BHF, great weekend.

[Super_KC124]

There were 90 bikes in LW practice saturday! ;D

[Burt Munro]

Kevin, Kevin, Kevin....

Not that you've EVER exagerated anything before...... ;D

But by my OFFICIAL count from the bridge there were ONLY 65 bikes in Group 5 on Saturday for the first session and 58 for the second.

Now why would you want to fib about something like that??   Only 65 bikes left plenty of room on the track didn''t it?  Are you saying that the session was over before you were able to pass them all? :P

Rick

[deltadave]

 ;)This was my first time to race at Blackhawk and it was a great weekend.  The track is good, the grounds give you the feeling that your in a state park, the CCS staff ran a good show, Elizabeth Stein did a great job of singing the National Anthem, Michael Pruitt held an inspirational chapel service during Sunday's lunch break, and there were so many racers there that my grid position for Formula 40 was in the middle of turn seven.

[Burt Munro]

And as for Sean Ryan....

That had to have been the scariest thing I've ever seen.   Running about 2nd or 3rd in the pack at the end of the first lap with at least 25 bikes right behind him and to see the handlebars taken right out of his hands by that wobble!!!  Talk about worst case scenario!  I had visions of him losing it on the track and everbody behind him going down from either hitting him or trying to avoid him.  After being on the right side of the track when he started to lose it, to make it over to the grass on the left without anyone going down with him was a miracle!!  It looked like at one point the only contact he still had with the bike was his butt in the seat - arms and legs all sticking straight out from the vibrations!

Very, very lucky man.  Have to admit the first thing I thought after it was over was wondering about the condition of his underwear!

[Super_KC124]

Kevin, Kevin, Kevin....

Not that you've EVER exagerated anything before...... ;D

But by my OFFICIAL count from the bridge there were ONLY 65 bikes in Group 5 on Saturday for the first session and 58 for the second.

Now why would you want to fib about something like that??   Only 65 bikes left plenty of room on the track didn''t it?  Are you saying that the session was over before you were able to pass them all? :P

Rick

Hee hee. I was talking to someone sunday and they said, "Yeh, I heard there were 75 bikes in group 5 yesterday." I just figured it was up to 90 or 100 by now. ;D  And, yes, it was a blast out there passing people. Just a few too many hairy moments in between. (I had grass stuck all over my tire after the first session. :o)

[smoke]

How is SD doing? and did Ike make it down?

[Mark Bernard]

First of all Bernard I'm sorry you had bike problems I know it gave me a chance to catch up in points, but really I'm sorry man.  ;D Can't wait to continue the saga at Gingerman.

Thank's Dave. Glad to help your points run. Here to help any way I can! ol But seriously.. Thanks. Wound up being a minor problem with the carb. got it fixed at the track this morning.
I want to thank everyone who stopped by this weekend to say hi and have some food on Sunday. We had an absolute blast!
Well... as far as the race report for this weekend goes... the team had a couple of problems this weekend. Actually, Karl and I were the ones with the problems. Saturday went well but Sunday was not so great. Karl lost his brakes in turn one of the LW/GP. Karl... (as he put it) "decided to take agricultural route"! He suffered no injuries and the bike has just minor damage. Were all glad about that.
I had a mechanical on the last race on Sunday on lap 3. I had a so so start, wasn't my best by any means, after the first lap I noticed the bike loosing power dramaticly. dropped from 2nd to 4th in a blink of an eye. On lap three Im going into t-6 and as I am powering up, with 7 or 8 racers on my azz, my bike dies completley! HELLO!! I made it around to the pits but man, that just wasnt the way I wanted to end the day. Other than that, the weekend was a awsome time! It was great to be back at the home track again. I look foward to seeing all of you at Gingerman! I think ther are some scores to be setteled!  ;D Thanks Alexa for taking my leathers with you to be fixed! Tell Roger again congrats for me! He rode his butt off! Great Job!
Thanks also to Paul James for making our weekend such a good time! You rock man! Great job this weekend! I cant wate till Gingerman!
Nice seeing Kim B. O. this weekend too! Like you said, better to be at the track hangin with the crew than staying home wishing you were! Great seeing all of you! Its because of all of you in the M/W reigon that makes us have such a great time at the events! Mark!

[MJFRacing]

It really was a great weekend!

I got to see Kim - KBOlsen #507 & Pierre Montsion #280 (who I had a crash with last season) & Michael Jordan #123 & many other folks. I'm still not racing but recovering nicely from my tragic crash on August 24th last year. . . but both my best buddies won! Don Rankin #523 and Lee Davis #186 kicked some major A** all weekend and their wins ended Sunday in perfect fashion! Everyone did well and no one got hurt.

Did I mention the great "farmers tan" I got?!  ;D

[lbk]

Hey Bernard, how did Becky do on Monday?

[StumpysWife]

It was a great weekend.  Track conditions were great Sunday and you had to be in the 11s and 12s in the middleweights to win.  Stumpy dropped down to consitant 13s so we were happy--well until he crashed, but no big deal!  Funny how that happens when you start going faster!

And to see all the people at Blackhawk was awesome--spectators and racers.  It was a good time.  

Heather

[Jeff]

How is SD doing? and did Ike make it down?

Ike was there.  He did me proud on the new RR...  Despite being out of shape, out of practice and on a stock rear-end, he was still turning low 16's...  Very impressive.  All I could think when he came around me sideways was "if you wad this bike (that I just spent 2 months building) right in front of me, I'm gonna stand it up, T-bone you and kick your butt!"

[StumpysWife]

Ike was there.  He did me proud on the new RR...  Despite being out of shape, out of practice and on a stock rear-end, he was still turning low 16's...  Very impressive.  All I could think when he came around me sideways was "if you wad this bike (that I just spent 2 months building) right in front of me, I'm gonna stand it up, T-bone you and kick your butt!"

Ike did a fine job.  We were so proud of him and happy to see him back out there!

Heather