Your first race weekend?

[lrrs313]

be interesting to compare these times to people's PB's and when they set them... see how long it took to get there.

My PB so far is a 1:22.8, set August 2008.

[CEO]

These are all making me feel pretty good

Now let's hope I improve from here.

[xsiliconkid]

2000
Rookie race last race week end.
Borrowed Bruce Meyers 748.... 1.31 lap time
All I recall - middle of lap 1 remembered to start breathing!

2001
Broken thumb week before first race week end (at a track day:-)
Race week-end 3 MWsportsman Duc 750SS - 12th place 1.33.7
Last race week end MWsportsman Duc 750SS 1st place 1.25.1

[Pittenger5]

3rd weekend of 2007 (First on my EX) 1:39 flat
3rd weekend of 2008 (Bump to AM) 1:27.1
7th weekend of 2008 (Personal best) 1:26.8
1st weekend of 2009 (First on the RMZ) 1:29

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Ok, April 2006 first time on the hawk
Rookie race best 1:37.883 just ahead of gaboriault! I had no idea we did the same rookie race pete!
First REAL race ULSB, same weekend PB of 1:29.761 (again right ahead of pete!)

Personal best set this past event weekend 1:18.322. Took me a long time to drop 11 seconds......

[s a x m a n]

These are all making me feel pretty good

Now let's hope I improve from here.

You have to focus on consistency more than lap times ... knowing how to string your laps together with consistency is much stronger than just a fast laptime.

[Pittenger5]

You have to focus on consistency more than lap times ... knowing how to string your laps together with consistency is much stronger than just a fast laptime.

What if you're consistantly slow? Cause I got that going for me.

[s a x m a n]

What if you're consistantly slow? Cause I got that going for me.

I was consistently slower than some of the guys behind me this weekend, but got a good start and clicked of the laps consistently and was able to finish a head of them.

The mw expert class is all about the start though. Its so hard to get by once things sort themselves out.

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The mw expert class is all about the start though. Its so hard to get by once things sort themselves out.

I couldn't agree more! I couldn't hit first gear during the start of mwss and it totally fucked me! Until the red flag. Then it worked and it was my slowness that did the fucking.

[nt650hawk]

It took me just under 4 years to drop 10 seconds. 27.2 to a 17.2

[Doc]

First at Loudon April 2007 on a Hawk...

No listing on the website...

Got a Duc 800 Sept 07, Bumped to AM Oct 07
Best on the Duc 1:23

PB was last year, August 31st 1:22.6 (on a Hawk)

[kruse1022]

rookie race was a mess. I almost flipped over on the start. Think I did a 1:30 or something. But in my last race on that first weekend I finished fourth and did a 1:26.5

I even got a trophy.

[Honclfibr]

rookie race was a mess. I almost flipped over on the start. Think I did a 1:30 or something. But in my last race on that first weekend I finished fourth and did a 1:26.5

I even got a trophy.

Hey, you're the guy I'm looking to buy that SV from, right? I should have thought to ask if you were on here after I saw the duncanmoto stickers

[GMAN226]

July '02

No rookie race info
MWSS 17th out of 41 1:27.5
HWSS 39th LAST crash but finish 1:26.8
HWSB 17th out of 31 1:27.3

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Wirelessly posted (my phone: Mozilla/4.1 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; ) 400x240 LGE VX10000)

gman, what were you riding back then?

[Paul_E_D]

I think the point of this thread has been lost on most here. No matter where you start out it takes 4-5 years for a good rider to near his potential. It usually has NOTHING to do with the times you started out turning.

In my 9 years arouns Loudon I've never seen a ROTY become a top running expert... It takes a lot of patience to get really fast and win at the expert level. You can't get it all at once.

[union]

I dont know if I like to recall my first weekend. Penguin school went well for me. Learned a lot. Felt good out there on my nice shiny bike bombing around the track. Busted out a 23 flat in second practice and then the next lap I highsided my bike in T4.

The bike was a wreck and even with PK doing his best to get it back together there was no way it would be ready for my rookie race. Luckily as all of us that race know we are a big family. Jay Holland gave me his motard to race with. Another guy gave me a helmet and off I went. I did a blistering 1:34 but survival was the key and I dinged up my should pretty good in my crash so i couldnt hang onto the bike all that well.

Out of the five races I entered I managed to get to the grid for one. I did the GTU. Fun race. Finished on the lead lap. 10th in class with a 1:26.1

[GMAN226]

clapped out honda f4.... I was really an also ran until I got on the SS Ducati's.. They seem to fit me..

[Rambunctous]

I really enjoy the race reports. It is the first thing I check when I turn on the PC. Keep em coming. Thanks

[Kurlon]

...my PB after a year is slower than many people's out lap on their rookie race?!

[xsiliconkid]

...my PB after a year is slower than many people's out lap on their rookie race?!

key....PB's still PB's

[Awesome]

1:45:880