Got the okay from the wife to go to Roebling in the middle of June possibly since the Homestead round is cancelled. Now I just gotta make some money this month to pay for it...lol. By the way, how far into Georgia is the track? It's 5.5 hours to the state line for me up I-75, any ideas how long of a drive I'm looking at? TIA
Roebling is off exit 106 or something. You could throw a rod, er, I mean ROCK and hit South Carolina from it. ;D
It's a fun track. Kinda freaky looking pavement. You have to force yourself to believe that there is traction.
Roebling is 152 miles from my front door, front door is in Jax.
H.M. #296 am Jax. Fla.
QuoteIt's a fun track. Kinda freaky looking pavement. You have to force yourself to believe that there is traction.
Um, yes. I will agree to that statement.
And I always found that there were really great restaraunts in town. We found a great Mexican place that we visited multiple times. Wasn't there a few years ago. But still, good food.
That can make for a happy wife.
if you are 5.5 hours to the Ga line on 75 you are looking at about 8 or 9 that is if you go up and get on 16 in Macon...that is the only way i know of
Wouldn't it be easier to take 95 through Jax? Mighty Duc is from Florida.
Yeah it may be..that is why i said that was the only way i knew... i know Vernon is down there somewhere if he can hook up with him..
I know it's about 4 hours for me to go up I-75 and then across I-4 to Daytona from my house, and I think Jax is about an hour and a half north on I-95 from there. Wow...that means about 8 hours. I'll probably have a harder time talking the wife into it...lol. I saw TreyBone's video, and the pavement does look freaky. There is traction though, right? :)
( ;D Guy in Wisonsin giving directions to guys in the SE...LOL :D)
Look forward to seeing more Florida riders in Roebling. T'will give all the SE riders some new competition. :P
Remember that Roebling weekends are all TWIN SPRINTS ... meaning no GT races ... but full schedule of all other classes BOTH days. Double racing ... double everything except the prices. Enter 3 regular classes on Sat and all the rest are $35 (except purse classes, that is.)
Don't forget .. Roebling runs their own Practice Day on Friday too. ;D
lol..yeah there is traction...well except when your forks bottom out in T2.... i didn't have anymore traction...lol
QuoteThere is traction though, right? :)
Last time I was there, it was good. Wash boarded in a few places, but that might have been the bike.
So I will be racing AM Supertwins and Lightweight GP both days...not GT Lights :(...what about weekend practice sessions? I doubt I'll be able to take off Thurs and Friday, probably just Friday to travel, then have to come all the way back and be at work Monday morning. I don't want to have just one session to learn the track before I race, though. How many sessions are there in the morning?
QuoteHow many sessions are there in the morning?
According to the published schedule, there are 2 short Practice Sessions on Saturday per group and 1 per group on Sunday.
I forgot to mention, too, that we do Registration on Friday night beginning at about 5pm. We stay open until we run out of customers (or until 7pm whichever comes first.)
Registration opens again 7-8:30am Sat & Sun morn.
Looks like I'm starting from the back...lol. I might pre-enter. Gotta re-think it because of only getting 2 practices before the race. It didn't look like it was too impossible of a track to learn. Decisions, decisions.
It is very easy to learn...and you only have to use your brakes one or two times the whole track ;D it's fast
Front straight looks pretty long...long run to the line...that's good for me in Lightweight GP, bud bad for me in Supertwins. ;D
It is a fairly easy track to learn. The traction is good rain or shine, but I would suggest avoding the patches if they're the least little bit wet, otherwise the patches are good to go in the dry.
Practice is run all day Friday by the track management and runs $80. Gates open at 7AM and close at 10PM each night. Camping is allowed. No pets.
CCS practices Saturday morning will be enough to learn the track, but prolly not enough to give a high comfort level.
The exit off of I95 is 102 (Pooler), and is about 1.5 hours north of Jacksonville. The track is about 15 minutes from the I95 exit.
I hope this info helps! :)
Thanks Steve...definitely helps. The no pets thing sucks though. In our region, you aren't allowed to camp inside the gates...can you up there?
Roebling doesn't have big grids which means...
You will get more practice in the morning than the other tracks and they won't be cut short. Racing finishes up pretty early, and you can be guaranteed to be out of there by about 4pm even if you are in the last race.
It is the most laid back atmosphere of any track. Much different from Florida or VIR/Summit. Most crazies tend not to travel there.
Really, no crazies? Why is that?
I mean, the track really has a nice open flow to it. It is fast, has some fun elevation change. I would think that you'd get a decent group of racers down there.
They tend to stay in South Florida, DC instead of driving 8-9 hours.
Savannah has the smallest grids of any track besides Carolina which they took off the schedule. There just is not the population base down there that there is in other parts of the east coast.
