Sketchy_Racer
23rd July 2006, 18:25
VMCC round three
:2thumbsup:
What a wicked day. The weather, for some odd reason, just so happened to be warm and dry, I think everyone was happy to feel the warmth of the sun on their skin.
Full Circuit - which = more fun
Doing the full circuit adds about 50 seconds to the lap times. But it is sooooo much better. The full circuit has a much better surface than the short circuit meaning you can corner harder, which is great except when you are riding RG150s that scrape pegs and chambers around the non-banked turns.
Practice
The track is not 100% dry yet with a few wet spots on a few corners. But it was still dry enough for a good qualifying time. I was feeling confident on the bike and was already pushing the grip limitations of the tires and the ground clearance. I found a few spots I could really gain some time. They happened to be the slower corners of the track. I think I can ride slower corners better than fast ones because of my experience racing buckets, which all deals with low speed corners. As from the last two race meetings I was still having problems around the sweeper coming onto the front straight. A quick word with texmo after helped me out heaps. Cheers mate.
Back on the track. On the hairpin on the extended circuit was where I was making time, but I was having serious trouble with the peg scraping and lifting the rear wheel meaning that when I started to get on the gas again the back end would slide out quite a bit. It started to really annoy me. Still at the end of the practice/Qualifying I came back with THIRD on the grid behind Texmo and Vtec. Qualifying time was 2:31.071. pretty happy.
Race one.
Well it was kinda boring ish….
I got a good start and got away from all the other 150s but there was no way I was gonna keep up with the two 250s in front of me (which happens to be Vtec and Texmo) so there I was all alone until I see Vtec picking his bike up out of the mud. Bugger for him, but no harm was done, not even a scratch (seriously) So that put me up into second place whoo hoo!! From my quick words with texmo, I managed to start to get a good line through the sweeper for once. I don’t know the lap time of this race
Race Two
I get a OK start but nothing special. This time it seems that Neil Chappell is going to have a play with me. I could catch him in the twisty stuff and pass him on the hair pin. Hehehe that hairpin…. He went wide and I went right on the inside it was the hardest braking I have ever done to get him!! Then probably the biggest slide from the back to get out of there real quick. His bike is noticeably faster than mine even though he's a good 20kg heavier than me. Back to the racing he got me on the sweeper after I got him on the hairpin. Sweet as next time at the hairpin I got him back. On the way out from the Full circuit back onto the short circuit there is a big long full throttle 140kph left hander (for the 150s) Its pretty scary. Peg on the ground knee on the ground. Fun.
But my bike has a serious front end shake ( wheel balance I think) as speed. Enough so that when you can see the front wheel in the shadow you can see it hopping. You can feel it hopping too!!. Anyway this front end shake is bad enough to shake the tire off the ground, which at 140kph I experienced the worst front wheel slide I have ever had. It was huge and it would not re-grip. It was big enough for Neil (behind me at this point) to be able to see it! When I did get it back (which ment I had to back the throttle off) I hit a little bump which gave me a quick tank slapper. First one I've had on the 150…Anyway coming into the sweeper I try to carry a lot of speed then dear old Neil Chappell comes up the inside runs it way wide, but then decides to slam it right infront of me. Fuck that bastard. I nearly kill my self as I now have to lose a lot of speed to avoid hitting the stupid prick. And loosing speed is hard when you are at full lean angle. I manage to keep it up and get forth in that race. If he ever tries that again I will NOT be stopping to avoid hitting him. I'll be hitting into the side of him as that’s my line and I'm not just gonna give it to him like I did this time.
Race three
Only two lap race
Neil got ahead of me again never mind, ill follow him until the second lap where I can pass him in the hair pin on the extended circuit. Im right behind him but I fucked up the corner before the hairpin and could not pass him. Now im screwed all the corners from here are high speed ones that I have the whole front end shaky thing happening. I still don’t give up though I go as fast as I have all day into the sweeper onto the front straight… and start to pass him, but then he starts to pull away under power… another fourth. Damn. I did my fastest lap of the day which was a 2:24.974
I am still in third place for points with a healty lead against fourth place. So I'm still happy with that. :third:
I also competed in F3, but it was only used as track time to pick up some markers. There were two close finished between Neil and I and also Eamon and I.
Sad about Texmo after crashing mildly on Friday (test day) and also doing a big highside In the last F3 race. Which has totalled his bike pretty bad. Bummer dude. I hope you get it sorted for next round!!
Thanks to the Juggins for the bike.
