Posted by tomorrow@erols.com on April 28, 2008, 6:58 pm
> Ya done good! Congrats on the money finish and keeping the bike whole.
> I've got to check the schedule at work, but I'm going to try and get
> to Wisconsin for that race. Heck, Chuck's buying hot dogs. <bg> I
> could probably find enough in my wallet for a beer or three.
Excellent! The more the merrier!
Posted by Mark Olson on April 28, 2008, 10:44 pm
sleazy wrote:
> said:
>
>> Justin and George and I are in Justinā??s truck north of Lynchburg and
>> south of Charlottesville, on our way back from a successful Moto-ST
>> race weekend at Virginia International Raceway in Danville, Virginia.
>>
>> We finished 10th in class, the final money-paying position, didnā??t
>> miss a lap of the race, didnā??t have any mechanical problems, had no
>> pit problems, no rider problems, no crashes and only three track
>> incidents during the entire two and a half hour race.
>
>
> Ya done good! Congrats on the money finish and keeping the bike whole.
> I've got to check the schedule at work, but I'm going to try and get to
> Wisconsin for that race. Heck, Chuck's buying hot dogs. <bg> I could
> probably find enough in my wallet for a beer or three.
>
Ditto.
Tim, did I read correctly- you were really racing on the same track
with Jay Springsteen and Jimmy Filice? You were in some pretty
good company there.
--
'01 SV650S '99 EX250-F13 '98 ZG1000-A13
OMF #7
Posted by tomorrow@erols.com on April 29, 2008, 12:43 am
> sleazy wrote:
> > said:
> >> Justin and George and I are in Justinâ??s truck north of Lynchburg and
> >> south of Charlottesville, on our way back from a successful Moto-ST
> >> race weekend at Virginia International Raceway in Danville, Virginia.
> >> We finished 10th in class, the final money-paying position, didnâ??t
> >> miss a lap of the race, didnâ??t have any mechanical problems, had no
> >> pit problems, no rider problems, no crashes and only three track
> >> incidents during the entire two and a half hour race.
> > Ya done good! Congrats on the money finish and keeping the bike whole.
> > I've got to check the schedule at work, but I'm going to try and get to
> > Wisconsin for that race. Heck, Chuck's buying hot dogs. <bg> I could
> > probably find enough in my wallet for a beer or three.
> Ditto.
> Tim, did I read correctly- you were really racing on the same track
> with Jay Springsteen and Jimmy Filice? You were in some pretty
> good company there.
Yep, they managed 70 laps in the two and a half hours on their factory
Kawasaki EX650, same as the winning Aprilia 1000 in the SST class.
They were pitted right next to us. We managed 63 laps in the same
time. Those guys are my age; the only difference between us is that
they have about 40 national and world championships between them, and
I have none. Oh, and they have a factory 18-wheeler and fly in for
the races. Oh, and they turned 2:07's and Jeff turned 2:13s and I
turned 2:20s.
We finished 10th out of 13 entries in Sport Twins, the largest group
among the three classes. All 13 Sport Twin entries ran the entire
race, no attrition, so we did actually beat the other three teams on
the racetrack, not because they broke.
If we had two riders as fast as Jeff, we would have finished closer to
the next four Sport Twin finishers, but still would not have beaten
them. Jeff and I both need to get faster, although it is obvious that
I have further to go than Jeff. He is 12 years younger than I am and
has not had a seven year layoff from racing to try to come back from.
I'm extremely pleased with the team's progress since our FIRST event
last month, and feel that we are right on track to be in a position to
field a credible Moto-ST team in the 2009 season.
This year is all about learning to race at a level higher than I ever
raced at before.
And boy, is learning expensive and hard!
Posted by Turby on April 29, 2008, 4:03 am
On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:43:36 -0700 (PDT), "tomorrow@erols.com"
>>
>> >> We finished 10th in class, the final money-paying position,
>And boy, is learning expensive and hard!
So, unh, I don't mean to pry... aw hell, yes I do. How much does a
10th place finish get? Not enough to pay the gas bill, I'd wager.
(Congrats, BTW. Trophys last longer than money, anyway.)
--
Turby the Turbosurfer
Posted by tomorrow@erols.com on April 29, 2008, 8:23 am
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:43:36 -0700 (PDT), "tomor...@erols.com"
> >> >> We finished 10th in class, the final money-paying position,
> >And boy, is learning expensive and hard!
> So, unh, I don't mean to pry... aw hell, yes I do. How much does a
> 10th place finish get? Not enough to pay the gas bill, I'd wager.
It's public knowledge, posted on the Moto-ST website. Tenth place
pays $500; exactly enough to cover the entry fee. So of course the
weekend is a net loss, even with an all-volunteer crew.
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> I've got to check the schedule at work, but I'm going to try and get
> to Wisconsin for that race. Heck, Chuck's buying hot dogs. <bg> I
> could probably find enough in my wallet for a beer or three.