Scracha AMCC rd1

**scracha** · 21st October 2010, 20:52

I'd been looking forward to this. I'd had a trackday at HD on the ZX6rr when it first opened but hadn't had the money to do it again. Yee har.

Swaped wets with GPR's on good rims on Saturday. Obviously on Sunday morning it was bone fucking dry...grr.

Posties qualifying.
Everyone seemed to be going backwards which was bizzarre. Did they know something I didn't? Turned out they did. Few minor spots of rain after about 2 laps. Lap 6, just tipped into final turn and the back end came round on me. I dismounted gracefully. At that speed I thought at best my day was over, at worst my season. Due where it's due to Billy (racefairings.co.nz) and Johnny Wagner's home spun crash bungs but I was able to pick up the bike, start it and bar a holed fairing it had no damage....not even to bar ends. Anyhoo...qualified 5th (3rd in PC89 Junior) with a 1.21. Gobsmacked how quickly HD went off with so little rain.

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Posties Race 1
The heavens opened. Took it easy after my off. Didn't want to repeat my "2 crashes in one meet" effort. Very heavy rain during race meant poor visibility and combined with my lack of track knowledge and HD's "blind" turn in points I was just happy to finish. 5th (3rd PC Junior) with a 1.33.

Posties Race 2
Big black clouds but track dried out in under 15 minutes and I was on full wets. Prayed for rain but it stayed dry. Majority of field also in wets. Maybe club racing should have a 20 minute "meeting declared dry" rule? Did 1 lap and pulled out of race. Reckon I could have diced with Anthony for 2nd but I couldn't afford destroying nearly new wets for the privalege.

After all the prep, it's disappointing when a day ends like this but that's racing Boots and leathers gonna cost far more than the damage the bike sustained.

**Toast** · 22nd October 2010, 07:38

It was a pain in the arse day weather wise...but honestly I reckon you must have hit a dodgy patch, 'cos like I said, I found the surface quite nice in the rain.

You gonna do the Puke round? Will be more fun on your 6/4 than on the 4, guaranteed!

**Peter Smith** · 22nd October 2010, 08:58

Hi Steve,
Its good to see you made the effort to get to HD. The weather messed up what would have been an awesome day.
Catch up with ya sometime.

**Matt Bleck** · 22nd October 2010, 09:47

I thought it had heaps of grip in the wet!

Nice write up, we gunna see you at Puke?

**Deano** · 22nd October 2010, 10:25

So you christened the beast eh ?

The hole looks almost like it was meant to be there !!

**scracha** · 23rd October 2010, 06:35

Originally Posted by Matt Bleck

I thought it had heaps of grip in the wet!

Nice write up, we gunna see you at Puke?

Puke, I doubt it...too dangerous.

Wet grip...yeah it did once it rained properly (first race) but when we were out in qualifying it was a drizzle that brought up all the shit on the track.

See ya's at PMCC in fielding.