Pitt Race endurance round 2023

I wasn't there last year and have no idea what happened during the track day but for the actual endurance race day wasn't Pitt Race the ONLY endurance race day with zero red flags in all of 2022?

 

I'm not saying that the track day riders were the issue. I'm not saying that the racers were the issue. The issue I think was mixing everyone together. Especially when you consider 'Advanced' on a track day includes all classes of bikes.

IMO, it just makes sense for Friday to be a racer practice day, instead of mixing everyone together.

Correct, we didn't have the same drama in the races as we did in the track day, even though there were similar number of bikes on track at once. I think this proves my point...

 

Yeah, and I should clarify that I’m not sure all who was a racer vs a trackday person. Well, I know at least one that self identified as a racer that doesn’t like being passed and apparently doesn’t use tire warmers lol.

 

I’m not sure if it makes a difference with safety mixing track day riders and people there for race practice, but one track day rider commented here that doing the track day confirmed their desire to try racing. We all like to get new people giving racing a go.

 

That was me. I’m doing the N2 race school on Monday. I didn’t even consider, could I do the sprint races on Sunday at Pitt or is it too late? I was just going to wait until next year to start racing, but if I can get one race in this season, I’ll be addicted and focused all winter for next season instead of skiing and getting fatter.

 

Once you have your school certificate You can do same day registration and have at it on Sunday at Pitt.

 

Any updates on the chicane layout?

 

So I just got a confusing email from N2 regarding the Friday Race Practice day. My understanding was that if you were racing either Saturday (endurance) or Sunday (WERA) you were allowed to practice Friday. The email seems to indicate that if you are racing Saturday, I could contact them to arrange a practice session (1 per team). The next paragraph was the confusing one. It said if you were not racing endurance or WERA, you should remove yourself from the waitlist. Not sure if they mean only racing Sunday also eliminated me for the eligible to practice. Can anyone clarify?

 

Did the race school. I’ll be there Sunday with my prov nov shirt to mark last place!

Is there a way I can get a number ahead of time so I can get numbers on my bike? Can I request 22 if not taken, or do you just assign?

 

# 22 is definitely taken.

 

Just go here and look up the numbers you would want by Expert/Novice and Region. If a Novice number you want is not taken in your region than you will probably get it. http://www.wera.com/racers/?x=1098

 

How do you know what region he's in?

 

I'm not sure how you tell who is active or what region one is in, but I went through each #22 novice. None have raced in 2023. There is one that raced in 2022 from California. I presume that's not my region since the state I live in recognizes the second amendment. So I'm really hoping I can get #22!

 

That, I don't know. Drilling down on the user profile doesn't reveal their region either.