Throwing down wood today gave me an opportunity to relive some of my favorite memories of the 2003 race season. Here are some of them in no paticular order...
Dave Vaughn's laugh. Watching and listening to Dave give Chris a hard time; his laugh is so genuine that every time I hear it, I smile.
Kim's hug after she got her first wood and the look on her face when she realized she won the "On the Gas Award."
How emotional Paul felt after he got his first win.
The look on Renee's face and the excitement in her voice when she got to experience something new for the first time... Seeing the Mississippi River, the Arch, experiencing different cultures in different states.
The look on Heather's face as she is walking to the shower at BHF. ;)
Mark Bernard for being so much fun, even when he's given a hard time for riding a Buell.
My father-in-law almost loosing his lunch when he saw Dave Rosno in his 'umbrella girl' outfit. :o
Standing on the bridge with Mike Bird during Rosno's school, Mike over the radio states "They are going to be practicing their starts so they should be pretty hot into one, and maybe two, but then that should be it." Obviously, Mike didn't consider who was in that start practice. K3, Billy Casper, Paul, Andy, and two others that I cannot remember, all lined up at the line, green flag drops, the sounds of in-line fours, and twins fill the air. Turn one, turn two.... Coming though turn four and five you can still hear the sound of engines straining fill the air, coming around turn seven and onto the hot pit lane all were neck and neck trying to see who would get pole position. I heard over the radio: "Hey Mike, these guys are racing out here." ;D
Making bets with Paul as to how many times that Springfloat was going to mention the 'Bowflex' commercial.
Larry in tech.
Ed Key after I told him I was just talking with his wife and he said "What ever she said I did, it was all my fault." I though I would have to have Paul hang out with him more. - - Ed was such a good sport when signing Paul's first place trophy when Paul actually beat Ed in a race (it was raining).
The look on one of the tech guy's face when he realized what I was truly saying by there is a lunch break after the super sport race, and then the reaction of everyone when a person tore off out of the tech area when it was announced that they are checking air boxes.
Kevin Clark, you still talk funny.
Tom Mason is so patient with all the questions being asked of him. I felt bad one morning asking what the tire pressures should be (it seems like I asked him this question a million times already), but he happily told me again with a smile on his face.
Bill Fehrman playing "Revelry" over the PA at BHF on morning and Paul waking up saying, "What the hell is that?!?"
Phil S (the referee) and how patient he is and always has a smile on his face.
The one memory that touches my heart the most, is after Paul wrapped up his seventh championship, he gave me a hug, looked into my eyes and said, "thank you."
What are some of yours?
Dawn :)
I could say EVERYTHING ! as this was my first year but the best one that hit me.
After all the nervouseness i get when waiting for a race to start.
Barber, after the start, going into Turn 2,3 (This is a long turn that seems to take forever, lots of time to think while cranked over at full lean.) With a bike 5 inches on the inside and one about 6 inches on the outside and two bikes in front of me. I think to my self "hey im about third". and then it hits me and i get a little smile. "I wouldn't trade this for anything else!"
I won that race !
QuoteThe look on Heather's face as she is walking to the shower at BHF.
Yup, that's called blind before contacts. Out in the fuzz I can hear K3 making his strange growling noise and I know I'm not the first one up anymore.
Heather
Racing in the rain for the first time ever was my favorite experience. I was very nervous since I only had slicks for the 125 but found that they worked incredibly well and you could actually brake as hard in the wet as you could in the dry. I did manage to pass the only guy using rains so that made it even better.
The second most memorable racing memory from 2003 but definately the most important was finishing a last minute motocross season with 3 firsts, 2 seconds and 2 thirds after having not ridden on dirt for over 3 years. (Sorry that wasn't exactly road racing oriented but you weren't specific on what you asked for.)
