MAM/TrackAddix Memorial Day

Tornado bait · 05-18-2006, 3:24 PM

Any one planning on attending? I'm trying to fit it in, but we'll see how it goes.

Rios929 · 05-19-2006, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Tornado bait

Any one planning on attending? I'm trying to fit it in, but we'll see how it goes.

I'll be doing my first race ever on the 28th there on the SV

It's the Trackaddix GP/CCS event.

tigerblade · 05-19-2006, 12:31 PM

I'm hoping we'll make it up to spectate.

Chain · 05-20-2006, 2:27 PM

I'm a set of A* Leather Track Pants (I really wish I'd not sold my gear last year!) away from going back to MAM.

Guys, let's keep an eye on at TrackAddix in October. I can't wait to get my SV on the track!

Bwaaaarrrrrrrrrrr, Bwaaaarrrrrrrrrrr, Bwaaaarrrrrrrrrrr!

Tornado bait · 05-20-2006, 7:21 PM

IT IS AAALLLIIIVVVEEEEE!!! Got the crash truck queen up and running today. Had a few tense moments, but it is purring once again with no water in the oil, no leaks, all systems normal, and I can hardly wait. Baring an act of God looks like MAM is a go for Memorial Day.

maxib · 05-21-2006, 1:18 AM

Well, I am a definite maybe. I won't really know until about the day before, but I can tell you this...I ain't gonna ride that far just to watch you guys have fun on the track unless we go to dinner at Mr. C's.

Tornado bait · 05-21-2006, 11:05 AM

Never heard of Mr. C's, but I'm game.

maxib · 05-21-2006, 11:27 AM

It's an Italian restaurant in Omaha. Best toasted ravioli I've ever had!

Tornado bait · 05-21-2006, 9:05 PM

FYI....early sign up incentive ends tonight. Starting Monday it goes up $30 from $145 to $175.

I'll probably camp Sunday night. Hope to see some friends there.

Sunbert · 05-22-2006, 10:18 AM

Is DJChyk coming along?

tigerblade · 05-22-2006, 1:30 PM

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It's an Italian restaurant in Omaha. Best toasted ravioli I've ever had!

You don't go to Omaha for Italian, my friend. That's dead cow country!

tigerblade · 05-22-2006, 1:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Chain

I'm a set of A* Leather Track Pants (I really wish I'd not sold my gear last year!) away from going back to MAM.

Guys, let's keep an eye on at TrackAddix in October. I can't wait to get my SV on the track!

Bwaaaarrrrrrrrrrr, Bwaaaarrrrrrrrrrr, Bwaaaarrrrrrrrrrr!

I'd offer up my old Spidi's for you to borrow, but you might be too tall for them. They do work on the wife (6'2"), but I think you're a couple inches taller?

Tornado bait · 05-22-2006, 3:23 PM

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Is DJChyk coming along?

I'm workin on her....I could use some help from one of her gal pals.....hint....hint.

We may try to turn the weekend into a house hunting expidition in KC then head on up to the track Sunday night.

Sunbert · 05-22-2006, 3:28 PM

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I'm workin on her....I could use some help from one of her gal pals.....hint....hint.

We may try to turn the weekend into a house hunting expidition in KC then head on up to the track Sunday night.

The last I heard she was waiting to find a sitter. Bring the kids and we'll bring Alex.

tigerblade · 05-22-2006, 4:21 PM

Yeah, Alex's only track experience was the one at which his Daddy broke his back.

Tornado bait · 05-30-2006, 10:24 AM

Made it through safe and sound. Although the first couple of sessions there were plenty of thoughts going through my mind like "hmmm...did I get every thing back on/in right and tight." Not the type of thinking condusive to hitting your brake markers. Plus the fact that I just got the bike running the weekend before and only had a test run up and down the block in front of the house. But those demons were gone by lunch and the bike ran great.

Then there was the asshole that went into turn 3 with me side by side and clipped my front tire on the exit toward 4.

"Ok, butt head, so you're faster than me that doesn't mean you have to take me out!" However, to his credit he did find me in the paddock later and apologize.

Muscles are reminding me today how old I am, but I can't wait to do it again.

Tigerblade, I got your voicemail but DJChyk didn't come with me and my phone battery was low so I wasn't checking messages often. Hopefully we'll all meet up at Grattan.

tigerblade · 05-30-2006, 11:28 AM

Yeah, sorry we didn't make connections. Good news is that my buddy won his first motorcycle race. And his second, and his third. Good weekend for him!

Tornado bait · 05-30-2006, 11:42 AM

Great to hear your friend did so well.

Sounds like you had a nice weekend. Only the second time for me at MAM and I enjoyed it much better than last year. I met a friend, Jeff Kramer, who raced WERA several years out of St. Louis and he showed me some good lines around the track. TrackAddix had 3 groups which made the traffic managable until later in the afternoon when they combined them into 2. Don't understand why they do that.

The traffic was just too much and some people were making bone head passes...like my turn 3 buddy.

abtech · 05-30-2006, 11:51 AM

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Great to hear your friend did so well.

Sounds like you had a nice weekend. Only the second time for me at MAM and I enjoyed it much better than last year. I met a friend, Jeff Kramer, who raced WERA several years out of St. Louis and he showed me some good lines around the track. TrackAddix had 3 groups which made the traffic managable until later in the afternoon when they combined them into 2. Don't understand why they do that.

The traffic was just too much and some people were making bone head passes...like my turn 3 buddy.

Jeff Kramer??? A very fast guy and ex GLRRA champion. My wife and I were good friends with Jeff throughout his time at GLRRA. He has an interesting manner of speech and earned the nickname "EE-OR" (from Winnie the Pooh) when we knew him . . .

If you see him again, say HI from Frank and Jacki.

tigerblade · 05-30-2006, 12:00 PM

How was the wind yesterday? It was pretty wicked on Sunday.

maxib · 05-30-2006, 1:16 PM

The wind was what kept me from coming down there to watch. I could only take 30 miles and knew I didn't want to fight it for another 5 hours riding. Perhaps it wasn't too bad at the track.

Glad to hear you had a good time!

Tornado bait · 05-30-2006, 3:24 PM

Yeah....Jeff is fast as HELL. I'm assuming we're talking about the same Jeff....he holds the track record at Gateway. He raced that weekend and then stuck around for the practice sessions Monday. He was hands down the fastest guy out there. We were talking about all the tracks we've been to. He commented on the "jump" at Grattan.

The wind was not half as bad as it was Sunday....in fact it turned out to be a very nice day.

tigerblade · 05-30-2006, 4:17 PM

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The wind was not half as bad as it was Sunday....in fact it turned out to be a very nice day.

Good thing we weren't there yesterday then. It wasn't as hard to be a spectator when the conditions were somewhat less than ideal.

I do have my race plastics and tire warmers back in my own garage...

BDA116 · 05-30-2006, 4:21 PM

How much do you want for the tire warmers?