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300's first and last race weekend 2010

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    300's first and last race weekend 2010

    Finally got the motard back together and decided I would head up for the last race weekend of the season to have some fun.

    Got up there Friday night to find that the guys in the 1-1A area (Adam, Heath, Cooner) had a spot all layed out for me in the compound. Settled in and got teched for the next morning.

    Sat, went out for both practices and realized that I am in fact as slow as I thought I would be coming back after roughly two years off track. Entered the Production Twins race on my motard, let the three others that were entered get into 1 without interfering in what races they had going on then proceeded to ride around and remember what this racing thing is all about. Around 3/4 race wound up passing one of the other production twins guys and finished in third. Still slow.

    Sun, skipped first practice, it was damn cold. Went out for second practice and wound up getting a little faster and a little more comfortable with my riding. Entered race 2 Motard with all the rest of the motard guys. Gridded up, saw the green flag, took off towards turn 1 and said to myself "Where'd everybody go?" I was dead last and feeling slower than slow but I was back racing again so I rode around trying to be smooth and have fun. Got blasted past by a bunch of the experts, watching Narbonne back it into turn 9 was interesting to say the least. Wound up finishing in last place but had a great time doing it. My best lap time for the weekend came in the motard race on Sunday I think it was a 01:30.7XX which is roughly 5 seconds slower than I used to run but I'll take it for my first weekend back on the track racing.

    Hopefully I'll put a plan together to be able to race full time next season and get my lap times back to where they were before or further.

    Thanks to all the guys that I got to hang out with in the compound this weekend (and all season even when I wasn't racing) Adam, Heath, Christian, Glen, Cooner, Eric, Chris, Bill, Gino it's the friendships and camraderie that make racing so much fun. See you guys next season if not before.......................

    Joel

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    Re: 300's first and last race weekend 2010

    Glad to see ya back out there man!

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    Re: 300's first and last race weekend 2010

    You looked good Joel. It will be fun to watch you get better next year dude.

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    Re: 300's first and last race weekend 2010

    Backing... backing it in...

    backing in into 9?!

    I need vid of that crazyness!

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    Re: 300's first and last race weekend 2010

    Of all the corners I would expect someone to not back it into it'd be 9. But then again I'm just a silly novice. Cheers joel, let's do some battling next season.

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    Re: 300's first and last race weekend 2010

    Quote Originally Posted by Kurlon View Post
    Backing... backing it in...

    backing in into 9?!

    I need vid of that crazyness!

    He used to wheelie his tard and his gsxrs between T9 and T10 to chop a little extra time and transition the bike up and over for turn in. Sick to watch as well..


    Joel congrats on what seemed to be a pretty good weekend!

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    glad to see u out there dude ...looked good..reminded me of our battles seeing the 300 back out there

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    Damn great to see ya out there Joel!! Looked really good from 10 to 12, liked the line so much I used it

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    Re: 300's first and last race weekend 2010

    Thanks for the kind words guys, hopefully next season we'll have some more fun out there!

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    liked the line so much I used it
    The real question is, did you using my line from 10-12 make your lap times any better?

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    Re: 300's first and last race weekend 2010

    It was good to see you at the track all summer Joel, but really good to see you racing again. You didn't look bad and I'm sure you'll be back to you personal best after a couple weekends next season.
    Its all about having fun and you definately seemed to be having some fun out there. Good job man!

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    Re: 300's first and last race weekend 2010

    Glad you are back. Sorry I missed it.

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    Re: 300's first and last race weekend 2010

    it was fun being on the track with you again. it was nice of them to let me go out and practice with you.

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    Nice! Glad it was a good time.

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    Re: 300's first and last race weekend 2010

    It was good to see you again Joel after Bomo! Good job this weekend!

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    Glad you got out there, and sorry I missed it.

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    Re: 300's first and last race weekend 2010

    Fantastic reading! Thanks for sharing.

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    Re: 300's first and last race weekend 2010

    You couldve had the common decency to race while I was around. Oh well, congrats for getting back on the horse bud. I know how tough it is to get back in the loop after so much time off.

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    Re: 300's first and last race weekend 2010

    Quote Originally Posted by Pittenger5 View Post
    You couldve had the common decency to race while I was around.
    Well you could have had the common decency to not go and move to Florida until I got back to racing...............maybe you can make an appearance next year at the classic again.

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