QuoteStanding on the bridge with Mike Bird during Rosno's school, Mike over the radio states "They are going to be practicing their starts so they should be pretty hot into one, and maybe two, but then that should be it." Obviously, Mike didn't consider who was in that start practice. K3, Billy Casper, Paul, Andy, and two others that I cannot remember, all lined up at the line, green flag drops, the sounds of in-line fours, and twins fill the air. Turn one, turn two.... Coming though turn four and five you can still hear the sound of engines straining fill the air, coming around turn seven and onto the hot pit lane all were neck and neck trying to see who would get pole position. I heard over the radio: "Hey Mike, these guys are racing out here." ;D
That would be one of the best for me too. You forgot the part about "Giggling like schoolgirls!"
Saturday afternoon at the last Gateway, they offered some extra practice. After all my troubles this year, my championships were in the bag at last. The pressure was off. Finally I could just ride. My teammate Dave Vaughn was going out too, so this was sure to turn into an all-out race. As we pulled off our warmers, Paul Buxton said, "I'll bet ten bucks Dave kicks your ass!" Well, it was one hell of a thirty minute dice, but I beat Dave across the line. I spent the rest of the night arguing with Paul about whether or not it had been a bet. (never did see that ten bucks... ;D)
Finding out that Ike was still alive...
The hug I got from Megan Styles while I still thought he was dead...
Twisting Rosno's wrecked bike back together, then watching him win money with it, totally trusting our repairs and riding like a demon!
Any time I got to spend with Dave and the Buxtons.
Craig Schock telling his brother Mike, "Hey, if K3 pisses you off, quit whining and go beat him!" Ooooooooooh! Mike didn't like that a bit! ;D
Meeting a lot of good people: The Buxtons, K3, Ike, Dave "The Mick Jagger of Roadracing" Rosno, Tom Short, the Schocks, and others. Met a few like Kim Olsen after the racing was done.
Oh and I met Kevin Clark too. Not sure I'd classify him as "good people" though. :-* ;D
Getting two pieces of wood (5ths, but still wood).
Hanging out with the rest of my Columbia racing addicts (Cabbage, Corey and Jeremy).
Quote (never did see that ten bucks... ;D)
I thought it was only five bucks ??? ;)
Dawn
Again, our first season...where do you start?
The thing everyone HAS to understand is Stumpy didn't do a year of track days before racing or anything. He did a half a day at the end of 2002. That's it. Next thing we knew he was racing in 2003. We were racing virgins with no background besides knowing he could do it if he tried.
So we show up at BHF the first weekend in April...
We started off with being happy if he was top 10--well his first race he got 9th and we were tickled.
This brings THEE most memorable moment of the year for me...Stumpy's first wood...his second race MWGP, he got 4th after dicing with DRU2 and Chris Johnson, I believe. I was sooo happy for him. That did it. We were hooked.
Now the rest of the short list...
2nd weekend Road America - Stumpy promised when we happened upon the CCS race there in 2002 (we didn't know what CCS was) that next time we were there we'd be on the other side of the trees (the pits). We were. That weekend turned bad when Stumpy went down at over 100mph in the kink. Thank you everyone who made the airfence possible. Oh yeah, he got wood there, too. RA is still the biggie for us.
3rd weekend BHF - Stumpy won the MW Superbike race in the rain ahead of the expert and amateur field. The announcer thought he was a backmarker. Fun stuff.
Lap times - I remember when we were so excited for him to break 1:20 at BHF. Next thing you know, we're looking for 1:13. Crazy.
We did a total of 7 weekends. We've probably made more friends for life in those 7 weekends than our whole lives put together. That's the best accomplishment by far.
Now he's going into 2004 an expert...didn't really expect that so soon so the outlook has changed. He'll just get to grid up next to the people he admires a little sooner is all. Heck, he might even beat some people he admires.
We'll just start over again in March knowing a little more this time. We'll probably look back in December and say, can you believe what we did last year?
Heather
yea it would have been nice to do a year of track days before we started racing !
