cowboyz
16th January 2011, 18:40
Well.. to start with I thought today was going to be an awesome day. Finally got a fine weekend and the bike ready for a race without any problems. I woke up this morning a bit earlier than I wanted to and run round doing everything and getting nothing done really. I thought I had everything when 86 picked me up and we were just about to head off when I realised I had left my leathers behind. Bugger. Right.. Making sure I had everything we headed to the track and got the bikes checked and signed in.
Qualifying.
got a clear track out in front and the bike felt good. Having no one around and only 8 bikes on the track makes it hard to figure if its quick or not so just concentrating on the basics and putting the bike into the corners and getting braking markers sorted. Qualifeid 3rd with a 1.22.782. Previous best was in the 23s so real pleased about that. and the bike felt real good doing it
Race 1.
Start was pretty good. I quite like getting the 9 off the line. Had a pretty good one and went into T1 2nd or 3rd. With half the field qualifying real close together I thought it was going to be some real close racing and I was loving it till lap 2 turn 1 where someone outbraked themselves and run right into the side of me. I was leaning into the corner and all I saw was a front wheel locked up hitting my knee. I stood the bike up and did a major left turn and went for a tiki tour in the kitty litter for a while and come back on the track in last place. Fuck it. I was really hoping for a top 3 finish. Took till the hairpin to go fuck it. Im just going for a personal best laptime instead and before I knew it I was back into 5th on the white flag. Took 2 more on the last lap to finish in 3rd with a fastest time of 1.21.664 7 seconds behind position 2 and figure losing 12 seconds on my tiki tour I really did have a chance at a 2nd place. Stoked with a 3rd though and come in really amped.
Race 2.
Now I had thoughts about a second place finish. I had worked it out so all I had to do is more of the same and stay out of trouble and it would be all good. I dont have the laptimes for this race cause mylaps wont show me for some reason but it was pretty non-eventful race circulating and finishing in 3rd. I wasnt catching the leaders or losing any ground to them so trying about as hard as I could I put in a solid 3rd place.
All in all... I had an awesome day. Rough figures show me that 18 out of the 24 laps I did was faster than my previous best and all laps were getting with in a second or so.. so real happy with a bit of consistancy. Awesome day.. Bring on Taupo!
Apprciate any links or posts with pics from today too.
Qualifying.
got a clear track out in front and the bike felt good. Having no one around and only 8 bikes on the track makes it hard to figure if its quick or not so just concentrating on the basics and putting the bike into the corners and getting braking markers sorted. Qualifeid 3rd with a 1.22.782. Previous best was in the 23s so real pleased about that. and the bike felt real good doing it
Race 1.
Start was pretty good. I quite like getting the 9 off the line. Had a pretty good one and went into T1 2nd or 3rd. With half the field qualifying real close together I thought it was going to be some real close racing and I was loving it till lap 2 turn 1 where someone outbraked themselves and run right into the side of me. I was leaning into the corner and all I saw was a front wheel locked up hitting my knee. I stood the bike up and did a major left turn and went for a tiki tour in the kitty litter for a while and come back on the track in last place. Fuck it. I was really hoping for a top 3 finish. Took till the hairpin to go fuck it. Im just going for a personal best laptime instead and before I knew it I was back into 5th on the white flag. Took 2 more on the last lap to finish in 3rd with a fastest time of 1.21.664 7 seconds behind position 2 and figure losing 12 seconds on my tiki tour I really did have a chance at a 2nd place. Stoked with a 3rd though and come in really amped.
Race 2.
Now I had thoughts about a second place finish. I had worked it out so all I had to do is more of the same and stay out of trouble and it would be all good. I dont have the laptimes for this race cause mylaps wont show me for some reason but it was pretty non-eventful race circulating and finishing in 3rd. I wasnt catching the leaders or losing any ground to them so trying about as hard as I could I put in a solid 3rd place.
All in all... I had an awesome day. Rough figures show me that 18 out of the 24 laps I did was faster than my previous best and all laps were getting with in a second or so.. so real happy with a bit of consistancy. Awesome day.. Bring on Taupo!
Apprciate any links or posts with pics from today too.