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03-31-2006, 8:42 PM
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| Join Date: 08-07-2003 Location: Sacramento
Bike(s): '02 954 (street), '03 SV650 (race) Age: 38 Posts: 271
Rep:  (20) Rep Power: 6
| Reno Fernley Raceway, Sat/Sun 4/8-4/9 Use the discount code "sac" for $15 off the regular price of $160. http://zoomzoomtrackdays.com/cgi-bin...oom/index.html This includes the new section of the raceway, making it near 4 miles long and I loose track of how many turns. Elevation changes, a turn with Daytona style banking, Big ol' straightaway and turn after turn. The weekend will also include USGPRU races run around lunch time. These races should not cut into the normal tracktime and provide the opportunity to watch some two-stroke racing action. | |
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04-10-2006, 1:08 PM
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| Join Date: 08-07-2003 Location: Sacramento
Bike(s): '02 954 (street), '03 SV650 (race) Age: 38 Posts: 271
Rep: (20) Rep Power: 6
| Re: Reno Fernley Raceway, Sat/Sun 4/8-4/9 All I can say is WOW. Lots and lots of turns and the new pavement cleaned up my tires from Buttonwillow quite nicely. I'm beat. |
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04-10-2006, 3:13 PM
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| Every ride a gift...   Join Date: 03-02-2003 Location: Idaho, USA
Bike(s): '02 RC51; '05 DR-Z400SM; '06 CBR600RR Age: 46 Posts: 4,132
Rep:  (1101) Rep Power: 21
| Re: Reno Fernley Raceway, Sat/Sun 4/8-4/9 Glad you enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to trying it out for the first time with Apex on May 6 & 7!  |
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04-10-2006, 6:13 PM
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| Join Date: 08-07-2003 Location: Sacramento
Bike(s): '02 954 (street), '03 SV650 (race) Age: 38 Posts: 271
Rep: (20) Rep Power: 6
| Re: Reno Fernley Raceway, Sat/Sun 4/8-4/9 Quote:
The back straight is bumpy. A mid track approach is less bumpy, but, you have to late apex the hairpin at the end, so this is tricky. Many, many, many of the corners are decreasing radius. There are very few reference points. The esses after the front straight are all about how big your balls are. You have lots of room to get a high speed run going (The R1 I rode indicated 165, so figure about 150 mph). I'd back off a little for sanity's sake and then hammer it through the rest of the esses. The food vendor that came out wasn't bad. $3 for a polish sausage trackside isn't bad. No plumbing, very little power. Bring your own gas and bring some wet naps or goop towels. I'm still running the track in my head. Left, right, straight through the esses, left, right, left, right, left, right, left, left, right, right, right, left straight to the left and backstraight..... left, straigh through to right, left, right, straight, left, right, left, nudge right, left, WFO down the front straigh...still WFO....starter tower still WFO...coming up on the first little jog to the left... Repeat. Lap times for the fast guys dropped down to 2:36 and full blown race race (250 GP bikes). | |
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04-10-2006, 11:33 PM
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| Every ride a gift... Join Date: 03-02-2003 Location: Idaho, USA
Bike(s): '02 RC51; '05 DR-Z400SM; '06 CBR600RR Age: 46 Posts: 4,132
Rep: (1101) Rep Power: 21
| Re: Reno Fernley Raceway, Sat/Sun 4/8-4/9 Nice! Thanks for the guidance. I can't wait.  |
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