Lots of memories for sure! The best is when I got that overall 1st. After passing half the experts wondering what happened, Then coming up on Super Dave thinking I can't pass him he just taught me this stuff. ;) Then as I had my last expert to pass(Jeff Purk) I was thinkin' I love the rain! 8)
good memories....good memories..... Afterwards Ike came up to me and said" After You Did That 360 I wasn't gonna follow too close"
Stumpy
See, how the preggo hormones make me cry when I read stuff like this...
But I have to add my list of favorite things too...
Marrying the goofiest guy in racing. Even though he has more gray than blonde, even though people sometimes ask if he's my dad, even though his mother froze all of the wedding flowers, even though my puppy disappeared this morning, and even though he broke up with me a month into our relationship saying that he didn't "know where it was going . I guess we know now.
The way Amy and Sara look after a night in St. Louis.
The way Linda and Larry shake their heads when they see Amy and Sara after a night in St. Louis.
Dave Adam's impression of Christmas Poo.
The note I wrote in Dave's notepad that his wife found. Priceless.
Meeting and becoming great friends with Buffy.
The way that no matter how sweaty you guys are I still can't turn down a hug.
The look on Benji's face when he won not one, but TWO national championships.
The look on Ed Key's face when he blew up not two but three bikes at Daytona ROC.
The paleness of Eric's face when I said "I'm not kidding".
Leading my day's final race after wadding and getting help from the Buxton's and K3 putting the bike together.
Waving Jesse by me in GTU to see how he does (he was mad 'cause Gordon and I were screwing around, and he knew it....)
Seeing Kim get "gunfighter eyes" one day...I knew that it was all starting to make sense...and now she wanted to go faster.
Sneaking by Doc Purk at the line...even after he got his motor overbored.
There's more... and years of it... ;D
Yep first year, but easily my favorite was on my first race weekend.
It was raining, and my bike stalled on the grid. Green flag dropped everyone took off. I tried to get the bike started while also moving it to the side. The officials were headed over to help get it out of the way and just as they reached me the thing fired up.
I was determined to not come in last in that race, so I took off. Ever corner begging for traction and would get wheel spin on exit. Coming downt the front straight forogot and took a big breath out of my mouth, shield just went to fog instantly while the tire is spinning through pretty much every gear.
Catch that tail guy, pass him then catch the tail EX rider (Combined race) pass him, then managed to pick off one more AM before the 8 laps was up. It was an absolute blast racing that day, and I felt great about my focus, and dealing with so many variables at once and not just saying screw it and rolling my bike off of the grid into the pits.
That was by far my favorite and probably most memorable race of the season.
I'm another racer who's 2003 season was their first.
The March Firebird East race in the rain, and being pitted next to Thomas Westfall. He was cracking me up all day, and made our first CCS race weekend memorable. He didn't have his leathers handy as he was changing, and announced "I guess I'm going to have to stand here in my underwear all day!" Later that afternoon the clouds opened up and dumped a ton of water on the track. "Not my beautiful Persian area rug!" Thomas jokingly screamed as the pits filled with mud and water.
Racing the entire season against Joel Dennis and his RZ350. We had a blast together, and I really saw his riding improve. We were always ribbing each other with friendly comments. "You'd better have a piece of pie with your lunch," he would say. "Yeah, well you'll be eating humble pie after our race" I'd reply. He called me up over the winter break to make sure I was keeping the MZ for this year so that we could race Ultra Lightweight Superbike against each other.
Racing the entire season with my husband, Zac. It's unique to be the husband and wife racing team where both of us ride. After each race weekend, we'd recount each and every lap of our races on the drive home. It made writing the race reports much easier.
Having my first crash during a race in May at Arroyo Seco. Kim, the only other girl at the track, had crashed in the same corner that I did just a few laps prior. The only two girls at the track that weekend crashed on the same race day, in the same race, in the same corner, and both were wearing brand new leathers. We couldn't help but laugh at the odds.
