Wow, what fun!
Friday night I got in before Dave and Karen. Found a spot for pitting, not the usual place since it was packed there this weekend. Started drinking immediately :cheers I think we were up to about 2 am sucking beer.
Saturday..hangover from hell. Registered, skip the first practice session, but I went out for the last couple. Dave skipped all three and got tires put on. It poured all day. Night was pretty laid back, watched a movie and went to bed. My allergies were going beserk, which is rare when we got a couple inches of rain.
I think I slept 2 hours, all broken up.
Sunday, the fun day First was practice, got the crap scared out of me when I managed to find a rather large patch of oil courtesy of a 2 stroke out there. Right after coming on the track on the exit of turn 1 my back tire got super duper squirrelly and almost threw me off. Got into the pits after the session and I had a monstrous oil patch still on my tire, but that could have been from the OTHER GP bike that started spitting oil this time on the last lap.
LWsupersport was good for me, bad for Dave. Raced with Leon from PrivateTrackTime, first of several times we raced. I got him going into 1 about 1/2 way through, then on lap 6 or 7 he got a bitchin' drive off of 5 and passed me. He ended up beating me, but it was fun. I think this is the race Steve (Good2Go) got third place on his new motor.
LWSuperBike. Great fun, may have to do this class a bit more often. Grid was packed for a LW class. Leon and I raced again. Same result. Dave got a 4th. Broke my lap times to 1:28, all below 1:31.
LWGP. Super packed grid. Took 3 laps for the amateurs to space themselves out (usually takes 1). Tried to race Leon again, but the only reason I was keeping up with him before was because he had shagged tires the first couple races. Dave got a fourth again. Broke into the low 1:28's, all below 1:30.
Oh, the grand finale..SUPERTWINS. This one's fun because the huge difference in bikes. Had a blast. Tried for 8 laps to get around a slower cornering guy with a bigger bike. I'm not much for stuffing, so I ended up consistently testing how good my brakes are now. Managed to get below 1:28, all laps below 1:29 Dave got a 4th again, Steve managed 5th.
I've determined that racing is a lot more fun when you are dicing it with somebody, and my lap times are getting down to the point I can usually find some lower pack guy to race against. Thanks to Dave and Karen for letting me sleep in the trailer and use their grill.
Next up is the Wegman benifit day. :cheers
-Chris
Friday night I got in before Dave and Karen. Found a spot for pitting, not the usual place since it was packed there this weekend. Started drinking immediately :cheers I think we were up to about 2 am sucking beer.
Saturday..hangover from hell. Registered, skip the first practice session, but I went out for the last couple. Dave skipped all three and got tires put on. It poured all day. Night was pretty laid back, watched a movie and went to bed. My allergies were going beserk, which is rare when we got a couple inches of rain.
I think I slept 2 hours, all broken up.
Sunday, the fun day First was practice, got the crap scared out of me when I managed to find a rather large patch of oil courtesy of a 2 stroke out there. Right after coming on the track on the exit of turn 1 my back tire got super duper squirrelly and almost threw me off. Got into the pits after the session and I had a monstrous oil patch still on my tire, but that could have been from the OTHER GP bike that started spitting oil this time on the last lap.
LWsupersport was good for me, bad for Dave. Raced with Leon from PrivateTrackTime, first of several times we raced. I got him going into 1 about 1/2 way through, then on lap 6 or 7 he got a bitchin' drive off of 5 and passed me. He ended up beating me, but it was fun. I think this is the race Steve (Good2Go) got third place on his new motor.
LWSuperBike. Great fun, may have to do this class a bit more often. Grid was packed for a LW class. Leon and I raced again. Same result. Dave got a 4th. Broke my lap times to 1:28, all below 1:31.
LWGP. Super packed grid. Took 3 laps for the amateurs to space themselves out (usually takes 1). Tried to race Leon again, but the only reason I was keeping up with him before was because he had shagged tires the first couple races. Dave got a fourth again. Broke into the low 1:28's, all below 1:30.
Oh, the grand finale..SUPERTWINS. This one's fun because the huge difference in bikes. Had a blast. Tried for 8 laps to get around a slower cornering guy with a bigger bike. I'm not much for stuffing, so I ended up consistently testing how good my brakes are now. Managed to get below 1:28, all laps below 1:29 Dave got a 4th again, Steve managed 5th.
I've determined that racing is a lot more fun when you are dicing it with somebody, and my lap times are getting down to the point I can usually find some lower pack guy to race against. Thanks to Dave and Karen for letting me sleep in the trailer and use their grill.
Next up is the Wegman benifit day. :cheers
-Chris