Blackhawk report anyone?

[thunderracing91]

If anyone knows who this is or how to contact this amatuer racer, I would appreciate the info. He was on an ex-Lee Davis Jr. SV 650. Blue bike. White leathers. Crashed twice at BFR last weekend.

Thunderracing91, I'll send you a PM with set-up info. Does that mean you're race prepping the XB?

Yah I think I might.  I might check around on the net for another XB9R that is already prepped but if it comes down to it I might prep the one in the shop.  Email me at thunderracing191@hotmail.com

[PJ]

Yah I think I might.  I might check around on the net for another XB9R that is already prepped but if it comes down to it I might prep the one in the shop.  Email me at thunderracing191@hotmail.com

You have mail. Happy to help with any questions. Also read this thread for some more info...

http://www.racemotorcycles.com/cgi-bin/board/YaBB.pl?board=rules;action=display;num=1115673935

Kevin, you have mail too...

[Johnny_P]

[enrique iglesias] I can beeeeEEEEeeee your hero.... [/enrique iglesias]  ;)

I had a blast..  I had to wear the shirt just because nobody else was, and I know I recognized a few other bikes from the class on saturday so I wasn't the only new guy racing!  ;D  I'm hooked now though, I can't wait until memorial day weekend to do it again!

Everything he knows he learned from me!  ;)  Well maybe not, but I can I'll claim it anyways ;D  Great job Greg!

[Jeff]

John, I think he owes it to his pit crew...  Oh wait.. that would be you!  ;D

[G-reg]

You both were pretty good umbrella girls during my first race...   8)

[Bird]

I posted some crash pictures from Blackhawk turn 4 on Sunday. Trying something new, hope it works. the file size is rather large.
http://homepage.mac.com/mb3bird/PhotoAlbum1.html

[LMsports]

Nice pics of one of our teammates highsiding. That is Mark Schnettler on the black and yellow honda. Good shooting.

[J-Janisch]

how did dan doty fair on the weekend? i c that in 1 of the crash pics it appears he was running in the grass?

[Jeff]

Doty did okay.  I don't think he won anything, but I'm sure he got wood.  He was up there...

[LMsports]

Doty did an outstanding job of avoiding Mark and did drive off into the grass and fall down to avoid him. We all appreciate his quick thinking and reaction time in that situation.

[racerhall]

man do i look good in those pictures ;D
i had fun avoiding those 2 crashes that happened right in front of me, they both happened so fast

[Mark Bernard]

Ok... now that I have a little time. (I put in 62 hours at work this week)  ???

First off, BHF was a absolute blast last weekend! It was like a big ole family reunion!

I decided to do the Friday practice and man did I need it. It took a few sessions to get back up to speed, but by the end of the day I was feeling great!

On Saturday I ran Thunderbike and LW F-40. In Thunder I took 6th and in LW F-40 I took anoter 1st. YEA!

Oh... and the weather was great!

On Sunday I found out who the compitition was! Wow. We really had some great racing going on.

On Sunday I did LW SS, LW GP, and Supertwins.
In the LW SS race I took a 3rd after everything was said and done. I actually took 5th but 2 racers were DQ'd. The winner of the race was Ryan Hall but being a stand up guy that he and his dad is, they found out that his bike was not legal for the class so he DQ'd himself after the race.

That took a lot of integerity to do! (how many of you would have done that?) Kudos to the Hall family!

Onward... In LW GP I took 6th and in Supertwins I took a 5th.

All in all it was a awsome weekend for me with the exception of my little excursions off of turn 3. In the LW GP race I was about 4th in line after the 1st lap so I was getting on the gas HARD through turn 2 and discovered I was way to far inside so I stood it up and ran straight off into T-3. WOW! What a ride! I managed to hit the brakes hard just before I ran off so I scrubed off enough speed to keep it upright and make a big ole arc back onto the track.

On the other incident in Supertwins, I was about into lap 5 I think, I was going into T-3 and out of nowhere this (expert) cuts to my inside just at the apex of 3 and then ran wide. Ran me completly off the track between 3 and 4. That was a complete boneheaded and dangerous move. I couldnt believe it! And comming back onto the track I saw who he was racing with.... NOBODY! It was just me and him. What an idiot! I managed to keep the bike upright and got back on just before T-4.

Testemant to Rick Brewer... Quote "most racers crash because they simply give up" Well, that statement was ringing in my head while I was in the grass. I never gave up and managed to finish all my races.

All in all I had a blast. I also ran my fastest times ever at BHF during the LW SS race. I ran a 1:22.633 I bested my time from the end of the season last year by over 2 seconds. I think I can squeeze another couple of sec's off next time at BHF.

All in all I have had a great start to the season. The bike is running top notch and I am feeling really good about my riding this season.

"I love the smell of race gas in the morning.... Smells like VICTORY"!

Bernie!