Been a while since I wrote one of these race report thingies.
Was a last minute decision to race this round so the week before was spent swapping motor into my old chassis. Arrived Sunday morning only to find the bottom fairings wouldn't fit. Oh well.
Posties qualifying went ok with a best time of 1:56.55 which put me 10th on the grid.
F3 practice, got out there and I had NO power. Watched everyone fly past me then my temp started climbing so I pulled in. Qualified 24th with a best time of 2:04.48Checked the bike over. Topped up the water and taped up the holes in the airbox(the rubber grommets were sitting on the bench at home)
Posties Race 1, Got swamped on the start and still had no power but the temp was staying down so I just did the best I could. Had a good wee battle with another dude on a ZXR400 with no fairings at all. Came 15th with a best time of 1:58.29.
Ripped the tank off and went and asked Mike Webster to help me with finding and fixing the problem. Found the carbs had popped out a bit so was an easy enough fix. Thanks a million Mike and Ange!
F3 Race 1, On the last row of the grid I got a ripper of a start(love the lights!). Was shocked to see I'd beaten Dunco into turn 1 when he flew past me a bit into the first lap. Next thing I see Ben sliding off the track in a big cloud of dust in turn 3.Swapped places with a guy on a SV a few times. I must have put the shits up him a bit cos he ran wide on the hairpin and stayed on the grass for a fair way down the straight. Couldnt catch him after that and I came in 17th accross the finish line with a best time of 1:54.72.
Posties Race 2, Got another ripper of a start and pushed hard and tried to block as many as I could. Ben flew past me like I was standing still down the straight only to pull off at the end and stop. A few bikes got past me then Abby got past me. Bugger this I thought! I wasn't gunna let her get away so pushed harder. Showed her my front wheel up the inside a couple of times hoping to force a mistake, but she was too quick and got enough of a gap that I couldn't get past her. Came 9th with a best time of 1:52.31
F3 Race 2 Last race of the day and fatigue was setting in. Got another ripper start but every one seemed to be passing me. I thought it'd be best to just finish the race without falling off and call it a day. Came in 17th with best time 1:52.84
Thanks to Pacific Club, BRM and all the sponsors and flaggies for an awesome series!
Thanks Peter Harkess and Dunco for sharing your pit shed, and Sue, Kev and Fruity for all your support and encouragement.
Special thanks to doc for being such a bloody marvelous man.
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) Awesome work, and you sure had those lap times tumbling...also amazing effort on it's 1st shakedown after major work!
Originally Posted by sinfull
Karma ... Justice catches up eventually !! 
I've been waiting to battle the 400s for years now.
Hey Mike, all the best at Methven...go hard! 
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