video Mike!! Really hope to see you back next season

[tsorfas]

Fuck off Michael. Made me all emotional n shit at work.

Great year man. Glad I got to spent it with you. 2014 is gonna be EPIC!

[carsick]

Wow, that is really something! Very glad to see Marco mentioned in your credits, he captures it so well. Thanks again Mike for the levers and the white vinyl for my Novice plates, you're just so damn helpful.

[PainfullySlow]

Great video Mike!! Really hope to see you back next season

Thanks! and as of this moment, unless something remarkable happens, I am about 90% sure that I will be racing LRRS next season.

Fuck off Michael. Made me all emotional n shit at work.

Great year man. Glad I got to spent it with you. 2014 is gonna be EPIC!

Yeah 2013 was fantastic as far as the people I got to spend it with goes. I had tons of fun hanging with you as well. If you need a good cry, I'll send smutty over

Wow, that is really something! Very glad to see Marco mentioned in your credits, he captures it so well. Thanks again Mike for the levers and the white vinyl for my Novice plates, you're just so damn helpful.

I absolutely contacted Marco before using any of his pictures. He is not only an amazing photographer but also was kind enough to let me use them in my video. The least I could do was mention him!
Always glad to lend a hand at the track with whatever I can do to help my fellow racers.

[a13x]

Great job Mike. You've come a long way. Congrats. Man that vid makes me miss the LRRS crew!

[Kurlon]

Ok, I'm now pumped and ready to rock, is it 2014 yet?

[Trouble]

Well done this season Mike, and an excellent video!

[GixerJockey]

The video came out great. Especially the part at the end with the guy on the pit bike!

[PainfullySlow]

Thanks all! Yeah this certainly has been a wild ride and this year had its share of ups and downs. Hopefully I will continue to improve and maybe put my ugly mug on the box a few more times in 2014. I have some *really* fast people to catch though...

[nt650hawk]

As usual. Awesome job.

[Ducati999]

Great video! I especially liked the rider in the pink tu tu on the first start grid. Looks like you had a great season (new 600 record and personal best time) minus the injury. I truly hope you do even better next year and fully recover.

[Yknot]

It has already been said but another outstanding job, racing this year and the video review. Definitely makes April seem way to far away. Fantastic year given the obstacles you face just getting to the track every weekend. You're inspirational.

[PainfullySlow]

Great video! I especially liked the rider in the pink tu tu on the first start grid. Looks like you had a great season (new 600 record and personal best time) minus the injury. I truly hope you do even better next year and fully recover.

Thanks! I will just be happy to be able to do pushups again Right now I still cant even bear my own weight on my right wrist. It makes tossing a bike into corners pretty interesting.

It has already been said but another outstanding job, racing this year and the video review. Definitely makes April seem way to far away. Fantastic year given the obstacles you face just getting to the track every weekend. You're inspirational.

Inspirational? no. I'm just too stupid and stubborn to quit :-p

[Pigman]

Was Fun racing with you......great Vid

[tls25rs]

Thanks! I will just be happy to be able to do pushups again Right now I still cant even bear my own weight on my right wrist. It makes tossing a bike into corners pretty interesting.

Don't know how you damaged your wrist or what the long term prognosis for it is but when I broke mine it took a good year or two before it was "comfortable" to do things like push ups with it. There is still sometimes pain, 7-8 years later, but it is bearable anyhow. Hang in there and hopefully it'll get better for you.

[PainfullySlow]

Don't know how you damaged your wrist or what the long term prognosis for it is but when I broke mine it took a good year or two before it was "comfortable" to do things like push ups with it. There is still sometimes pain, 7-8 years later, but it is bearable anyhow. Hang in there and hopefully it'll get better for you.

Yeah thats what I have been hearing. I had a pretty bad off in Rd2 this past year and the specialists tell me 12mo at a minimum to get back to where it isnt painful to do the simplest stuff. Opening doors (the pulling/twisting motion...no comments please!) really is uncomfortable.

I am far far better than I was so I will just continue to do PT and hope it is a-ok for the start of 2014. Having to do the "chicken wing" with my right arm to go to full throttle kinda sucks :-p

[Kurlon]

I blew my hand apart in T2 in the first round of 08. Required surgery to be put back together. PT sucked but I was back to full speed, no pain by the end of the season. 12 months seems like a long time without knowing exactly what the injury was.

[PainfullySlow]

I blew my hand apart in T2 in the first round of 08. Required surgery to be put back together. PT sucked but I was back to full speed, no pain by the end of the season. 12 months seems like a long time without knowing exactly what the injury was.

The problem is the ligament damage. The bones healed up within 6 weeks. The torn stuff is taking its sweet time to go back together. Part of the problem is that I also didnt have complete rest, I raced the entire rest of the season which aggravated the injury.

[Kurlon]

Ok, that I can see. I had three 'bumps' in my ligaments that took two years to go down. Guess I lucked out as they didn't cause any discomfort unless I decided to try and 'massage' them down.