Kickaha
3rd December 2006, 19:23
King Of Ruapuna Rd4
I didn’t bother writing about the other rounds as in the first we had mechanical problems and didn’t start and in the next two although we won 4 out of 4 races we had no competition and it was pretty boring :zzzz:
Practice
We only do 1 lap and Dave puts his hand up to pull in, one back in the pits he explains a warning light is coming up, we hop in the ute and shoot out to his place to pick up his laptop and once back at the track he checks and finds it’s nothing serious, the Goober/Pig travelling circus have finally turned up after missing a couple of meetings and we know we’ll have a to work hard for the win
Race 1
We get a good launch and hit the lead, Goober/Pig are right on the back of us off turn 1 and as we hit the hairpin the go past under brakes, it’s our turn to just about go into the back of them as we go into the right hander after the hairpin and then coming out of the infield sweeper Dave dials it up and we go past into the right hander and lead them onto the straight, we’re just about rubbing together into turn1 as they try an outside pass and pull it off, out of the infield sweeper down the short straight and into the right hander and Goober gets a bit loose and scrubs off speed and we go around the outside of him and into the left before the dipper, we’re leading them the next lap but they’re close enough that I’m expecting the nose of their outfit to be rubbing on my back at any time, we cock up the left hander before the dipper and they’re up the inside and in front again, they come past us up the inside into the hairpin and we follow them to the infield sweeper and go past them again as the outfit hooks up and we get better drive out of there, they’re all over the back of us for the last lap but we lead them to the line :first:
Back in the pits and Pig is to tired to hold on and just rolls off the bike, my arms are pumped up but what a rush that race was :yes:
Race 2
We have a chat before hand and decide to have a bit of a play as Phil Garrett of Flying Kiwi has his new F1 outfit out and has been telling us he’ll give us a thrashing so the deal we strike between us and the Goober/Pig travelling circus is we’ll let Phil lead till the white flag then the gloves are off but in the meantime we’ll show the nose a few times and pressure him, Phil’s reluctant to grid up in front of us as we come around to line up so we go slow when the lights go out and he hits the front, we follow him and then Goober/Pig pass us and pull alongside Phil into the hairpin, we blow past them down the straight and they take us around the outside at the end we pass them out of the infield sweeper and pull alongside Phil before the right hander, this goes on for the next few laps and then as Goober/Pig make another pass on us they cock a gear change up and come to a halt trying to select another one, the white flag is out as we hit the straight and Dave dials it up, Phil’s got a good turn of speed but we’ve got more and pass around the outside off the end of the straight, we’re close enough that I’m just about expecting to end up rubbing down his bodywork, he chases us for the next lap but we pull away and take another win
Race 3
No stuffing about in this one, but we give Bill/Glen a head start to the hairpin before they let us off, Goober/Pig lead us on the first lap until we hit the infield sweeper and then we nail them on the way out and take the lead for the next lap as we lead them to the fast kink over the back and Dave brakes and they shoot past up the inside (due to a lack of brakes) :shit: we close them down into the right hander after the hairpin and they get really loose on the exit and for a moment I think Dave is going around the outside and I’m not in position, he backs off slightly and I’m there they screw up the exit out of the dipper and loose speed and we shoot up the inside and take the lead again, into the sweeper and we’ve caught Bill/Glen and hammer past them down the straight, Goober/Pig pull another pass in their favourite place off the end of the straight but we know if we’re close enough we can nail them out of the infield sweeper and that exactly what we do and take another win
We’ve got a couple of problems to sort out , the biggest being I cant get my weight out far enough on lefts which is costing us drive through the corners and secondly the handles aren’t in the right place for me (which aggravates problem 1) so they’re on the fixit list, to be perfectly honest although I seem to be getting the job done I feel like I’m flopping around like a fish out of water although it’s getting better with time on the bike
A real pleasure racing with Goober/Pig after not having any competition the last couple of rounds, I checked behind a few times and they were close enough to touch, even the passes were only with millimetres to spare and Phil’s getting faster as well trailing the two of us for the whole race a few lengths behind
