[Heavy-Dee]

...after a day of racing. Being at the track is a blast despite how well you race!

I didn't do too well "place wise", but I turned some faster lap times, and am feeling better.

I was worried about my back tire as it's about due to get replaced, when in T3, on lap one someone tried to T-bone me at the apex. Really effed w/ my head. I stood up and rode into the grass thinking that my tire let go. I didn't find out until later that someone actually hit me and we both went off into the grass. Seems the dude has a history of this as well.

Anyway, neither of us went down but I was tentative thinking that the back tire was fried and I was just cruising trying to collect the points and hang onto 2nd in the "whack pack" for Novices. Guess who is in third? Yep, the dude that hit me. I don't think it was intentional, but pisses me off nonetheless.

Anyway, had a blast and am just glad that myself or any of my crew went down.

Oh, 2nd race of the day someone blew a motor and oiled the track from the kink through T12. About 5 guys went down. It was aweful, but no one seriously injured thankfully. That also was messing w/ my head. The track was fine after much oil dry and volunteering from crowd/crew. But it looked different and I was still taking it a little easy through T12.

All in all a success.

HD

[CBR929RE]

almost sounds like you slowed down and gained some time for yourself.

keep up the good work. how far are you from first and how many races left?

glad you didn't go down either. I don't want your father's paint work getting all scratched up.

[Heavy-Dee]

Thanks man. My fastest lap of the day was prolly a full sec and a half over last month. Too bad it was in practice.

Anyway, I'm currently 2nd in points for 600 Superbike w/ the guy in 3rd hot on my heels. If we finish in the same points next month as we did this past weekend, we'll be tied, but the place will prolly go to him as he's placed higher more often (he missed 2 races to my 1).

In Unlimited Superbike (liter bikes, close to "run what ya brung") I'm also 2nd in points. Again w/ 3rd hot on my heels. If we finish next month in the same points, I'll take it by 1 point.

Going to have to get new tires for next month.

Go get 'em big boooooooooooi!!

[FrenchieR6]

Keep up the good work and go kick some A**

[kawboy69]

Originally Posted by Frenchier6

Keep up the good work and go kick some A**

[FrenchieR6]

Originally Posted by kawboy69

Sorry to still your thread for a post HD but Kawboy69, I looovvvvvvvveee your AVATAR Oh yeah. LOL

[Red Rider]

Way to keep it upright, Dee!

[slanger]

where were you racing... what org do you race... i race ccs SE region

[CBRVFR]

Way to go, D!

--Just think how much faster you'd be if you had gone to Fireblades this year..

[oldfogey]

Great news, H-Dee, best wishes for the end of the season.

[Heavy-Dee]

Originally Posted by slanger

where were you racing... what org do you race... i race ccs SE region

Fasttrax at Nelson Ledges. Don't be fooled by my posts. It's very small scale club racing.

A guy asked me Sunday if I'd done any WERA races. My answer was basically "I'd get killed". The fast guys in my org, are mid-pack WERA pace. My pace puts me waaaayyyy back on in a WERA race. Maybe in a couple of years.

HD

[Heavy-Dee]

Originally Posted by CBRVFR

Way to go, D!

--Just think how much faster you'd be if you had gone to Fireblades this year..

Maybe that'd be true, but I'd still rather do the Freddie Spencer school(s)!!!

[booracer]

good luck kicking some a**...

[bwhip]

Outstanding! Keep up the great work!

[Mike142RR]

Hey H-D,

I found this picture of us going into T12 from our race in September. It was taken during the Unlimited Superbike race.
I can't wait for the season to start back up!


Mike
#142

[Heavy-Dee]

What's up there Mike?! Good to "see" you. Was that the "incident" that we discussed on localriders? Great pic...kinda. Looks like you're cutting the grass just to make time. Are you?

HD

[Mike142RR]

Yea that was the incident. I was racing Sammy (#13) for second. Sam Gage was leading. The very next picture shows me going thru the grass between 12 and 13. I got back on the track near the pit entrance. I lost a position to Jonathan Peters and finished 4th. In hind sight, I shouldn't have been so aggressive there. I still had time to make another run on Sammy. Live and learn.
I was just going thru the pictures taken in 2006 to make a slide show. When I came across this one. I thought of you and thought you might like to see.

Mike
#142

[Heavy-Dee]

yep def like seeing and still feel sorta bad about that. Like you said live and learn.

Hey shoot me your email address. I won't be on this board much any more.

dan at runion.net

Thanks,

HD

[Heavy-Dee]

So everyone else knows the situation we are referring to. First note that Mike142RR's number plate is white. And mine is yellow. Dude is freakin' fast. When he goes by you on that Honda w/ the Honda leathers, you'd swear is was freakin' Duhamel or Zemke. Seriously.

Anyway, in the pic you can see me crawling through T11 on the race line. T11 is right at the end of the back straight at Nelson and is pretty fast. I just haven't figured it out yet. Mike was chasing someone else for a position, and caught me right about the time we both needed to be going through T11. He tried to get to the inside of me b/c going the long way around the outside probably wouldn't have worked. Well, inside didn't really work either and had he not stood the bike up and sacrificed some positions he'd have T-boned me and taken both of us out.

Pretty sure that would've sucked. But the lesson to be learned here is actually for me more than Mike. See if I'd been paying closer attention I'd have realized that the leaders had just gone by and assumed that others were to follow. Since I wasn't racing for a position I could afford to take the slower line and leave room for a faster guy to come though. Sort of like assuming a blue flag.

Lesson for everyone else to learn from.

And thanks to Mike for his candor when I asked. Everyone, welcom Mike142RR. Stand up guy. Fast guy.

HD

[Fastrr]

I can see where someone running into you on their bike would be scary. About oil being on the track, I thought race bikes/track bikes had to have a belly pan that can hold oil, just in case? I'm new on this forum, just interested in racing/track days. Never been myself.

[Mike142RR]

Originally Posted by Fastrr

About oil being on the track, I thought race bikes/track bikes had to have a belly pan that can hold oil, just in case? I'm new on this forum, just interested in racing/track days. Never been myself.

The incident HD was referring to I actually got caught up in myself. I was running in 2nd place at the time and about 30 seconds behind (and about to lap) the person that blew the motor. Sad thing was after he had blown the motor, nearly 30 seconds went by before I approached the oil and hit it at speed. 30 seconds...seems like an eternity. I actually have the whole event on video (my mom noticeably shaken by the whole ordeal was doing the recording). Anyway, you could hear nearby spectators yelling for a red flag as they knew I and many others would soon be there. Yet, no RED flag was shown. Only a waving yellow. The incident happened at Nelson Ledges between the high speed Kink on the back straight all the way up to turn 12. I luckily happened to be on the inside of the oil trail as I went through the kink and went trough the oil as I turned the bike in for 12. I was ok and amazingly the bike was OK too!!! That wasn't true for some other bikes however especially the fella that hit the oil in the kink. These incidents are extremely rare and yes, belly pans are required in this class and the bike that went kaboom had one. Unfortunately the severe catastrophic engine failure created a fine oil spray that escaped around the lower and ended up on the track. On video, the smoke plume was at least 40' high and about 300' long. It looked spectacular...almost like a Top Fueler detonating! Everyone including the guy that fell in the kink was OK. As a result, new procedures on when and how a corner worker can call a red flag are being discussed.


Mike
#142 Fasttrax Expert

[Heavy-Dee]

Wonder if the guy who's motor blew will be back? What about Lee? Is he getting another bike?

HD

[Mike142RR]

Don't know on either.

Mike