samsmith88
26th May 2008, 18:44
My 1st race report on here!
After a 4 month break I was extremely excited to hop on a bike and ride again. Dave Cole did an amazing job in getting the Yamaha R6 track ready. Although completely standard the bike exceeded my expectations by a mile. The weekend started with a test day at Pukekohe, this was valuable tracktime for me as it made me comfortable about racing the next day.
Sunday was round 1 of the VMCC winter series at Taupo. The weather was good to us, threatening rain but luckily holding out for the duration of the day. The day was used for valuable tracktime and also suspension development.
The programme started with qualifying for F1 and F2. Starting race 1 in 6th I dropped back three spots to finish 9th. By the afternoon Robert Taylor and Dennis Shaw had the Ohlins suspension at a point where they were happy with tyre wear and handling. They did a simply amazing job devoting huge amounts of time to make sure I was comfortable and most importantly happy with the setup of my Yamaha R6.
At the end of the day I finished with a 9th and a 4th in Superbikes, along with a 5th and a 1st in F2. I also managed a new lap record in f2 at a 1:34.67 which was cool. It was also the first time I raced with Sloan Frost and Johny Burkhart. They were awesome to ride with and are going to be front runners come nationals time.
Thankyou very much to my mechanic Jason voice who did a fantastic job and worked very well together.
It felt great to be riding again and I cant wait for the next round of Winter Series. Thankyou Yamaha NZ, Dunlop, Ohlins, N.E.S, Teknic, Shoei, Afam and RK chains.
After a 4 month break I was extremely excited to hop on a bike and ride again. Dave Cole did an amazing job in getting the Yamaha R6 track ready. Although completely standard the bike exceeded my expectations by a mile. The weekend started with a test day at Pukekohe, this was valuable tracktime for me as it made me comfortable about racing the next day.
Sunday was round 1 of the VMCC winter series at Taupo. The weather was good to us, threatening rain but luckily holding out for the duration of the day. The day was used for valuable tracktime and also suspension development.
The programme started with qualifying for F1 and F2. Starting race 1 in 6th I dropped back three spots to finish 9th. By the afternoon Robert Taylor and Dennis Shaw had the Ohlins suspension at a point where they were happy with tyre wear and handling. They did a simply amazing job devoting huge amounts of time to make sure I was comfortable and most importantly happy with the setup of my Yamaha R6.
At the end of the day I finished with a 9th and a 4th in Superbikes, along with a 5th and a 1st in F2. I also managed a new lap record in f2 at a 1:34.67 which was cool. It was also the first time I raced with Sloan Frost and Johny Burkhart. They were awesome to ride with and are going to be front runners come nationals time.
Thankyou very much to my mechanic Jason voice who did a fantastic job and worked very well together.
It felt great to be riding again and I cant wait for the next round of Winter Series. Thankyou Yamaha NZ, Dunlop, Ohlins, N.E.S, Teknic, Shoei, Afam and RK chains.