Roll on the Nationals :Punk:
I didn’t bother writing about the other rounds as in the first we had mechanical problems and didn’t start and in the next two although we won 4 out of 4 races we had no competition and it was pretty boring :zzzz:
Practice
We only do 1 lap and Dave puts his hand up to pull in, one back in the pits he explains a warning light is coming up, we hop in the ute and shoot out to his place to pick up his laptop and once back at the track he checks and finds it’s nothing serious, the Goober/Pig travelling circus have finally turned up after missing a couple of meetings and we know we’ll have a to work hard for the win
Race 1
We get a good launch and hit the lead, Goober/Pig are right on the back of us off turn 1 and as we hit the hairpin the go past under brakes, it’s our turn to just about go into the back of them as we go into the right hander after the hairpin and then coming out of the infield sweeper Dave dials it up and we go past into the right hander and lead them onto the straight, we’re just about rubbing together into turn1 as they try an outside pass and pull it off, out of the infield sweeper down the short straight and into the right hander and Goober gets a bit loose and scrubs off speed and we go around the outside of him and into the left before the dipper, we’re leading them the next lap but they’re close enough that I’m expecting the nose of their outfit to be rubbing on my back at any time, we cock up the left hander before the dipper and they’re up the inside and in front again, they come past us up the inside into the hairpin and we follow them to the infield sweeper and go past them again as the outfit hooks up and we get better drive out of there, they’re all over the back of us for the last lap but we lead them to the line :first:
Back in the pits and Pig is to tired to hold on and just rolls off the bike, my arms are pumped up but what a rush that race was :yes:
Race 2
We have a chat before hand and decide to have a bit of a play as Phil Garrett of Flying Kiwi has his new F1 outfit out and has been telling us he’ll give us a thrashing so the deal we strike between us and the Goober/Pig travelling circus is we’ll let Phil lead till the white flag then the gloves are off but in the meantime we’ll show the nose a few times and pressure him, Phil’s reluctant to grid up in front of us as we come around to line up so we go slow when the lights go out and he hits the front, we follow him and then Goober/Pig pass us and pull alongside Phil into the hairpin, we blow past them down the straight and they take us around the outside at the end we pass them out of the infield sweeper and pull alongside Phil before the right hander, this goes on for the next few laps and then as Goober/Pig make another pass on us they cock a gear change up and come to a halt trying to select another one, the white flag is out as we hit the straight and Dave dials it up, Phil’s got a good turn of speed but we’ve got more and pass around the outside off the end of the straight, we’re close enough that I’m just about expecting to end up rubbing down his bodywork, he chases us for the next lap but we pull away and take another win
Race 3
No stuffing about in this one, but we give Bill/Glen a head start to the hairpin before they let us off, Goober/Pig lead us on the first lap until we hit the infield sweeper and then we nail them on the way out and take the lead for the next lap as we lead them to the fast kink over the back and Dave brakes and they shoot past up the inside (due to a lack of brakes) :shit: we close them down into the right hander after the hairpin and they get really loose on the exit and for a moment I think Dave is going around the outside and I’m not in position, he backs off slightly and I’m there they screw up the exit out of the dipper and loose speed and we shoot up the inside and take the lead again, into the sweeper and we’ve caught Bill/Glen and hammer past them down the straight, Goober/Pig pull another pass in their favourite place off the end of the straight but we know if we’re close enough we can nail them out of the infield sweeper and that exactly what we do and take another win
We’ve got a couple of problems to sort out , the biggest being I cant get my weight out far enough on lefts which is costing us drive through the corners and secondly the handles aren’t in the right place for me (which aggravates problem 1) so they’re on the fixit list, to be perfectly honest although I seem to be getting the job done I feel like I’m flopping around like a fish out of water although it’s getting better with time on the bike
A real pleasure racing with Goober/Pig after not having any competition the last couple of rounds, I checked behind a few times and they were close enough to touch, even the passes were only with millimetres to spare and Phil’s getting faster as well trailing the two of us for the whole race a few lengths behind
Roll on the Nationals :Punk: