cbrsmurf
07-20-2006, 12:43 AM
Did NRS on Saturday... holy shizzle it was hot with some wind thrown in. The suspension felt crappy like it did at Buttonwillow. Tankslapper on the straight, lot of headshaking going on coming out of T2, T6 and T9 and the front straight. Put my damper up all the way -- no dice. The rear suspension and front was also bouncing all over the place in T8. Made some adjustments every session and I just couldn't get the right setup. No Dave Moss or any suspension service around :( My lap times were actually 2-3 slower than when I first went to wsir... and it was wet when I went then.
Anyways, race day on Sunday... crappy suspension, hot as all hell (110), even more wind for the last of the race of the day. Drank about 2 gallons of water and 3 bottles of gatorade... didn't pee once. Go out for the sighting lap to "warm-up" the tires in the infernal heat. Grid up as 26 out of 27, but I can get the slightest peek of the flag holder. Surprisingly, I'm not too nervous and get an ok start and manage to sneak past 5 people towards T1. Passed a couple of people around the outside of T1 and head into 2. Taking a funky, wavy line I managed to pass 1 rider in T2 and setup for a pass coming out of T2, but oh yes, the clip-ons start shaking back and forth so I back off a little bit. I'm close to a guy in Rockstar leathers going into 3. I run it wide out of 4a and to dive into a late apex for 4b for a pass but I saw a rider go down on the track and mange to avoid running over (later found out it was Jamie, whom I was pitting with). Stupidly, I slow way down and look back to check the scene -- I would have lost major time had the race not been red flagged. Fortunately it was.
Take 2. Re-grid and the race is shortened to 4 laps. I take-off in what i thought was an ok start, but I think everyone and their mom and even some people on scooters in the pits managed to pass me. I go into T1 close to last and take my line waaaaay outside of T1 and pass a small group of people. Take my funky lines and miss my apexes throughout the rest of the lap trying to get past slower riders and rarely succeeding. Tried to pass Rockstar leathers on the outside of 9, which was scary cause he drifted out and I thought was going into the dirt. I checked up and attempted to draft. I don't remember when I passed him, but by the time I did somewhere in the 2nd lap, the couple of people around my lap times had a huge gap and I worked on my lines taking it easy. Anyways, I thought I had a pretty bad result somewhere down in the 20th position but ended up finishing 15th somehow. Best lap time was only a 1:38.9 i think :(
It was a pretty frustrating weekend with the suspension problems but I'm looking forward to getting the bike dialed in. It was pretty fun actually competing and I managed to learn a few things, so I'll definately be back next month and turning better lap times hopefully!
Anyways, race day on Sunday... crappy suspension, hot as all hell (110), even more wind for the last of the race of the day. Drank about 2 gallons of water and 3 bottles of gatorade... didn't pee once. Go out for the sighting lap to "warm-up" the tires in the infernal heat. Grid up as 26 out of 27, but I can get the slightest peek of the flag holder. Surprisingly, I'm not too nervous and get an ok start and manage to sneak past 5 people towards T1. Passed a couple of people around the outside of T1 and head into 2. Taking a funky, wavy line I managed to pass 1 rider in T2 and setup for a pass coming out of T2, but oh yes, the clip-ons start shaking back and forth so I back off a little bit. I'm close to a guy in Rockstar leathers going into 3. I run it wide out of 4a and to dive into a late apex for 4b for a pass but I saw a rider go down on the track and mange to avoid running over (later found out it was Jamie, whom I was pitting with). Stupidly, I slow way down and look back to check the scene -- I would have lost major time had the race not been red flagged. Fortunately it was.
Take 2. Re-grid and the race is shortened to 4 laps. I take-off in what i thought was an ok start, but I think everyone and their mom and even some people on scooters in the pits managed to pass me. I go into T1 close to last and take my line waaaaay outside of T1 and pass a small group of people. Take my funky lines and miss my apexes throughout the rest of the lap trying to get past slower riders and rarely succeeding. Tried to pass Rockstar leathers on the outside of 9, which was scary cause he drifted out and I thought was going into the dirt. I checked up and attempted to draft. I don't remember when I passed him, but by the time I did somewhere in the 2nd lap, the couple of people around my lap times had a huge gap and I worked on my lines taking it easy. Anyways, I thought I had a pretty bad result somewhere down in the 20th position but ended up finishing 15th somehow. Best lap time was only a 1:38.9 i think :(
It was a pretty frustrating weekend with the suspension problems but I'm looking forward to getting the bike dialed in. It was pretty fun actually competing and I managed to learn a few things, so I'll definately be back next month and turning better lap times hopefully!