Reuniting with our friend, Jim, at Buttonwillow. He was the best man at our wedding 5 years ago. Jim was also reunited with Molly, our pit bike ('80 Honda Express 50). Jim holds the land speed record on Molly of 27 mph. The weekend wasn't over until Jim did a burnout on Molly.
Accepting my championship trophy at the ROC awards banquet. Being the only girl racer receiving an award was cool. There were quite a few supportive comments as I stood up to receive my award, many from racer's wives that were saying "You go, girl." I had a hard time giving my speech because I could see Zac's face and how proud he was.
Being surprised by the ASMA organizers and racers with a celebratory cake for my CCS national championship. Although it's a different series, ASMA is truly a club racing family. All of my fellow racers there were proud, and I couldn't keep it together when they all gave me a cake saying "Congrats Elaine" on it. That was one of the few times I've broken down in front of an audience.
Looking forward to the 2004 season, which begins this weekend!
:) ;) :D ;D definitly getting to watch my wife doing so well on her 125 and clintching the se 125 championship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The build up had to be watching Jesse Janisch improve every time he hit the track. So many people at Daytona ROC saying, "Who the hell is this kid?"
Then watching him start dead last at Rd Atlanta in the SV Cup and storm to 2nd. Taking the championship was just topping on the cake.
He kept me smiling all year. ;D ;D ;D
Oh yeah, then there's just all you people out there that humble me every time I show up with your generous support of the Wegman Fund. Thank you all for so many great days at the track. :-*
Beating Kim at the last 2 BHF HWSS races. ;D
Spending the night in the Buxton's RV with K3 at MAM. Yes, I slept with Chris Onwiler, but I'm not proud of it. Waking up to the 60 mph winds, watching Jason Jenkins canopy shred to bits, slinginging a 55 gallon drum over his trailer, thinking sure sucks to be him, not realizing that my truck was parked on the other side, providing a nice backstop for said barrell to hit. :o Having a flat front tire at Gateway, lowsiding 3 or 4 times and somehow not crashing. ???(Who let the air out of my tire?)Making up a 20 second deficit in 3 laps in the rain at MAM. I still took second, but I was right on Jim Swans rear tire at the finish. Coming from the back row (twice, due to a red flag) trading paint with Simon on the last lap, to take the last $ spot in GTU (changed to a 8 lap sprint due to red flags) at Gateway. Meeting Kris Unger. What a wonderful person. ;D
QuoteThe way Amy and Sara look after a night in St. Louis.
The way Linda and Larry shake their heads when they see Amy and Sara after a night in St. Louis.
Great! It's 2:00 am, I can't sleep. and I just woke up my wife because I'm in the computer/trophy room laughing my butt off! Thanks, Tiff!
Oh, and Kevin? That night in the Buxtons motorhome was one of my favorite memories too. You were awesome. But I thought we agreed not to talk about it in public? ;D ;D ;D
I've been thinking all night about what to say here...
There's a feeling that you get rolling through the gates on Wednesday night - every other problem in your life just kind of gets stashed on the outside. Pulling into the paddock, watching the "neighborhood" begin to fill up...
Sleeping in the Trail-O-Minium at Road America, using my newly-acquired tire warmers (Thanks, Monte!) to keep our feet warm in bed...
Sleeping in the Trail-O-Minium for the first time in the windy rain at Blackhawk... sending poor John outside to make certain we weren't being blown away to Oz...
Dodging the ice and mud, then sweeping the schmutz out of Turn 1 during lunch on Thursday at the April Blackhawk (thank you Robb for the gloves)... Dinner with K3 at the Mars Cheese Castle going up to RA, laughing all the way... Benji's shorts... NOT looking at Dave's bikini... Strawberry Hill with Dawn... Wood in the rain (THANK YOU LONNY!!!)... Seeing Mike Firca 100% back to "normal"... Passing Robb... Teasing Craig... Watching my van and trailer slowly roll towards the gate on Sunday afternoon 'cuz I spend too much time yapping ("Hey, Kim - isn't that your van leaving?" "Umm... yeah.. HEY JOHN - WAIT FOR MEEE!!!") Sorting photos in Jack's trailer, marveling at how FAST you all look (oooh, so THAT's how it's supposed to go)... Meeting Paul's parents... Trying to keep guys like Ike and Benji and Stumpy in sight for at least a few seconds so I can at least see how they "do it"...
