deathblow
10-01-2008, 08:26 PM
I posted this in another forum, and noticed it has been extremely quiet around here, so I thought I would post my race report here.
Race Report – Round 9
Well, I went up to the track Saturday morning and arrived about noon. My goal was to try and get in the last 2 practice sessions and do practice starts. For my first practice session, I immediately felt comfortable on my bike and was able to do a 1:31.5. For my second practice session I was able to pull a 1:30.3, not bad considering my rear tire was toast. Felt pretty good for the day, so we went and had a several beers that night with my buddy John who came up to help me out.
So for race day, I run the practice sessions on my old tires and still feel okay, by this time though, they are sliding quite a bit. I change out my tires and watch BB race, along with some of the other races. I am race 14, and am gridded 3rd. I get a decent start and am third going into T1, and quickly pass 2nd place going into T2 and see that I have a little work ahead of me. First place, 701 is almost 1.5 seconds in front. I have a decent first lap and in lap 2 can see that I am catching up to 1st place, especially in T2. Of course I make a mistake going over 6 and get passed, am now in 3rd place but am determined to get that spot back and not lose sight of first place. In lap 3, I pass 2nd place going into T1 and set off for 1st. I definitely notice that I make up a bunch of time on him in T2, and by the time we are out of T9, I am on his tail. In lap 4, I am able to make the pass around the outside of T2 and take the lead! Of course I suck even more when I don’t have someone to follow around, so I inexplicably brake early for T1 going into lap 7, at the 4 markers and get passed easily. I follow closely behind in 2nd place for lap 7, showing him a wheel in T2 and come around for the last lap. Going into T1, there is more lap traffic, which we started seeing in Lap 6, and I go around the lapper really close on the outside of T1. I show first place another wheel in T2, and almost pass him, but couldn’t make it stick as I was going really wide and try to out brake him into T3, I back off, it would have been messy, and let him go. As we go over T6, we come upon lap traffic again and he takes the inside line while I go on the outside, over the hill and into T7. Coming out of T8, I stay on the throttle a bit longer and pull up alongside him, as we turn it into T9, I see he is going to pinch me off so I back off a bit and notice that I am going to pinch off T9 a little too much. I adjust my line, which kills my drive and I lose, I mean come in 2nd.
It was a good race, and I really, really wanted to win, but oh well. I ran a best time of 1:29.9, which feels good, but I felt I would have went faster, but the wind felt like it was blowing its strongest for my race, when it was ideal for most of the day. Thanks again to John for coming out and helping me on Saturday, and a big thanks to Jason, Carol, Deno, and BB for the help and support! On to expert now to ride with the big boys...
Who is in for round 10?
Race Report – Round 9
Well, I went up to the track Saturday morning and arrived about noon. My goal was to try and get in the last 2 practice sessions and do practice starts. For my first practice session, I immediately felt comfortable on my bike and was able to do a 1:31.5. For my second practice session I was able to pull a 1:30.3, not bad considering my rear tire was toast. Felt pretty good for the day, so we went and had a several beers that night with my buddy John who came up to help me out.
So for race day, I run the practice sessions on my old tires and still feel okay, by this time though, they are sliding quite a bit. I change out my tires and watch BB race, along with some of the other races. I am race 14, and am gridded 3rd. I get a decent start and am third going into T1, and quickly pass 2nd place going into T2 and see that I have a little work ahead of me. First place, 701 is almost 1.5 seconds in front. I have a decent first lap and in lap 2 can see that I am catching up to 1st place, especially in T2. Of course I make a mistake going over 6 and get passed, am now in 3rd place but am determined to get that spot back and not lose sight of first place. In lap 3, I pass 2nd place going into T1 and set off for 1st. I definitely notice that I make up a bunch of time on him in T2, and by the time we are out of T9, I am on his tail. In lap 4, I am able to make the pass around the outside of T2 and take the lead! Of course I suck even more when I don’t have someone to follow around, so I inexplicably brake early for T1 going into lap 7, at the 4 markers and get passed easily. I follow closely behind in 2nd place for lap 7, showing him a wheel in T2 and come around for the last lap. Going into T1, there is more lap traffic, which we started seeing in Lap 6, and I go around the lapper really close on the outside of T1. I show first place another wheel in T2, and almost pass him, but couldn’t make it stick as I was going really wide and try to out brake him into T3, I back off, it would have been messy, and let him go. As we go over T6, we come upon lap traffic again and he takes the inside line while I go on the outside, over the hill and into T7. Coming out of T8, I stay on the throttle a bit longer and pull up alongside him, as we turn it into T9, I see he is going to pinch me off so I back off a bit and notice that I am going to pinch off T9 a little too much. I adjust my line, which kills my drive and I lose, I mean come in 2nd.
It was a good race, and I really, really wanted to win, but oh well. I ran a best time of 1:29.9, which feels good, but I felt I would have went faster, but the wind felt like it was blowing its strongest for my race, when it was ideal for most of the day. Thanks again to John for coming out and helping me on Saturday, and a big thanks to Jason, Carol, Deno, and BB for the help and support! On to expert now to ride with the big boys...
Who is in for round 10?