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No race report for me....due to a lack of health insurance I had to sit out the last round. I still went up and hung around and helped in the garage, but man did it suck being on the sidelines.
Started this season on a bike brand new to me and my first time on a motard. Only track experience I had was 4 track days under my belt on a Daytona 675.
Got some trophies as a novice, bumped to Am by the third round.
With only three rounds as an Am I managed to get my lap times down from 1:29 my rookie weekend to 1:21.3. Crashed a whole bunch of times, met some of the coolest dudes I know, and got better every weekend. So glad this year worked out for me how it did, despite the final race weekend being a wash. Just so you all know, I petitioned for expert plates for the final round and got turned down, so hoping to do that EARLY next season.
Race results and PBs
Weekend 1 (novice): 1:29.425
Rookie Race: 2nd
Novice Formula 3: DNS
Novice Rookie 4: 1st
Novice Starter 4: 1st
Weekend 2 (novice): 1:24.293
Novice Formula 3: 3rd
Novice Formula 4: 2nd
Novice Rookie 3: 2nd
Novice Starter 3: 2nd
Weekend 3 (Amateur): 1:23.390
Supersingles: 2nd
Motard: 2nd
ULSB: 1st
LWSB: 12th
Weekend 4 (Amateur): 1:21.996
Supersingles: 1st
Motard: 1st
ULSB: 3rd
LWSB: 10th
Weekend 5 (Amateur): 1:21:984
Supersingles: 1st
Motard: 1st
ULSB: 1st
LWSB: 4th
Weekend 6 (Amateur): 1:21:370
Supersingles: 1st
Motard: 1st
ULSB: 1st
LWSB: 7th (crashed out of first place on the last lap)
Managed to walk away with the Class championships in supersingles and motard (due to the really small grids). Had I been around all 7 weekends as an Am I think I would have given Bill a run for his money for the ULSB championship and made that last race in the rain VERY interesting.
Adam, Lou, Dave and Marco. Such a great season all around. You guys are awesome can't wait til next season. All the best with the growing family Lou, I'm really happy for you.
ECK and RSP, thanks for all the good times. I love our corner of the garage in general.
Christian, thanks for all the parts and CRF knowledge, you really helped me get my season off right. Its getting completely rebuilt this winter so you can bet I'll be bothering you a bit more. My motor was getting tired as the season went on, so with a fresh build to start off the year I'm hoping for some serious improvement in the first few weekends.
Everyone else I've met at the track...you're all awesome. Haven't met a single person up there I couldn't shoot the shit with on the daily.
In the future, I have a lot more room to improve on the Motard so I'm going to stick with it for next season...after that I may pick up a middleweight and see what I can do. If something pops up this off season, I may be interested as a second track bike, but really for track days. Not sure I can afford to race one quite yet.
Can't wait to see you all next year. Hopefully sooner!