Realizing that I have the best boyfriend and crew chief in all of racing and hoping someday to be able to bring in the finishes he deserves...
Coming home from what should have been the Gateway weekend in October and finding in the mail the card that K3 passed around... I keep it on my desk at work and whenever I open it, a big warm hug comes out.
Going to the banquet and sharing in the thrill of everyone receiving their awards... so aware of all the time, sweat fun and money represented by each of those little trophies... and being absolutely, totally blown away when I realized what Rick was talking about...
QuoteMeeting Kris Unger. What a wonderful person. ;D
Who the hell is Kris Unger?
QuoteWho the hell is Kris Unger?
What can I say. Look at the time of my post and yes, I'd had a few. :-*
Well, Flip and I had quite a first year - so the whole thing is a memory that will likely stay with us a long time. Favorites? Well, first there was the racing - our first weekend at Road America, our first race in GTLights - coming in 4th. And then waiting until the end of the day to find out that we actually got a plaque (!!), and wait, that's not all - a check for cash money. It was a good thing we were inside a building or I do believe I would have floated back to Milwaukee...Having my brother, my niece/nephs, some friends turn out to watch thaat weekend made it even better. And Edgar helping us patch up a blown radiator between events...and pitting next to Kevin Barker and Bob Domenz - fellow SV pilots, made it fun.
All this - and we hadn't even raced at BFR yet...hadn't even met Team Stumpy and Aunt Judy, the Buxton road show, the Chi Town Hustlers, the Hog-hating, WWF-busting K3, the YPbagger, Key & Co, Hafners, or any of the other people who make it fun to think about the next season. (By the time we hit RA we had already met some of the gang the previous year; There was Kim/John at a track day, and Rosno, who sold us our trailer, and proceeded to provide invaluable setup advice to us, especially early on; and Rick/Dean/Brian and the Learning Curves crew, who provided an especially realistic final exam for the licensing course ;)).
In general, tho...it's the starts, the holeshot - that really does it for me. There is no greater big buzz than lining up with all those bikes and waiting for that dam flag...concentrating, listening to my breath, trying to think about... nothing .... ...... ...... ....... two board...click down the visor, first gear - "don't forget - upside down shifting" "Shhhh"...nothing...quiet inside the shell...heart rate wanting to race, trying to keep it low...one board...here it goes - calm..."follow your breath - in...out, in...out"...sideways...(heh heh - I LOVE this) ...that first little riffle of green cloth way down the track..YEAH BABY...don't *dump* the clutch, let it pull against the brake and the pavement...and LAUNCH... YeeeeeHaaaaaa.... absolutely tearing off for the first turn feeling like a land rocket in a pack of 10 or a dozen bikes, all trying to get ahead. Front wheel - even on the little Sv - is light, is it up? yep. Plant it. Roll, baby. And ... there's a dead one - lost his chain -- saw it back there - was that a snake? Nope - there he is, headed into the grass - nearly clipped his rear. 5-4-3-2 brakes soon...No F'ing way are you getting in front of me, pal. I'm inside. Hah. C'mooooonnn, tires. And...We're Off! Time to go to work...where's 996? where's 173? OK - *now* we're having fun. Blows my mind.
And if you don't race, you have no any idea what in the heck I'm talking about.
So, yeah, we had fun. We have memories.
QuoteFlip...
Hmmm? New nick name for the wife?
Watching my brother meet 2 of his goals in one weekend at Moroso in September.
Finished 7th in the 600's race.
Finished on the podium at 3rd in the Supertwins.