Awesome stuff guys!!
:2thumbsup:
What a wicked day. The weather, for some odd reason, just so happened to be warm and dry, I think everyone was happy to feel the warmth of the sun on their skin.
Full Circuit - which = more fun
Doing the full circuit adds about 50 seconds to the lap times. But it is sooooo much better. The full circuit has a much better surface than the short circuit meaning you can corner harder, which is great except when you are riding RG150s that scrape pegs and chambers around the non-banked turns.
Practice
The track is not 100% dry yet with a few wet spots on a few corners. But it was still dry enough for a good qualifying time. I was feeling confident on the bike and was already pushing the grip limitations of the tires and the ground clearance. I found a few spots I could really gain some time. They happened to be the slower corners of the track. I think I can ride slower corners better than fast ones because of my experience racing buckets, which all deals with low speed corners. As from the last two race meetings I was still having problems around the sweeper coming onto the front straight. A quick word with texmo after helped me out heaps. Cheers mate.
Back on the track. On the hairpin on the extended circuit was where I was making time, but I was having serious trouble with the peg scraping and lifting the rear wheel meaning that when I started to get on the gas again the back end would slide out quite a bit. It started to really annoy me. Still at the end of the practice/Qualifying I came back with THIRD on the grid behind Texmo and Vtec. Qualifying time was 2:31.071. pretty happy.
Race one.
Well it was kinda boring ish….
I got a good start and got away from all the other 150s but there was no way I was gonna keep up with the two 250s in front of me (which happens to be Vtec and Texmo) so there I was all alone until I see Vtec picking his bike up out of the mud. Bugger for him, but no harm was done, not even a scratch (seriously) So that put me up into second place whoo hoo!! From my quick words with texmo, I managed to start to get a good line through the sweeper for once. I don’t know the lap time of this race
Race Two
I get a OK start but nothing special. This time it seems that Neil Chappell is going to have a play with me. I could catch him in the twisty stuff and pass him on the hair pin. Hehehe that hairpin…. He went wide and I went right on the inside it was the hardest braking I have ever done to get him!! Then probably the biggest slide from the back to get out of there real quick. His bike is noticeably faster than mine even though he's a good 20kg heavier than me. Back to the racing he got me on the sweeper after I got him on the hairpin. Sweet as next time at the hairpin I got him back. On the way out from the Full circuit back onto the short circuit there is a big long full throttle 140kph left hander (for the 150s) Its pretty scary. Peg on the ground knee on the ground. Fun.
But my bike has a serious front end shake ( wheel balance I think) as speed. Enough so that when you can see the front wheel in the shadow you can see it hopping. You can feel it hopping too!!. Anyway this front end shake is bad enough to shake the tire off the ground, which at 140kph I experienced the worst front wheel slide I have ever had. It was huge and it would not re-grip. It was big enough for Neil (behind me at this point) to be able to see it! When I did get it back (which ment I had to back the throttle off) I hit a little bump which gave me a quick tank slapper. First one I've had on the 150…Anyway coming into the sweeper I try to carry a lot of speed then dear old Neil Chappell comes up the inside runs it way wide, but then decides to slam it right infront of me. Fuck that bastard. I nearly kill my self as I now have to lose a lot of speed to avoid hitting the stupid prick. And loosing speed is hard when you are at full lean angle. I manage to keep it up and get forth in that race. If he ever tries that again I will NOT be stopping to avoid hitting him. I'll be hitting into the side of him as that’s my line and I'm not just gonna give it to him like I did this time.
Race three
Only two lap race
Neil got ahead of me again never mind, ill follow him until the second lap where I can pass him in the hair pin on the extended circuit. Im right behind him but I fucked up the corner before the hairpin and could not pass him. Now im screwed all the corners from here are high speed ones that I have the whole front end shaky thing happening. I still don’t give up though I go as fast as I have all day into the sweeper onto the front straight… and start to pass him, but then he starts to pull away under power… another fourth. Damn. I did my fastest lap of the day which was a 2:24.974
I am still in third place for points with a healty lead against fourth place. So I'm still happy with that. :third:
I also competed in F3, but it was only used as track time to pick up some markers. There were two close finished between Neil and I and also Eamon and I.
Sad about Texmo after crashing mildly on Friday (test day) and also doing a big highside In the last F3 race. Which has totalled his bike pretty bad. Bummer dude. I hope you get it sorted for next round!!
Thanks to the Juggins for the bike.
Awesome stuff guys!!