Rossi Gal
25th September 2007, 18:06
August 18th 2007
VMCC Round 4
Well I decided to not do the test day this time after waking up and it pissing down with rain. Rather save my energy for racing he next day which seem to pay off...
Another lovely morning :) Only two races today as we were on the long track. I hadn't ridden on here since this time last year so was throughly looking forward to it!
Also a very enthusiastic looking Gav came and said he'd talked to Robert and wanted to put this ohlins Shock in for me during riders brief. Sure thing, why not? lol. In it went, and off to qualifying I went..
Ended up 4th on the grid after qualifying so was happy as.
Race One
Very amped up! flag drops and off we go! Managed to get hole shot so was stoked! only saw a front wheel from a fellow competitor once but was not to be scene again. Won that race by a good distance! Big smiles!
Race Two
Energies felt stronger this race right from the get go. I knew the boys were going to fight harder this race. Flag drops, 2nd to the corner, I think Troy had decided thats where he had to get me. Followed him through splash before making my move back into the lead through the hairpin onto the middle straight.
Very soon after (matter of seconds) I found myself sliding along the track not on my bike, looking at an on coming front wheel of either Troy or Glenn (couldn't quite make it out) but was hoping I was sliding fast enough to get out of the way!
Result of that race = Hospital :(
(I dont blame Gav in anyway for this ;) even though it was him working on my bike..Chris, you can keep him! hehe)
But even so, I can only say that it was an awesome weekend all the same.
I must say a BIG thank you to my sponsors: Speed-Tech, MotoPaint (River-City Signs), Alf racing and Pirelli.
And to all those that helped on the day: Gav, Dad and Robert for sorting the shock out (Johno for the lend of it). Sue, Glen and the other medics for their expertise while lying in the dirt and ambo. Franz, Shaz and anyone else I missed for cleaning the dirt etc out of my bike and loading it. Franz, Darren and my Dad for keeping me company until the late hours in the hospital. And everyone else for being helpful and supportive.
Bring on Round 5!! :) Just need to get out of this silly cast.... hehe
September 22nd-23rd 2007
VMCC Round 5
Well, after a bit of running round I managed to get my bike all back together. New top fairing and repairs from JustFairings (Great Place), Repaint and patches at River-City Signs (aka: MotoPaint, best place to get your bike looking the shizzel!) Franz managed to work his magic and weld my front sub frame so it looks as good as a brought one! Robert Taylor for re-springing the shock and new internals for my forks. Speed-Tech for new cables and Bryan Bernard for new discs.
So after all that we arrived Thursday night in Palmy ready for a great test day. Had Robert Taylor come and play with my bike until it felt awesome! Thank you heaps!
Luckily my head space/thinking wasn't effected by my crash, as in some cases it takes a while to get in the grove. My wrist was still giving me grief so only did a few sessions before calling it a day.
Saturday Races
Qualifying
We had a 15min qualifying which I was looking forward to. As it happened I had to pull in after only a few laps with break issues. :(
Darren was kind enough to bleed them for me. But by that stage it didn't help my grid position (16th and stuck on the outside)
Race One (25min)
Yehaa! I had been looking forward to the longer races. Especially after my grid position, giving me time to play catch up.
Flag drops, lots of bikes, lost some places ended up maybe 19th coming out of turn one. 6-7 laps in race was red flagged! Could not believe this, had worked my way up to 8-9th and now having to start again from 16th!
Second time round 20mins, got straight into it. great race, worked my way up to 2nd crossing the line! Stoked! then 10sec penalty for apparently passing under yellow flag (whole nother story there) so on paper 5th.
Sunday Races
No qualifying, straight into race one.
Race One (10 laps)
Much better start, had a great lil battle with Vicki baby until my bike started squirming. Chilled out a bit came 6th i think.
Umming and arring about what to do, wasn't prepared so didn't have a new tyre on had. Looking back on it I should have just found one! Instead Darren offered to turn it around for me which seemed like a solution at the time with one race to go.
Race Two (15 laps)
Again my start was better, found away to get through some of the pack before turn one. Straight away felt the tyre playing up, now more so through splash and hairpin. Tried to make up places but just couldn't push it. Again decided to play it smart and just finish the race. 7-8th in that one. (sorry I haven't got my result sheets)
All in all another great weekend in the sense that I learnt alot off the track this time. Was happy that I was running 1:19's, only 1sec off my best time of 1:18 with all things considered.
With another Big Thank you to all those who supported me.
My Sponsors: Speed-Tech, RiverCity Signs, Alf Racing, Pirelli. To Robert Taylor for his help. My Dad, the Naki Crew who always seem to turn up for support and to everyone else who just help to make this happen.
Look forward to Taupo! hopefully Bike and Rider will be back to 110%!
