Back in the groove.

[Noidly1]

Where to start? Hmmm...

Well, I learned you can really trust your brakes.

Friday I started out with a 3:09 down to 2:58 in first practice.
Second practice got in to low 50's.

In GTU my 1st lap was shit untill I hooked up with some peeps and found out you can go in deeper than I had thought.
Next thing I know, everything I remembered from "Back-in-the-day" came back to me.
Not to mention that I had been there last year and had previouse track knowlage.

By the third lap I was picking peeps off left and right going in WAAAAY DEEP in the turns ass end floating around hitting my marks and making them stick. YEEEE HAWWW............. What a ride. Oh, BTW, by this time I had made my mark with 2:42's. WOW...

I have to admit, T5 has my ass. For some reason all weekend I kept playing in the dirt and whipty-do's so much up that hill. Dayum... T5 sucks.

On Saturday I left my first stripe coming out of the bend. I gotta say, peeps with dirt experience have got it made cause I was learning how to ride dirt on asphalt and it was a BLAST... Now if I can only learn how to "Back-it-in".

Next thing I know I'm hanging with the top 2 and dicing with #2 really close.

In one race I had the scare of my life. I thought I was D E A D.
I was flying down into T5 when someone decided to check-up early and I had nowhere to go.
Going way fast following this guy and the next thing I know, he checks, I slam on the brakes trying to get around him and then I just manage not to ass-pack him I punched his ass with my right hand nailing my brake sending my back end up in the air front end slapping and me getting bucked almost off and barely managed not crashing. FUCK... As I hit him I though I heard him yell Owww. Some how I managed to collect myself and not go down and made turn 5. When I looked back to see if he was OK, he was exiting the track.
If anyone has video of that, I want to see it. It had to look as bad as I thought it was.

I have to give thanks to Tim Hull (from KC) for the props and guidence for he is the one I was dicing with. After one race he made a commented that it took him over 2 laps to catch me. That made my day...

In the end I was hanging with him and Paul Capps (from WA) doing :38's and :39's.

BTW, A guy on a light blue bike, Terry I think his name was, we were dicing it up pretty good too.
It was a Blast man.

Sunday was good in the morning but by the end of the day I was beat dead tired and kept F'n up not to mention my clutch was giving me problems which cause me to have a really bad start and having me push too hard and miss my marks and go in the gravel in T5.

in MWSB after I had gridded, I looked back and only saw 2 bikes behind me and thought to my self, "This is going to be easy..." Never do that... cause this kid on a triumph was ON MY ASS. Every time I looked back he was there and I kept pushing my self harder only to F'up and let him by. I did my best to hang on and was just behind him for the checkers. Damn... Oh well. Live and Learn...

Colby, I know it is racing but I should have never put you in harms way and vow never to do it to you or anyone else again. My bad...
Only thing I can say is that I was just trying to get set up for my line after I passed you.

My results;
Friday - GTU 2nd.
Sat. - MWSB 5th., MWGP 3rd, MWSS 2nd.
Sun. - MWSS 3rd., MWGP 5th.(DL), MWSB 2nd.

There is more to the story but I am still dead tired and can't remember it all.

A Big Thank You goes out to Jerry, Colby of Team WAFO and Chris for an outstanding weekend. Again, Thank You.

Now I have to give Shit to Quillman.
Hey dude, are you competing with me for the most crashes in a season???
I think you have almost caught up with me in just to weekends... WTF? 

[tstruyk]

Congrats Dion!  sounds like you had a great weekend!   

[jigs]

Congrats Noid...nice write up!!

[sasrocks]

Great write up Dion!     It was really good to meet you and race with you.  Like I said, starting in the back of the grid I knew when I saw the white helmet I was finally catching up to the leaders.  I will see you at the next round. Stay safe and don't be punching other guys in the butt especially with your brake 

Tim

[skiandclimb]

Haha! Dion's a butt-puncher! LOL

Seriously- Noid, you were riding like a posessed man out there, bro. It was great seeing you do so well, and being there to cheer you on.

And just remember....like the Letter People said...."Ssssss......Elf" "SELF"!

Cheers,
Ski

[Burt Munro]

Haha! Dion's a butt-puncher! LOL

Seriously- Noid, you were riding like a posessed man out there, bro. It was great seeing you do so well, and being there to cheer you on.

And just remember....like the Letter People said...."Ssssss......Elf" "SELF"!

Cheers,
Ski

Hey Ski.......

Did Sesame Street ever do a show teaching kids about '2nd Wave' ?   

[r1owner]

Hey Ski.......

Did Sesame Street ever do a show teaching kids about '2nd Wave' ?   

Sweet!  Is he also a graduate of the Myers starting line procedure school? :)

[Burt Munro]

Yeah, but his was at the Road America campus. 

[r1owner]

Yeah, but his was at the Road America campus. 

Oh yeah, I take my show on the road too...

Me: Hey, he's in my spot.....
Grid Marshall: Wait a second... <talks on walkie>
Grid Marshall: You're not in this race.
Me: Oh.

[skiandclimb]

Oh yeah, I take my show on the road too...

Me: Hey, he's in my spot.....
Grid Marshall: Wait a second... <talks on walkie>
Grid Marshall: You're not in this race.
Me: Oh.

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!  That's awesome!

Burt- I admit I screwed the pooch in the HWSS race, but I can say it was nice to have the track all to myself! lol  And to add insult to injury, I blew the clutch and quick shifter on that race. Karma's a bitch, ain't it?

[r1owner]

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!  That's awesome!

Burt- I admit I screwed the pooch in the HWSS race, but I can say it was nice to have the track all to myself! lol  And to add insult to injury, I blew the clutch and quick shifter on that race. Karma's a bitch, ain't it?

Oh I have video of me sitting at BHF thinking I was in the 2nd wave when I was really in the first....  I think my brother is still pissed at me for telling him we were in the 2nd wave.  hehe....  This is just the top of the barrel.... I've got mad starting line skills...

[gonecrazy]

I did the same thing at HPT a few years ago. I never paid attention to anything but the green flag