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Saturday
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Practice - Didn't ride any. Mount my first pair of slicks (pretty) and stare forlornly at my unridden bike.
Race 5 LWSM - Start front row, 7th by Turn 1. Attempt first corner on new bike, make it thru. Watch front runners disappear. Blow out every corner, ride like a chode, reel 5th and 6th in. Pass Heath in T3, go say hi to the tirewall, jump curb, mentally tell Heath to 'fuck off' as he wags his finger at me 'no no no' going up T4. Repass Heath. Finish 4th.
Sunday
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Practice - Semi-Wet. Never ridden in the wet before. Go out on slicks, slide around a bunch. Smile and cackle wildly.
Race 8 ULSB - Drizzling at start. On slicks. Swear. Flub start, follow sketchy Aprillia for 2 laps. Watch Chris (1st) disappear on his rains. Note I can't see dick thru my foggy shield, swear. Take 2nd, watch Chris get bigger. Pass Chris lap lap in Turn 11. Win. Smile. Look sheepish at Chris on cooldown lap.
Race 11 Motard - Track seems dry. Flub start (note: Pattern here). Watch 1st and 2nd take off. Start reeling them in. Learn to back it into Turn 3. Smile ALOT. Make pirate noises in my helmet since I can only see out of one eye most of race (fog). ARRRR. Pass guy in 2nd. Cya. Pass guy in 1st on last lap while sideways backing it into 3. Laugh. Use Joel as a blocker going into 6. Laugh somemore. Win. Wonder where guy in 2nd went. (crashed out in 12).
Overall good time. Laptimes were junk but considering I had NFI what I was doing and the track/weather was shite I guess I'll take it. 1.23.4 kneedown (saturday), 1.23.4 footout (sunday). Found out it's amazingly difficult to ride proficiently when you can't see and my Mark I Eyeball can't penetrate foggy plastic. Also duct tape across your nose piece is a good idea until it flys off on lap 3 and gets stuck up against the inside of your visor, effectively turning your 52" HD plasma into a 4" portable beach tv.
I like my motard.
I'm going to really miss LRRS and you guys.
I'll be back for the Classic.