#763 USCRA Granite State Championships

[rolker]

As people were packing up and leaving Sunday at the end of LRRS round 7, I stuck around along with Nick (#553, expert 125 racer) and Adam (#355, Nick's brother) for some more racing with the US Classic Racing Association. Lucky for us, they have one class for modern bikes and that is the 125 class!

As the vintage crowd started replacing the LRRS crowd that evening in the center garages, Betty Bluenose took Adam and I for a tour too meet all kinds of interesting folks as we wandered around the beautiful and interesting bikes getting unloaded and readied for the next day's action. I did run into a few LRRS stragglers (Gino, Pete and Heath?) who decided to stick around and help the next day. (For some reason, T3 feels safer when Gino is there...)

It was a bit chilly the next morning and being on the track for first practice at 8:00 was a bit harsh. The next practice was better, but I was still waking up. USCRA doesn't distinguish between NV, AM and EX, so being on the track was interesting with such a variety of motorcycles and as much variety in lines and speeds. Considering myself as a guest, I didn't try to be aggressive with the passing and kept more of a trackday pace.

Race 1: The first race of the day is the 125 race and it started at 10:45AM. 5 of us gridded in the 125 class including 2 fast vintage 125 guys, Nick the expert and his brother Adam who seems to gain a second every time he goes out on the track. I got gridded in 1B, my first time on the front row. That was cool! I get an OK start, but the other 125s leave me behind. I do get to race around with others from the other class that started with us, but I had to be careful there because some of them run interesting lines... I didn't check the results, but I'm assuming I came in last.

I had a great time discovering another facet of this sport we love. Watching the sidecars go around the track was quite entertaining and the the vintage community is great with all their neat toys and fascinating people (I even got to meet JRO!).

I would highly recommend you check out USCRA next time they're around!

[Sheppo]

damn Roland I wish I knew you were there. I stopped in and saw JRO, Pete, Gino, Arcy...

[FireboltEric_MA]

So lucky to be able to watch them run. I wanted to stick around, but the little yellow quad I was rockin' this weekend was enough for me.

[nt650hawk]

Those damn guys keep be busy as hell in T3-10. I never dealt with so many crashes. AND it was not the oil on the track!

I love seeing all the different old bikes.

With some of the 50's you could give a 30 second commentary as they went from the T3 apex to the top of T4.
Question? Would it be cheating if you started to peddle it like a scooter?

[Tricky Mike]

Those damn guys keep be busy as hell in T3-10. I never dealt with so many crashes. AND it was not the oil on the track!

All original, unrestored hotness... like original tires?

[nt650hawk]

All original, unrestored hotness... like original tires?

My Mt. Bike had bigger tires than some of those bike

[rolker]

Some of the tires looked like miniature car tires, flat profile where the threads are located, nothing like the round profile we are used to seeing!