Another Miller Labor Day Video Excerpt...

bwhip · 09-08-2006, 12:16 AM

Wanna see a fast pass? Check this out. I'm feeling pretty good, heading for the Attitudes (or corkscrew), gaining on the rider in front of me in an A group afternoon session. Just about to the third corner of the 'screw, when dude comes FLYING by me on the left. Watch how far ahead he is by the time I exit Tooele turn.

(right-click and save):
http://www.bwhip.com/images/FastPass.mpg

phobiaphobe · 09-08-2006, 12:28 AM

Crap my media player is on the fritz... Why would I need a codec for that?

bwhip · 09-08-2006, 12:42 AM

Try this one instead:
http://www.bwhip.com/images/FastPass.mpg

Mojave954 · 09-08-2006, 7:22 AM

WOW, same dude that blew by me in turn one on the OUTSIDE and was through turn three befor I got out of turn 1. Dude was fast and scared the bejeezus out of me.

cvc14 · 09-08-2006, 10:48 AM

Wow..

That guy would have laped me over and over again.

SJ96F3 · 09-08-2006, 10:57 AM

Looked like Phobe to me...

speedextreme16 · 09-08-2006, 2:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Mojave954

WOW, same dude that blew by me in turn one on the OUTSIDE and was through turn three befor I got out of turn 1. Dude was fast and scared the bejeezus out of me.

It's not that hard to scare you.
Dude, I am slow as poop, and even I scare the bejeezus out of you.

TopCat1947 · 09-08-2006, 2:50 PM

Damn.
You sure you released your parking brake?

onevcs · 09-08-2006, 2:58 PM

?

Dang, were you on a bicycle? Dude was fast....

luvtolean · 09-08-2006, 3:00 PM

ZOOM...yep, always someone faster than you out there...

bwhip · 09-08-2006, 3:19 PM

Actually, that was Shane Turpin, who is the king of Utah on the track, an accomplished AMA racer, and sometime Freddie Spencer school instructor.

Sometimes when people make close passes on me that are bonehead, I get ticked off. But I remember on that one I was thinking, "Nice! I'm impressed!"

phobiaphobe · 09-08-2006, 3:20 PM

That guy lapped me in one of the afternoon sessions.

abtech · 09-08-2006, 5:21 PM

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Originally Posted by bwhip

Actually, that was Shane Turpin, who is the king of Utah on the track, an accomplished AMA racer, and sometime Freddie Spencer school instructor.

Sometimes when people make close passes on me that are bonehead, I get ticked off. But I remember on that one I was thinking, "Nice! I'm impressed!"

Isn't that the truth. During an eight hour endurance a few years back, I was dicing with 3 other "Grattanites" who were pretty good riders. Every lap we were reading each others approaches/strengths/weaknesses and I was able to get by two of them, but was having a fit trying to get by the last one in the "group". I ran what I considered 2 of my best laps and decided to ignore the fact this guy was in front of me and was finally poised to outbrake him into the hairpin and head for the next group. About 3/4s of way around this guy, a white and blue Suzuki goes around the outside like we were both parked and proceeds to wheelie all the way up the hill into ten. It was Michael Martin on the Team Suzuki Endurance 1100. When I made the final left turn onto the straight, he was already setting up for turn one

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Something about the big assed "number 1" on the bike told me not to get too excited . . .

onevcs · 09-08-2006, 5:29 PM

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Originally Posted by abtech

Isn't that the truth. During an eight hour endurance a few years back, I was dicing with 3 other "Grattanites" who were pretty good riders. Every lap we were reading each others approaches/strengths/weaknesses and I was able to get by two of them, but was having a fit trying to get by the last one in the "group". I ran what I considered 2 of my best laps and decided to ignore the fact this guy was in front of me and was finally poised to outbrake him into the hairpin and head for the next group. About 3/4s of way around this guy, a white and blue Suzuki goes around the outside like we were both parked and proceeds to wheelie all the way up the hill into ten. It was Michael Martin on the Team Suzuki Endurance 1100. When I made the final left turn onto the straight, he was already setting up for turn one

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Something about the big assed "number 1" on the bike told me not to get too excited . . .

Nice, but you already have the '07 RC51?

abtech · 09-08-2006, 5:31 PM

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Originally Posted by onevcs

Nice, but you already have the '07 RC51?

I've had it since '04 . . .

RRWANTR · 09-08-2006, 5:32 PM

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Originally Posted by abtech

I've had it since '04 . . .

onevcs · 09-08-2006, 5:39 PM

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Originally Posted by abtech

I've had it since '04 . . .

It changed that much uh?

abtech · 09-08-2006, 5:44 PM

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Originally Posted by onevcs

It changed that much uh?

Nope. I just made all the improvements they should have for the latest model back in 2004 . . .