0
Friday
GTU. because of a Mid Atlantic guy I'm pushed off the front row and start second row inside. hate that side and would much prefer front row outside where I would have been. flag flies and I get a mediocre start and get to T1 and the Mid Atlantic guy either ran into someone or someone hit his brake lever cause he was up and over the side and I'm pretty sure Ryan actually did hit him but just with the side of his bike. So Ryan and 2 others take evasive action and had to run around Nascar T1-2. I jammed on the brakes and got through T1. the 3 guys on Nascar oval are getting a head of steam to run into the back straight but I guess corner workers stood right in the line with their arms out and 2 of the guys touched trying to avoid them. not really sure. I think they both stayed on though. no red flag so continue on. Pass a couple guys, going underneath one in T7 which is starting to be my favorite passing spot. I was even complimented later on it from some guy who said everyone in the stands there loved the move. finished 6th of 11.
MWSB
don't remember much about this was so probably not much memorable happened. finished 10th of 20.
Saturday
MWGP The Loudon Classic. this is gonna be brutal. Started on the second row inside again. terrible start and after 1 lap I'm down to 15th. Passed Frenchy who had been beating me all year and was pretty happy about it. 8 laps in there's a red flag and we go back to pregrid and wait for about 15 minutes. We waited so long because they had to get new grid sheets to reset us. so we asked for 2 warm up laps. this time I start on the second row outside so I was in 8th. they also made it one wave with EX and AM separated by an empty row. I actually get a good start this time but 41 bikes into T1 blows and I lose a bunch of spots. put in some passes and got by Frenchy again so now I have bragging rights back. Spent the last 5 laps all by myself except for when some Experts lapped me. fun race. 1:20.075, almost back into the teens. finished 11th of 20
Sunday
skipped both practices cause I had to run to work right after my races.
back to back races today. shouldn't be too bad cause that's only 16 laps. Steve is bringing me a gatorade and my other gloves to pregrid between the races.
HWSS I think I finally figured out how to get my bike off the line decently, nice. good into T1. I felt like I was really moving in this race so I really wanted to know what I ran. finished 7th of 11
MWSS. awesome not having experts in front of us and later messing up our race. grid up in 1D. I haven't started on the actual front row since my novice days. and I get an umbrella girl. NICE. I roll into pregrid right from the end of HWSS and she hands me my Gatorade and gloves and tells me 19.9. I'm psyched but where's Steve. he gave her the stuff and it was awesome to have her help. for some reason I'm sitting there shaking and I don't know why. I was either really happy to get into the teens again or I was nervous cause of her. Got another good start so I guess the last one wasn't a fluke. I think I went into T1 in 5th. I can't remember if I was in front of or right behind my CEO. I spent the next 4 laps trying to get by him but I kept spinning and sliding the rear so he'd pull a little gap that I had to get back on the brakes. So I decided I needed to be ultra smooth rolling on the power for the rest of the race. Lap 5 I get passed by Dave Tasker who I know is faster than me and was confused thinking I got lapped but there's no way cause he's not that much faster. turns out he got a really bad start. a lap later Tanner Ose gets by me and I'm shocked because I've always passed him with ease before, he's riding very well this race. the 4 of us spent the next 3 laps in a train. best of 1:19.942, just over a tenth off my PB. finished 8th of 17.
Reply With Quote
Originally Posted by Jim