VMCC Round 4
Well I decided to not do the test day this time after waking up and it pissing down with rain. Rather save my energy for racing he next day which seem to pay off...
Another lovely morning :) Only two races today as we were on the long track. I hadn't ridden on here since this time last year so was throughly looking forward to it!
Also a very enthusiastic looking Gav came and said he'd talked to Robert and wanted to put this ohlins Shock in for me during riders brief. Sure thing, why not? lol. In it went, and off to qualifying I went..
Ended up 4th on the grid after qualifying so was happy as.
Race One
Very amped up! flag drops and off we go! Managed to get hole shot so was stoked! only saw a front wheel from a fellow competitor once but was not to be scene again. Won that race by a good distance! Big smiles!
Race Two
Energies felt stronger this race right from the get go. I knew the boys were going to fight harder this race. Flag drops, 2nd to the corner, I think Troy had decided thats where he had to get me. Followed him through splash before making my move back into the lead through the hairpin onto the middle straight.
Very soon after (matter of seconds) I found myself sliding along the track not on my bike, looking at an on coming front wheel of either Troy or Glenn (couldn't quite make it out) but was hoping I was sliding fast enough to get out of the way!
Result of that race = Hospital :(
(I dont blame Gav in anyway for this ;) even though it was him working on my bike..Chris, you can keep him! hehe)
But even so, I can only say that it was an awesome weekend all the same.
I must say a BIG thank you to my sponsors: Speed-Tech, MotoPaint (River-City Signs), Alf racing and Pirelli.
And to all those that helped on the day: Gav, Dad and Robert for sorting the shock out (Johno for the lend of it). Sue, Glen and the other medics for their expertise while lying in the dirt and ambo. Franz, Shaz and anyone else I missed for cleaning the dirt etc out of my bike and loading it. Franz, Darren and my Dad for keeping me company until the late hours in the hospital. And everyone else for being helpful and supportive.
Bring on Round 5!! :) Just need to get out of this silly cast.... hehe
September 22nd-23rd 2007
VMCC Round 5
Well, after a bit of running round I managed to get my bike all back together. New top fairing and repairs from JustFairings (Great Place), Repaint and patches at River-City Signs (aka: MotoPaint, best place to get your bike looking the shizzel!) Franz managed to work his magic and weld my front sub frame so it looks as good as a brought one! Robert Taylor for re-springing the shock and new internals for my forks. Speed-Tech for new cables and Bryan Bernard for new discs.
So after all that we arrived Thursday night in Palmy ready for a great test day. Had Robert Taylor come and play with my bike until it felt awesome! Thank you heaps!
Luckily my head space/thinking wasn't effected by my crash, as in some cases it takes a while to get in the grove. My wrist was still giving me grief so only did a few sessions before calling it a day.
Saturday Races
Qualifying
We had a 15min qualifying which I was looking forward to. As it happened I had to pull in after only a few laps with break issues. :(
Darren was kind enough to bleed them for me. But by that stage it didn't help my grid position (16th and stuck on the outside)
Race One (25min)
Yehaa! I had been looking forward to the longer races. Especially after my grid position, giving me time to play catch up.
Flag drops, lots of bikes, lost some places ended up maybe 19th coming out of turn one. 6-7 laps in race was red flagged! Could not believe this, had worked my way up to 8-9th and now having to start again from 16th!
Second time round 20mins, got straight into it. great race, worked my way up to 2nd crossing the line! Stoked! then 10sec penalty for apparently passing under yellow flag (whole nother story there) so on paper 5th.
Sunday Races
No qualifying, straight into race one.
Race One (10 laps)
Much better start, had a great lil battle with Vicki baby until my bike started squirming. Chilled out a bit came 6th i think.
Umming and arring about what to do, wasn't prepared so didn't have a new tyre on had. Looking back on it I should have just found one! Instead Darren offered to turn it around for me which seemed like a solution at the time with one race to go.
Race Two (15 laps)
Again my start was better, found away to get through some of the pack before turn one. Straight away felt the tyre playing up, now more so through splash and hairpin. Tried to make up places but just couldn't push it. Again decided to play it smart and just finish the race. 7-8th in that one. (sorry I haven't got my result sheets)
All in all another great weekend in the sense that I learnt alot off the track this time. Was happy that I was running 1:19's, only 1sec off my best time of 1:18 with all things considered.
With another Big Thank you to all those who supported me.
My Sponsors: Speed-Tech, RiverCity Signs, Alf Racing, Pirelli. To Robert Taylor for his help. My Dad, the Naki Crew who always seem to turn up for support and to everyone else who just help to make this happen.
Look forward to Taupo! hopefully Bike and Rider will be back to 110%!