Keystone19
2nd April 2007, 11:15
Just a quick report to say I had a ball. Nothing to prove, not sitting anywhere special in the points table after missing a round, so just an opportunity to have some fun, practice a few things and watch the others race.
I did F2 and F3 so a total of 6 races. Really enjoyed F2 and as the day wore on sneaked further up the grid to see if I could stick with the faster bikes. Was practicing starts and holding my line into corner one. So lots achieved in that regard. Managed to stick with the fast boys too despite getting held up by a couple of motards.
F3 I was keen to see if the speed I've gained over the past few meetings translated into speed at Taupo. And yes, it does. By my placing in the series I should have been on the third row but after Kyle had his off his dad told me to take his pole position so I did. Final race and I got an awesome start and was first into corner one. Held that position and had apparently opened up a gap but leaned the bike a little too much into corner one on lap two and low sided off the bike. No major damage to me or the bike thankfully.
Really fun day of racing, learnt heaps, getting more aggressive into corner one I think, diced with motards, outbraked sportsbikes, played with the fast guys, generally just a damn good day.
Big ups to everyone who raced - and awesome to see 7 women in Clubmans!
Oh, and I've decided I won't be racing on April 1st again - my record of crashing on April 1st is realllllly bad....
I did F2 and F3 so a total of 6 races. Really enjoyed F2 and as the day wore on sneaked further up the grid to see if I could stick with the faster bikes. Was practicing starts and holding my line into corner one. So lots achieved in that regard. Managed to stick with the fast boys too despite getting held up by a couple of motards.
F3 I was keen to see if the speed I've gained over the past few meetings translated into speed at Taupo. And yes, it does. By my placing in the series I should have been on the third row but after Kyle had his off his dad told me to take his pole position so I did. Final race and I got an awesome start and was first into corner one. Held that position and had apparently opened up a gap but leaned the bike a little too much into corner one on lap two and low sided off the bike. No major damage to me or the bike thankfully.
Really fun day of racing, learnt heaps, getting more aggressive into corner one I think, diced with motards, outbraked sportsbikes, played with the fast guys, generally just a damn good day.
Big ups to everyone who raced - and awesome to see 7 women in Clubmans!
Oh, and I've decided I won't be racing on April 1st again - my record of crashing on April 1st is realllllly bad....