Any word on whats going on yet?
Yeah, I'm leaving right now...LOL!
Safety First Racing got a slow start waiting for some things coming out of customs, but they will be ready.
I'm anxious to race the new track on the slow vintage bikes as I think I'll be able to make up some of the disadvantage of no top speed against some of the faster bikes.
Ask me what I think Wednesday...LOL!
Hi Mike :)
Daytona rules. This ain't your grandfather's Daytona, that's for sure. This new track is SO much better... WAY more technical. Decreasing radius turns everywhere. I dig it. Wish I could afford to run more than 1 class while down here :(
We won Team Challenge GTU ;D I don't know how... but we did, and we'll take it!
Anywho... time for dinner... later all.
agreed, the new layout is fun.
i just wish it wasn't so slick
Good on ya mate! ;D
Oh yeah... and the Factory Yamaha boys came out to play this weekend, too.
Yes, yes, I got passed by Aaron Gobert going into T1 in practice this morning. Now who wants to touch me??
Alright, one of you down there has to have the laptop and a wifi hotspot! I mean it's not like your busy or rushed, right? Anyway, let's see some results... I don't think CCS is going to have them up anytime soon (or will I be surprised?)
I'm going to try to drag the wife down there and make her watch for one day...
new track is growing on me...takes a while getting used to the tightness of the infield. let's just say I'm happy I'm running an SV and not Gixxer Thou...
most crashes have happened in the Intl Horseshoe and the Chicane. Geoff May saved a highside coming out of the Horseshoe that was stunning. just brilliant to keep it upright.
and yeah the factory Yamaha guys are sick.
Hi Bret. I got internet access too. But I have to wait until the end of the day, like now. Hell of weekend, huh?
I like the new configuration. I'm not the fastest guy on an SV, but I can hang with the bigger bikes (and even get held up) in the infield. This is my first time at Daytona ever and I'm happy to run a fastest lap of 2:02.4 with just Friday's and today's practices and races. I may have done one faster in Supertwins, but like Barber last year it's taking a while for grids, results, and lap times to be posted.
heh, i managed a 1:52 yesterday. That used to be a respectable time on the 'old' configuration. :D
We won Team Challenge GTU ;D I don't know how... but we did, and we'll take it!
Anywho... time for dinner... later all.[/quote]
Congrats!!
I talked to Mike Bird on the phone last night and he said that Calvin Martinez and crew took second in the team challenge, and that yesterday was the first decent weather day getting into the 70's. For Wisconsinites, anything above 40 must seem nice though. It's been 50's and 60's in S Carolina for weeks. What does snow look like again? ;D ;D
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Oh yeah, that's why I moved south. We had our day of snow here and then winter was over. I hated Racine winters.
Bah. That's nuthin. We had 62degrees today. It was sunny, beautiful, and a perfect day to...
Well...
Okay, so I didn't ride. I cleaned the garage. :-[
the team challenge was only 1 hour long which included about 35 minutes of red flag. The winners did 13 laps (scheduled-56)
They were running late all weekend. So to speed up the proceedings they called 1st call when the previous race just started, and make the 3rd and final call on the lap before white flag. So you would sit out there for 5-15 minutes at the gate waiting to go out with your tire cooling down, which, in turn, causes more crashes and delays.
I guess no one crashes on the white, checkered or cool down laps, thats why 3rd call was given before the white flag lap.
better yet, a 3rd call was given for ULGP qualifying, and while everyone was sitting on pit road, announcement was made that 3 bikes were down on the ground in the chicane and there were oil on the ground. For those of us who didn't set up along pit raod, we were held there during the clean up. The qualifying is 15 minute long. So as soon as the signal for starting the engine is given, the clock starts. Then they made all the effort to release 1 bike at a time. There were about 4 seconds between each bike. so 5x40 = about 3 minutes and I am being generous. so you end up having about 11 minutes. Then your tires were cold because you couldn't go back to the pits. Then it takes you 2 laps to warm up which adds up to about 4 and half minues. so you have really 6 and half minutes to qualify... well anyway. it didn't really matter to me since my bike was wrong all weekend and I couldn't ride it well anyway. Still I just didn't really agree with how everything went.
Everyone at CCS worked their butts to make this weekend work as good as possible, I just felt they could have done a few things differently and things would have gone better.
props to all the CCS folks and even the Daytona security people who were very solution oriented this weekend. nice to see.
QuoteHi Mike :)
We won Team Challenge GTU ;D I don't know how... but we did, and we'll take it!
Congratulations Jim and Dan!
Won a race Monday and yesterday...
Just getting back...
I'm still vibrating....
Congarts on the race wins! But keep your sex life to yourself. :o ;) ;D
QuoteWon a race Monday and yesterday...
Just getting back...
I'm still vibrating....
Congrats, Dave! It was good to see ya for those few minutes there on Sunday...
How did you like the track?
I guess I got to be friends with the track.
Vintage bikes are hard to ride. Seem to run out of room trying to make them do things. The new stuff is narrow, and I found a couple key places a bit bumpy and even a little slick.