ASMA a Winner

[rotoboge]

Thanks to Roger for a great weekend of racing at Arroyo Seco this weekend. Unfortunately, alot of experts did not show, but they are the ones that missed out... The locals are to be respected on this technical track and they give you a run for your money!

Thanks Roger! ;)

[Zac]

It was a great weekend, other than that freak, short-lived rainstorm that blew through late Sunday evening.  The 1/4" hail sucked, especially while changing wheels.  It did give Elaine a chance to try out her rains she bought back at Firebird.  It was really cool to watch her and Tom Savoca explore the limits of the rain tires, both for their first time on rains.

It was cool that Larry Denning came out to try and earn some Suzuki money.  It was even cooler that the local guys didn't give him a single win.  

It was too bad that most of the expert girds were pretty small, but the amatuer grids were pretty big.  And my classes (LWSB, LWGP, and Modern Vintage) had the biggest grids yet this year.

Was hoping to see more of the southwest guys out, but it sure didn't hurt my points ;D

-z.

[rotoboge]

Elaine rode one hell of a race in the rain! I was leaving the parking lot, but stayed to watch her and T. Savoca on the fast right-hander... Great Show! :o

Kudos to her!

[MZGirl]

Elaine rode one hell of a race in the rain! I was leaving the parking lot, but stayed to watch her and T. Savoca on the fast right-hander... Great Show! :o

Kudos to her!

Thanks!  The rain race was a blast!  I was using the race as practice for rains, as I had never been on the tires before.  The Michelin rains worked great!

I had so much fun dicing with Tom out there.  At one point I was going through the sweeper, and out of the corner of my eye I could see EVERYONE in the pits watching our race.  They were probably waiting for someone to go down.  But it was so much fun, especially racing in front of a crowd.  He was in Formula 40 and I was in Formula Femme, so we weren't going to do anything stupid, but were still going to have some fun and race.  We were flying through the puddles, and I just remember the spray off of his rear tire hitting me in the neck.  But boy is his bike fast on the straights!  My poor little 600 couldn't keep up.  Good thing I'm good on the brakes and in the corners.  ;)

After the race we came rolling into the pits and I was just laughing from all the fun, and everyone was clapping and cheering.  Afterwards Kane Lasky came up and said "That was just like watching MotoGP!"  I took that as a compliment.  :D

[MZGirl]

Was hoping to see more of the southwest guys out, but it sure didn't hurt my points ;D

Yeah...where WAS everyone?!  Oh well, I'll gladly take the points!

It was a great weekend of fun.  Lots of good races.  Lots of crashes too.   :o  I think it was because people were trying to go fast without figuring the track out.  That track will bite ya.

And for those that thought they learned something about Arroyo Seco this month, it won't matter for the October races because we'll be going COUNTER CLOCKWISE!!!  Best start planning for track days out there.   ;D


Hey, Zac, it appears those Hymer boyz were too skeered of us on the little MZ.  They didn't even show their faces in NM for the team challenge.  And they probably didn't want to be lapped by me in Lightweight Superbike.   ;D

[rotoboge]

Hey, Zac, it appears those Hymer boyz were too skeered of us on the little MZ.  They didn't even show their faces in NM for the team challenge.  And they probably didn't want to be lapped by me in Lightweight Superbike.

Rumour has it "they were damn scared"... :o

[Roger@ASMA]

Actually, Larry did win one race, Unlimited Supersport I think. He did really well for his first visit to Arroyo.

All in all it was a really good weekend, and thankfully I get today off :) Tomorrow I'll be working on getting the points and results posted.

Great job by Elaine both in the rain and especially in the dry for giving Ted Rich such a great race. I think that's possibly the best I've seen her battle.

[MZGirl]

Great job by Elaine both in the rain and especially in the dry for giving Ted Rich such a great race. I think that's possibly the best I've seen her battle.

Thanks!   :D  Ted and Steve Fukiage usually run away from me in the LWSB CCS races at the other tracks.  So that shows how much local knowledge at Arroyo Seco buys ya!

[rotoboge]

Great job by Elaine both in the rain and especially in the dry for giving Ted Rich such a great race. I think that's possibly the best I've seen her battle.

I agree, she gets the "best performance" award ;)

[Zac]

Actually, Larry did win one race, Unlimited Supersport I think. He did really well for his first visit to Arroyo.

Oops, my bad.  That must have been the race that Kane crashed in.

Great job by Elaine both in the rain and especially in the dry for giving Ted Rich such a great race. I think that's possibly the best I've seen her battle.

I actually lost a little concentration in the LWSB race because I kept looking to see if Elaine or Ted was in front.  Then Kirk came by me (Grr).

-z.

[Roger@ASMA]

Did anyone notice that's a brand new RS Kirk was riding?  He rips on that little bike, especially considering the altitude takes most of the horsepower that 125 makes. It's funny watching him and Zac because you can barely see Kirk when they're tucked in down the back straight. I mean, there's only so much tuck you can get on a CR500!

[rotoboge]

I mean, there's only so much tuck you can get on a CR500!

Not quite like seeing T.Rich behind the SV's windscreen huh? :o