Race 2
Well after the first race i was full of confidence, i was learning the track and and the weather was improving, it was now dry enough to put dry tyres on and this time i was gonna go for it. I was now starting from 24th on the grid so was looking for a decent result
The lights at club racing change from Red to off, its a 5 second delay, i should have learned that by now but again i got a terrible start, i seemed to go backwards, round the first fast right through the left then braking hard into the right hander, i thought i was picking up places on the inside of a few when somebody else came on the inside of me so i had to stand the bike up as i did that the front end of the bike was nearly taken off, i had lost quite a few places and was really pissed off.
Anyhow with the bit between my teeth i was back on it slowly picking places up, i had worked my way up to about 25Th and was in a bit of a tussle with another Honda and a Kawasaki.Both had more power but i was so much faster through a lot of the slower corners i just couldn't get past the Kawasaki, and after a few lap me and the other Honda were swapping places frequently.
We came past the start/finish for the final time and i knew this was the lap, the Honda and Kawasaki were both in front but round the first corner and i gained about 10 yards on them, round the 2Nd corner and i was on them both, hard on the brakes and i was past the Honda, through the next left then right and it was hard on the throttle and i was really close to the Kawasaki, now round the really fast right hander at village and i just couldn't get past, so the run up to Church and this is the fastest corner in the country, i just couldn't get past, so now it was the chicane before the start finish, i remembered the guy behind so i drifted to the middle of the track to hold what i though would be a defensive line, past the 200 board then the 150 now hard on the brakes, i wasn't getting past the guy in front then the guy behind had come up the inside and that was it, there was no way to get back past, over the start finish and that was it, a thrilling race well for me anyway.
I'd thoroughly enjoyed the day and it was so good to get back in the seat, a MASSIVE thanks to John for preparing the bike, she ran sweet as a nut and sounds awesome, cheers m8 for all your hard work and time and effort to get me on the bike, CHEERS!
The lights at club racing change from Red to off, its a 5 second delay, i should have learned that by now but again i got a terrible start, i seemed to go backwards, round the first fast right through the left then braking hard into the right hander, i thought i was picking up places on the inside of a few when somebody else came on the inside of me so i had to stand the bike up as i did that the front end of the bike was nearly taken off, i had lost quite a few places and was really pissed off.
Anyhow with the bit between my teeth i was back on it slowly picking places up, i had worked my way up to about 25Th and was in a bit of a tussle with another Honda and a Kawasaki.Both had more power but i was so much faster through a lot of the slower corners i just couldn't get past the Kawasaki, and after a few lap me and the other Honda were swapping places frequently.
We came past the start/finish for the final time and i knew this was the lap, the Honda and Kawasaki were both in front but round the first corner and i gained about 10 yards on them, round the 2Nd corner and i was on them both, hard on the brakes and i was past the Honda, through the next left then right and it was hard on the throttle and i was really close to the Kawasaki, now round the really fast right hander at village and i just couldn't get past, so the run up to Church and this is the fastest corner in the country, i just couldn't get past, so now it was the chicane before the start finish, i remembered the guy behind so i drifted to the middle of the track to hold what i though would be a defensive line, past the 200 board then the 150 now hard on the brakes, i wasn't getting past the guy in front then the guy behind had come up the inside and that was it, there was no way to get back past, over the start finish and that was it, a thrilling race well for me anyway.
I'd thoroughly enjoyed the day and it was so good to get back in the seat, a MASSIVE thanks to John for preparing the bike, she ran sweet as a nut and sounds awesome, cheers m8 for all your hard work and time and effort to get me on the bike, CHEERS!
Thruxton 29-09-07
Well i managed to stay on the bike both races and the engine stayed in one piece as expected. The weather was a bit unsettled but by the second race was dry.
Race 1
Well i managed the morning practice fairly easy enough and it didnt take too long to learn the track, i followed a few other riders and got a feel for the rain tyres i had put on, it was the first time in 9 months since i had raced the bike and the first time ever i had ridden on rain tyres, so i was a bit nervous to say the least....
Practice had been and gone and i now had to wait for the race, the weather was misersable early on but the temperature was getting up and the track was drying, this made things a bit tricky as i was still unsure on what tyres to use. It was about half hour from my race and thought id stick with rain tyres even though it was drying out but i had no way of telling by how much, one of those gambles i suppose.
The lights went red and then out it was go......well i made a real hash of the start and from the start i had gone backwards from 28th to near last, throught the first few fast corners then i started to get myself together, finding a good line and getting a bit of rythem, the track looked pretty much dry all the way round, well there was a dry line, and i tried to keep on it, i knew the rear tyre would last and the front felt really good even though i had felt it moving around early on.
A few laps had been and gone and i felt relaxed and in a rythem, the bikes in front were getting closer and my confidence grew, i was beginning to reel the bikes in front in and i only had a few laps left.
I knew where i was faster and was getting faster lap by lap, by now the tyres were moving around quite a bit but i was loving it the feel of the bike was great and i was getting to know the track and where i could make up time.
By now the last lap flag was out and i was on a mission to make up a few places, we rounded the 3rd then 4th corners and was now on the fast parts of the track i rounded village then on to church corner and i had really good drive,i was in about 30th position and i could see a gaggle of bikes closing in, there was the long run down to the chicane and i was gaining all the time, past the 300n yard marker and the bikes in front seem to shut off, within the next 150 yards i had passed about 6 bikes on the brakes and was into the final chicane, out on to the start finish and it was all over, what a final lap, i had finished 24th out of 35, and had set the 13th fastest lap time which i was well chuffed with..... Roll on race 2......
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