Philip Island 125 Support Races - Short report

[Rashika]

I was wondering when one of you lot would pipe up... on ya K14!
I can almost imagine being there... almost

gets some pics up if ya can

[sAsLEX]

Hey hows the toehr kiwi boys getting on cant find any results, give adam sam and James my luck too

K14says:
sam got taken out yesterday
K14 says:
by a guy that was really pissed off
K14 says:
it was in siberia
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and the guy passed sam around the outside
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then cut across infront and clipped his front wheel

[Ivan]

Oh Gutted for sam, hope hes ok and racing again....

O well go hard today Kirk.

[Toast]

Good stuff, dude! Sounds awesome!! Hope the races are goin' all good!!

[gav]

Times can be found here!
http://www.mcnews.com.au/MotorcycleR...ifying_125.htm

[dangerous]

Wicked Kirk awsome for you,

Great to hear your enjoying yourself....

hey as Kirks idle and 125 mentor, knowing that to you K14 would be a back marker... that would mean a lot to him.

K14, all the best man... go hard (dont mean at the Aussie blonds either)

[Cleve]

Excellent stuff Kirk and good for you. All the best for the big race! You are doing us all proud.

[gav]

Kirk's first race has been run.
Heres the results!
http://66.132.159.231/MotorcycleRaci..._125_race1.htm

[k14]

Yeah it was a typical PI day today, thats for sure.

There was rain on and off all day during the motogp qualifying and practice sessions. There was also a very annoying wind blowing across the front straight from right to left. The meeting was declared wet two races before our one when a quick shower came across the track. It all looked good for our race, and everyone was on slicks, but on the first lap a light drizzle came across the circuit. Then on the second lap I came into the southern loop and could see it was completly pouring down!

So that was about it for me. Nothing too spectacular, just rode like a grandad and bought the bike home shiny side up. I ended up in 15th place which is fine by me, two places higher than I started the race. Can't complain about that. Probably the biggest issue was having a tinted visor on, not a good idea. I didn't even know it was raining till I saw the drops on my front screen.

Adam did excellent, in 4th for a few laps but dropped back to 9th by the end. The other two guys didn't finish the race, Sam had engine problems and James pulled in due to the rain.

Till tomorrow night. Seeya

[James Deuce]

Top job Kirk, well done!

[Grahameeboy]

Good one....2 places up on practice has to be encouraging.

[TonyB]

Awesome stuff Kirk! Just reading through that it sounds like the undulating nature of the track is causing you some problems- is that right? Since most NZ tracks are as flat as a billard table its hardly surprising!

Any, good luck Kirk, it really is awesome reading all this.

[Rashika]

Anyway, good luck Kirk, it really is awesome reading all this.

ditto here Kirk

[k14]

Awesome stuff Kirk! Just reading through that it sounds like the undulating nature of the track is causing you some problems- is that right? Since most NZ tracks are as flat as a billard table its hardly surprising!

Any, good luck Kirk, it really is awesome reading all this.

Yes and no. It's hard to pinpoint it. Puke does have some undulations and blind corners but I think its more the blind corners that you can't see the exit to. You need lots of laps to know when you can get on the throttle and know that you aren't going to run out of track. I had a moment going into lukey heights yesterday on the first lap. I tipped in using fourth gear and right at that moment the wind took me 2/3rd's of the way across the track. I had the momentary heart in mouth moment but just pulled it back across the track and was ok. Then the rain started and things really got interesting.

Well its forecasted to fine up a tad today so fingers crossed for a fully fine race. Hope the wind dies down a fraction too.

[pritch]

Thanks for the reports.

Enjoy the experience, you're making memories to last a lifetime :-)

Sorry to read that some of the stars are too important to acknowledge another competitor. Then again I never saw a picture of Pedrosa that looked as if he might like a chat