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Old 07-21-2005, 2:26 PM
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http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=23496 Oh brother!

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Old 07-21-2005, 2:27 PM
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70mph? Baketech must be leading.
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LOL....all is not what is seems...that article is written tongue-in-cheek...
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:Bwahahhaha....just read Conq's post...

I'm laughing because it's true...


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This is the track ride that they hold every year for any riders that want to sign up. They have to sign a waiver that they will not exceed a certain speed, or pass the group leader...
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:Bwahahhaha....just read Conq's post...

I'm laughing because it's true...


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This is the track ride that they hold every year for any riders that want to sign up. They have to sign a waiver that they will not exceed a certain speed, or pass the group leader...
Ah ha! Mystery solved!
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Old 07-21-2005, 3:04 PM
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:Bwahahhaha....just read Conq's post...

I'm laughing because it's true...


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This is the track ride that they hold every year for any riders that want to sign up. They have to sign a waiver that they will not exceed a certain speed, or pass the group leader...

I bet the AMA privateers are jumping up and down watching them go around & around
 
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I bet the AMA privateers are jumping up and down watching them go around & around
That could be....but imho it's a good thing...it gets paying spectators out to the track, and that's good for everyone including the racers...
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Old 07-21-2005, 3:22 PM
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That could be....but imho it's a good thing...it gets paying spectators out to the track, and that's good for everyone including the racers...
I must be missing something here (nothing new), if they are only holding the slow speed track day after having cancelled the privateer practice on a thursday, how many spectatortots do you recon will show up?
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I must be missing something here (nothing new), if they are only holding the slow speed track day after having cancelled the privateer practice on a thursday, how many spectatortots do you recon will show up?
I've seen them do several of these rides during the AMA events in the past...this one being on a Thursday is most likely a riding club like HSTA, or a VIP thing like for dealers that are exhibiting...

And it's not a slow speed trackday....it's a track ride that lasts for 20-30 minutes.
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Old 07-21-2005, 3:32 PM
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I've seen them do several of these rides during the AMA events in the past...this one being on a Thursday is most likely a riding club like HSTA, or a VIP thing like for dealers that are exhibiting...

And it's not a slow speed trackday....it's a track ride that lasts for 20-30 minutes.

Wonder why RRW uses the word "Trackday"

Have any links for the 20-30 min ride?
 
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Wonder why RRW uses the word "Trackday"

Have any links for the 20-30 min ride?
Because it's written as a sarcastic piece...

No links...
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Old 07-21-2005, 3:36 PM
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Thought so!
 
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I've watched the "dealer" ride they have every year at Mid-Ohio during the superbike race weekend and never laughed so hard when I watched a guy on a Harley with huge leather saddle bags wear a hole in one going through the keyhole!
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Thought so!
Sorry...was just relating the events of years past...didn't realize it was a test or I would have studied harder....
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I've watched the "dealer" ride they have every year at Mid-Ohio during the superbike race weekend and never laughed so hard when I watched a guy on a Harley with huge leather saddle bags wear a hole in one going through the keyhole!
Didn't happen unless you have a link...

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Old 07-21-2005, 3:44 PM
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You are too easy Bake........ ...... I've never been to an actual AMA race, so I have no idea what goes on at one

There were a few that went down at Laguna....hahaha
 
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Me either....I made the whole thing up...
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Me either....I made the whole thing up...
But wait a minute...you do have a link to video of you during the track ride back in '03.
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But wait a minute...you do have a link to video of you during the track ride back in '03.

I wanna see it!
 
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LOL...that was the last and only time I will take a track day following an AMA Vintage Oilfest...err event...
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I wanna see it!
It's still in my gallery...but be warned...it's not gonna impress any of you steely-eyed, road racin' types
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LOL...that was the last and only time I will take a track day following an AMA Vintage Oilfest...err event...
Amen to that, brother!
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