stallion636
09-07-2008, 05:31 PM
Well first off I would like to thank everyone at Roadrace Southwest and espescially Rick Bucher for teaching the race liscensing clinic.
My first race was unlimited supersport which had a huge grid so that was pretty exciting. I started from the 17th row in that race so I had alot of work to do even though I knew I wouldn't catch up to any experts. The supertwins were gridded in front of me about 3-4 rows and figured I could catch them in a half lap or so. I got a great start and passed about 6 riders off the start and going in to turn 1 I was right behind some of the experts and I got kind of excited for a second until I saw them leave me soon after turn 2. Some of the other amateurs passed me out of the carousel but I was excited that I was dicing it up mid pack. Soon after the race got redflagged and we had to restart the race and I was pretty far up on the grid and feeling good about it. I restarted the race in the second row on the left so I was leading the amateur pack becasue of the crash. I once again got a great start and went into turn 1 in 5th place. Two laps later in 7th place I ran off in turn 10 and lost a bunch of positions leaving me in last place. I got back on and ran down the supertwin guys and finished 4th to last. I was unhappy with my finishing position because I was doing well until I ran off but the race was a freaking blast.
My second race is a race I should have never entered (Heavyweight Superbike) and there was no slow guys to mess around with so I was all by myself going as fast as I could go and I got lapped at the start finish line on the last lap. I should have known at pit out when I saw all the super fast guys that I was in the wrong race. lol. Oh well I learned a few things and will chalk it up and move on. Oh ya, I was the guy who did the extra lap. I thought you has to complete the whole 8 laps.
Thanks to all of you who helped out a new racer and I will continue to race with RRSW.
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My first race was unlimited supersport which had a huge grid so that was pretty exciting. I started from the 17th row in that race so I had alot of work to do even though I knew I wouldn't catch up to any experts. The supertwins were gridded in front of me about 3-4 rows and figured I could catch them in a half lap or so. I got a great start and passed about 6 riders off the start and going in to turn 1 I was right behind some of the experts and I got kind of excited for a second until I saw them leave me soon after turn 2. Some of the other amateurs passed me out of the carousel but I was excited that I was dicing it up mid pack. Soon after the race got redflagged and we had to restart the race and I was pretty far up on the grid and feeling good about it. I restarted the race in the second row on the left so I was leading the amateur pack becasue of the crash. I once again got a great start and went into turn 1 in 5th place. Two laps later in 7th place I ran off in turn 10 and lost a bunch of positions leaving me in last place. I got back on and ran down the supertwin guys and finished 4th to last. I was unhappy with my finishing position because I was doing well until I ran off but the race was a freaking blast.
My second race is a race I should have never entered (Heavyweight Superbike) and there was no slow guys to mess around with so I was all by myself going as fast as I could go and I got lapped at the start finish line on the last lap. I should have known at pit out when I saw all the super fast guys that I was in the wrong race. lol. Oh well I learned a few things and will chalk it up and move on. Oh ya, I was the guy who did the extra lap. I thought you has to complete the whole 8 laps.
Thanks to all of you who helped out a new racer and I will continue to race with RRSW.
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