how did you all do at VIR?

[ecumike]

Laura,
how did you do on Sun afternoon, #14?

[1slowguy]

Hey mike.. Hows your engine coming along?  I hate that it blew up on ya.  I was the guy pitted across from you fri/sat.  Looks like we both have a lot of work cut out for us.  :-[  Steve CCS# 326  

[LAG]

Hey Michael!  My day didn't get any better! Gearing was wrong...set up on bike was wrong...came in eighth out of eight and went about ten seconds slower than my normal pace at VIR!  Nothing seemed to go right last weekend, so watch out Summit Point!!!!  :D

Thanks for asking...how is your baby doing?  Have you figured out what went wrong yet?

Laura

[ecumike]

Steve... were you the one next to me on Fri (in the rain)... working on your bike all day?

Yea, I started working on the bike today, I just finished taking off the pipes, all I have left to do is disconnect the wires, cables, misc junk.  Tommorrow, (Friday) I'm 'working at home' ;) (I love my job) and gonna take the engine out and apart.  So far, the bottom piston looks fine, nice and oily, compared to the top, all dried out... but I'm gonna replace 'em both like Brian suggested.

I still don't know what happened.  I took some pictures today, and I figure I'll post them and see if anyone has any guesses.  I hope it's not a repeating problem! If anything, it's a learning experience for me.

Laura, sorry to hear your day didn't get any better... I was hoping SOMEONE would at least turn something good out of the day.
I actually had fun though, experiencing my first race weekend and all, was educational... to say the least.  I just hope for no more surprises next time.

Summit Point May 11-12? Hope things go better for ya there.  Maybe if I get my act together, I'll be able to come up there for that race.. June 28 VIR is a long way away to wait for my next race.

[1slowguy]

Yea Mike, That was me.  I got the honda fixed, it ran well, Then Wadded up the Suzuki on sunday. Seems I'll always be working on bikes.   ???  

[bfkidd]

There are events at Carolina and Roebling before the next VIR. Less bar banging than your average summit. Oh yeah, and you better register 6 months ahead of time unless you want to be in the third wave up there.

[ecumike]

Oh yea?... Summit get crowded/popular event?. I've never ridden up there, that' why I was thinking of going sometime

[bfkidd]

Dude, summit gets the most entries of any track anywhere. Don't even think about entering at the track as an amateur if you want to race. And don't expect to show up, learn the track and be competitive. Try and do a track day up there or something. Summit = crazy fast novices.

[unoigo]

Bro, if you get there on Thurs night and use the open practice on Friday, you'll be alright! The track does get a crap load of entries but it is not a technical track. Just flat out fast! Can't wait to see everyone there next month!

Jacob
CCS Am # 817