I also got to watch him have to take off from pit lane due to a carborator that wanted to fall off and come back to take 4th. That was truly amazing to watch. God, he was on his way to being great. Those are some of the memories I will remember forever, especially the smile on his face when my daughter, Kirsten, gave him the "High 5". At that moment, he knew we all loved him and would always support him.
RIP Mighty Duc - I love you,
L
Did Bryan win any regional championships? Did you collect his awards at the awards banquet? I can't imagine his angst if he has unclaimed trophies floating around out there!
QuoteHmmm? New nick name for the wife?
Not new...but yes, Philippa --> Flip for short.
My best memory is going past Kevin Clark so fast that you would have thought he had a flat front tire. :)
QuoteMy best memory is going past Kevin Clark so fast that you would have thought he had a flat front tire. :)
:P ;D
QuoteDid Bryan win any regional championships? Did you collect his awards at the awards banquet? I can't imagine his angst if he has unclaimed trophies floating around out there!
No Chris, he came in 4th in GT lights and 5th in GTU lights (i think those are the correct classes) and when I spoke to Henry, he said that this year they are only recognizing 1-3. Heather, Bryan's wife, attended the banquet, I spoke to her the other day and she said the said some nice things about him, etc. They also announced about our Awards from his memorial fund. We had our first two winners from Homestead, Charles Mopps and we have not heard yet from the 2nd winner.
His placement in the end shows how well he had done, and he hadn't raced all of the races, but consistently finished on the podium.
Thanks for asking and it is good to hear from you again!
Laura
Early in the season...or maybe last race of 2002 at VIR...2 laps to go in a sprint race...and who do I see...my buddy that just finished the race school and wearing his blue shirt. I needed one more lap to catch / pass him and what usually happens at VIR...damn red flag. I so much wanted to lap him but lost the chance.
Other than that...really enjoyed catching up on starts and just the thought of what others were saying to themselves under their helmet was enough to make me laugh. I knew most would eventually catch me, but at least I gave Peanut a run for the money in one race at Summit. I think this was my first race where I actually knew what position I was in. Thanks for the help Peanut.
brent
Craid Schock and the Schock Family Treated me like I was FAMILY!!!!
LOVE Them !!!!
The VERY First Race of the Year Amatuer ThunderBike BlackHawk Farms...
Mike Schock said He'd help get my F2 going for the season, but ran into an issue or two (Yeah, surprising) (oh, Craig has an F2 also) (and loaned me parts for mine too!)
So My Best Buddy, Craig Loans me his SV650 for the first race of the year, double points, I say ... "I will just ride around and get some points, it's not even ten bikes out, so i'll get points and keep from wrecking.... ;D
oh, and If i happen to be leading (?? i dont know, it could happen??) and if youre in second, I'll let you go, for loaning me your bike....
NEEDLESS to say, the SV was SWEET !!!
TOO easy to ride, TOO smoooooooth......
so we battle a bit in the front, and the last time i get past him, I say to myself... self, try to keep him behind you at least to the white....
So we get to the white, and I eeeeaaaasssee into turn one... two.... where the h*ll is he.... three (looooonnnnng slow carousel (sp)....)... four... five ..
>:( he didnt fn fall, i'd of seen him on the side...
six.... whew.. I see him at five.... DANG.. I was Flyin ;D.....
we get off the track, Everybody's all... "what happened???" the bike mess up ???
Of course I hadnt told anyone else that I wasnt planing on beatin him, just havin a lil fun.... ;D
And BENJI and I had ONE race at BHF for THIRTY MINUTES that had not only the whole crowd buzzin, but THE TWO OF as well..... I didnt think that racing could be THAT fun!!!
just a start tho, TOO many good people and too many good times....
Ike..
