#565 Round #4

[The Snowman]

Catching up after doing 2 more days at the track. I felt much better this round, having a new garage to hang in. Thanks to Tony, Pete, Christian, and the absent Gino.

I was also in a much better place emotionally and shook off the demons from round 3. I only ran 2 races on Saturday for the weekend.

Short version: My starts suck!

Longer version:
Race #2 - LWSB
Gridded 6B (second row for the ams)
stalled the start and managed to pick off 6 riders by the end, finishing 7th of 13 with a best lap of 1:24.212 and most laps in the 24's.

Race #6 - LWGP
Gridded 6B (front row for the amateurs)
Got a much better start, 5th into T1, but a red flag caused us to regrid after 1 lap. Restart I was 6th into T1 and had a difficult time getting around Brett Larson on his first amateur weekend. When I did, Keith, Kurtz, and Pang were about 15 bike lengths ahead of me with 4 laps to go. I put my head down and was making up ground. I was within 1.5 seconds of Keith on the front straight coming into lap 8, but just my luck expert Rick Doucette lapped me just at the line for his win and I had to stop. Had I been able to run the last lap, I might have been able to track Keith down. I finished 5th of 13 with a best lap of 1:23.541 and most laps in the 23's.

So, I'm back on track, raced with a smile on my face and am happy with my results. But my starts still suck and need a LOT of work.

[Chippertheripper]

Way to get back to business chuckles. I saw you had green tape this time...I liked the pink better personally.

[PainfullySlow]

Stella's got her groove back. Way to go snowman!

[Mr. Kurtz]

Congrats on shaking the demons this weekend Chuck. I'm looking forward to some good battles in August!

[darkduc7]

Great job out there! It was good turning some laps with you.

[The Snowman]

Here's a vid of the LWSB race, shot by Brian Kent (Scott Mullin posted it to my Facebook page this morning). A few things to watch:

2:31, Rick Doucette passes Kent and checks out. Damn, he's fast!

6:16, Mullin passes Kent and it's a good battle almost to the end, however...

10:40ish, they lap me in T11, Mullin takes a close outside line and almost clips Kent. Then Kent tries to pass me on the inside at the apex and me, taking my "normal" swooping lines, closes the door unintentionally (I had no idea he was there) and he hits my rear tire and tail. No harm, it happens.

‪Lrrs LT SB 16 & 24 swapping paint‬‏ - YouTube

[CBR929RE]

couple of close moments in there. but it all turned out ok.

[The Snowman]

couple of close moments in there. but it all turned out ok.

There actually was contact between Brian and I. I noticed that my already cracked paint on the tail had a new small dent in it.

Like I said, no biggie now that I've seen the footage of what happened. I just feel bad for being in his way on at the end of the race.

[CBR929RE]

There actually was contact between Brian and I. I noticed that my already cracked paint on the tail had a new small dent in it.

Like I said, no biggie now that I've seen the footage of what happened. I just feel bad for being in his way on at the end of the race.

yup, you can see the contact in the video. no one did anything wrong and no one went down so it was just a minor case of bumper bikes.

it sucks that you were "in the way" but really nothing you could do. I've watched ex/am races a bunch and traffic will always lay a part in the outcome. I'm gonna be a rolling roadblock next round, I just hope to not mess anyone up too bad.