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Sunday morning was very cold. I started the day with a borrowed bike that I've only ridden for 4 untimed trackday sessions, and with some barely working tirewarmers. First practice went well. I got a lot of practice making passes which is something that I have known that I needed to work on. Traction was an issue, and I also felt the front wanting to tuck a lot. I really felt like I was holding back, but was going pretty well none the less. I managed to be fastest in my group and my first recorded laps were 3/4 a second off my personal best.
Second session went a bit better. Again, I felt the tucking feeling, and saved it on my knee in 6. I was making a lot of passes in this session, and completed some passes in areas and lines that I've never tried before. I had the 3rd fastest practice times in my group, and was now equal to my personal best on a borrowed bike that I had very little time on.
GTL - I was hoping that the track temp would rise, but overcast conditions kept the surface cool. I had only done 2 practice starts on this bike, so the one thing that I was really good at, I had to relearn to make work on this bike. I triple wheelied the start, and went into the first corner in third. Hanging onto Lori Shaw and William Morley for the first 2 laps, I was feeling hopeful, but then I started making some mistakes. I downshifted too many gears, and both Adam Jakubowski and Jeff Vader took advantage of that. Feeling the bike sliding around a bit and finding myself feeling stiff, I wasn't able to keep the pace. The Mike/Stu incident caused a red flag.
I was hopeing that I could get back in the game on the restart, but while the start was better, my riding wasn't all that great. I finished 5th at about 30 seconds behind the lead pack which seemed pretty much neck and neck. That looked like it would have been a really fun battle to be in. Lori Shaw took the win with Bill Morley finishing second. Final point stanting in the GTL purse fund:
Lori Shaw 171
Erik Boos 135
Bill Morley 119
Thank you Rich for letting me borrow your bike. To match my best right away on it is a great indicator of how things will go next year. Thank you Derek, Scottie, Quintin and again Rich at Landrics Boston Moto for your continued support and it is a great pleasure to be a part of your organization. And thank you Lori and Bill. I'll see you both with yellow plates next year.
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