My best memory was the Race of Champions, Jason Swan, my dad and I. It was a last minute decision to even go. The three of us were squished in the cab of our NON-extended cab truck. Oh yeah, did I mention the 21 hour drive from Kansas City. Not the most comfortable ride. The experience of being in florida, by the beach and on the banks is enough in itself but it all came down to the am. LW GP race. Being that we dicided to go the weekend before I had not prergistered. We arrived on Thursday morning, got registered and had just enough time to unload suit up and make practice. The moment of truth got posted in that little garage. The Grid Posting. Row 6 of 7, 24th of 25. Row six meant I have a big gap to row 5and then all 5 rows of riders to go. The green flag dropped and off we go. 5 laps of hard riding and I worked my way through the pack. The checkered flag dropped and I crossed the line with a solid 3rd. The best ride of my 2003 season.
Matt Hall
159 Am but not anymore
159 Ex now
Way to go Matt!!! It doesn't surprise me, though. I don't recall if I've ever beaten you when we raced, but I sure do recall all the times you've beaten me! Tell your goofy old man to bite me!
K3
Thanks Chris
I will be sure to tell him that.
ANOTHER GREAT memory!!!
MATT and I with a few epic battles at MAM!!!
even in practice!!! and Qualifying!!!
ANNNND his DAD!!!
DUDE!! I'm thinking he's gonna be flip'n me off or something for getting too close or too aggresive to his son and that SUPER CLEAN az BIKE!!!
NOPE!
A GENUINE GENTLEMAN... DAD gives me pointers, helps with some tips and that, AND then the second round at MAM...
I wad up the HONDA into "unrecognizable... and the guy UNRAVELS IT!!!
I'm riding again because of this gentle "supposed STRANGER?? What a group... Met the other Son, and he's a COOL CAT TOO!!!...
this a bad thread, I got too many people to thank and make jokes about from 2003!!!
yep the whole year was awesome for me...the learning, the crashing and being ok....the lap times dropping...the scaryness of it all. Here are a few of my most memorable moments:
1: The elbow to elbow pass that Ned Brown made in NASCAR turn 2 during the GTU race @ ROC. at 160 MPH.... scary.....
2: Winning the National Amateur championships.
3: Passing Kim on the outside of turn 5 @ BHF and bumping her foot with my elbow....afterwords I caught up with her in the pits and apologized for getting so close and she said, "that wasn't close....
that was a good pass, don't worry about it"....how cool is that?
4: Definately the 2nd weekend at BHF when Ike and
I battled all weekend...that GTU race was the most fun...I think that we exchanged the lead 6 times a lap....Griff was going crazy on the microphone!
5: My crazy highside in 6b @ BHF when they all thought that I was dead, and Brian Baker told the tower that I was just taking a nap. About 15 people ran to the med shed to see if I was alright. They let Super Dave in and he asked me how I was doing and he said, it's not like racing cars, you can't just take breaks out there. Welcome to motorcycle roadracing!
6: And the best was not being able to catch Stumpy
after he and brenden passed me during MWSS last BHF... way to go guys...
it was a great time...oh yeah one more thing.....
7: Gurd the Turd getting in the way and the song about him that followed.
Lil-thorny.
Doubling my year's goal in the first weekend with 2 expert woods.
Replacing the tranny of my F4 motor overnight in the back of my trailer at Road A, just to blow it up the next day, flat out on the front straight.
5 races, 5 woods at Gingerman on the new bike
1st race win, ever...
I forgot One thing .
Meeting some of you guys from the BOARD !!
TOPEKA !!!!!! See ya there !
As I was desperately searching for a phone number thate I knew was on the board somewhere......
I came across this thread. It's definately worth another read.
Dawn :)
A good read for sure!
But with kind of sad overtone.
R.I.P. Bryan.
Lots of memories there! I love this sport. It's all about the people.
Anyhow, I pulled the F4 apart somewhat. Now let's play jeopardy...
"I'd like 'shit gone horribly wrong' for $1000 please Alex"
The answer is "the number two rod"
"What is..... The cause of that BIG F'ING HOLE in the rear of the case?"
"You are correct!"
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very good read, Thanks Dawn...
AND YES!
R.I.P. BRYAN!...
(you are missed, My Brother)