You calling us crazies? :o
;D
What about guys from Atlanta and such? I drive to Gateway, that's five or six hours, MAM is 8, Gingerman is 4. Atlanta is like 5 maybe from Roebling, right?
I think Roebling is like 19 for me.
People from Atlanta race WERA. Everybody knows that.;D
I think they should have a S. FLorida versus Mid-Atlantic match race series. One race at Summit, one race at Moroso.
Nevermind, they already have it twice a year, it's call DAYTONA.
I can't wait to show you northerners some speed on the high banks with my precious Duc...as long as it stays together...lol. By the way, anybody know what kind of top end speed a built SV has?
QuoteI think Roebling is like 19 for me.
Maybe even more Dave, you are further north than me. We drove it straight through in about 18 took us even longer coming home since we weren't driving in the middle of the night. It's a long haul, espcecially when you do it for 3 sessions and a mock race LOL
But hey it was fun ;D
All I can say is someone was taking a little too much of something (bribes, booze, drugs) when they decided to let 1000cc anything into lightweight.
Hello, 1000cc is NOT LIGHTWEIGHT.
I used to race a 400. There are guys out there on Aprillia 250's. Those are lightweight bikes. Just because the motor is a turd in stock form does not make it a lightweight bike!
Ok, I'm done preaching now.
My sv makes 85 hp on a dynojet dyno and it was clocked at 139 thru daytona tri oval this spring by ARHMA. ARHMA clocks all bikes at daytona and then lists them in their monthly newsletter.
Thanks 865. I was curious about that. BF...I don't make the rules. And besides, my bike could only be at best a mid-pack middleweight. I have to run the Heavyweight classes in WERA...ouch. I'm still gonna give it a shot sometime though. If it was liquid cooled, I'd see your point.
No man, I'm not busting on you. I'm all for taking the rules and using them to your advantage. It is called being smart.
I just think the rule is rediculous. I believe it is new for this year.
Yep...new this year. I actually found out about it right before the first round at Homestead. What a relief to not have to ride GTU as my first race. GT Lights was fun, and just about as large of a grid. I just had good timing on getting this particualr bike. It is a lot faster than a normal SS900. I know this from owning a SS900FE, and from racing against a few at Homestead. Smoked 'em on the straights. ;D
Funny thing about Roebling. It is too far North for a lot of Florida guys and too far south for a lot of SE guys. It is great for me since I live right near the border of GA and FL. NFSMP is even better!
Vernon doesn't live in Mightyduck's route. The bastard lives 10 minutes from me and bitches about carpooling! If he wasn't loading up 8000 lbs of crap each weekend it wouldn't be an issue. :)
Duc. From your location, the drive up 75, across 4, up 95 is usually the fastest way to go. HOWEVER, you might want to check with AAA and find out how much of 95 between Daytona and Jax is still under construction. And consider what times you will be passing through Orlando and Jax cause that traffic can drive you up the wall. Sometimes it is easier to drive up 75 to I10, across to 295 and then north on 95.
One thing is for sure, bring a pillow for your a$$!
Yeah...definitely a long ways and a lot of crappy traffic areas. I know the back roads of Orlando, but never driven thru Jax before. I might just go to Jennings for a track day one of those June weekends instead...not sure yet. I just don't want to go from Memorial weekend till the middle of July with no riding...that would suck. How is the mock race on a Sunday at Jennings? How many laps, etc? Just curious.
Quoteyou might want to check with AAA and find out how much of 95 between Daytona and Jax is still under construction.
I can answer that in real time. I drive it daily to work and back. There is still a heap of construction going on, and will be for the next year or so. They are widening I95 to 3 lanes in places it is currently only 2, and adding a new interchange at I295.
In several places I95 goes from 3 to 2 lanes, which causes backups quickly. Forget about it if there is an accident, even if only minor. If you are hitting it before morning rush or after evening rush, it should be fine. But you take your chances anytime during the day.
By the way, the pavement is not level and there are cement barriers for many miles. So if either of those issues concern you, avoid that section.
As an alternative to that section of I95, you can take US1 between St. Augustine and Jacksonville.
The mock race at Jennings is pretty good. there are some racers that run it i didnt go last time but will probably do the one in June. Last race there were a few guys that were running 20s and 21s
I think there will be a good turn out for roebling in june. nothing going on down here in south florida. V.I.R is way to far so roebling is the only game in town. I wish florida would put it back on the schedule, jennings is nice but roebling is every bit as good of a track, maybe better.
Brian Gordon
Bryan, it will be good to see ya there man. Track is a lot of fun. Practice day all day Friday for $80.
Unfortunately, with the way sales have been the last two months here at work, if things don't pick up soon I won't be going anywhere in June. :(