I know it's not a WERA race but it's still racing Well the day started off cold. It was 28 degrees when I got to the track Sunday morning. Warmed up quick though. Skipped 1st practice so I could get a new rear tire mounted. Took almost an hour, started to wonder if I was going to have time to get them on the warmers before 2nd practice ended. there was a red flag in middle weight practice so I got some extra warmer time. My practice is up, I take it easy the 1st couple laps, pick up the pace for 3 or 4 laps to scrub the tires and came in and parked it. about 2:00 My race is up. Heavy weight Novice. I'm gridded 9th on the 3rd row out of 19. My friend Albert is right in front of me on the first row. Green flag drops and Albert and I both get great starts. Albert leads into turn 1, I settled into about 6th or 7th. Passed a few going into 2 and was in 3rd. Passed 2nd place coming out of 4. Now I have my sights set on Albert. He's fast and not easy to pass I finally caught him on lap 2 and passed him going into 7 on the back straight. Albert finished 2nd with a best time of 1:31.xxx Won my first race with a best lap time of 1:29.482. What a blast Can't wait till Feb 14th and 15th for my next race.
Even better is the fact that that it was my very first race ever. Heavy weight novice :up: I'm 44 yrs old and racing motorcycles.......WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME???? I love it. Been riding for 30 yrs and just now started racing
Congratulations man, saw your results on another site... I think I'll race at WSMC for the first time this year too, hopefully you'll see my R1 soon enough. Oh and I'm also a bit old to be popping the cherry. But I've got more trackdays than I got gray hairs, so...
Hey Ken, this is Billy on the Blue/Silver Ninja 250. I think we took the Novice class together... Anyhow, congrats on the win. Do you happen to have Sean Landess' contact info? He was on the HotBodies 08 Ninja 250. Thanks.
Thanks and Yes I am livin a dream. I actually didn't expect to win. I just went out and tried to have fun and next thing I knew, they waved the checkerd flag at me 6 lap later
#516!? Ha! You're the one who stole my buddies number... lol... Congrats on a good start to your racing! You picked a hell of a month to come out, that weather was crazy for January. Good Luck in February.
congrats ken i might be there on February, if i do i'll come say hello. its good to know i won't be the only old fart starting to race
:up: congrats on your result. Same age as you and was out there in lightweight nervice. All us "senior" new racers should get together for a beer at the end of the raceday next time if they'l let us all in with our Rascals
I know I'm not supposed to post youtube links here so I will just say log on to youtube and search for my user name. It's "kennoy1654" There you will see my racing videos from when I use to race minis (Honda RS125's with 85cc 2 strokes in them), some track day vids and the video from my first novice race on Jan. 18th. Enjoy the vids and feel free to post comments :up:
Thanks. Feel free to stop by my pit and say hi. Brick red 97 Ford F-150 Long bed, big "Suzuki" sticker on the back window. and Blue and White GSXR1000 #516.
Congrats brotha... 1:29's is moving at the big track... I'll hopefully be joining you and Pancho at the Big Track real soon.