03/05 03/06 Firebird East

[thegoshow2002]

Wow, what a great weekend !!!!!!

Although Saturday and Sunday morning was both cold and damp, the clouds cleared by lunch allowing for a great day of racing.

I had a great weekend. Finishing 2nd in Unlimited Superbike and 1st in Unlimited Supersport was a dream come true.
Kane Laskey, Nicky Moore, and Mark Ladesma put on an amazing show that in my opinion beat any AMA race for shear excitement.

Thanks to everyone that helped me this weekend, in particular, Tony Consolato, Dale Wheelan, Dale Keifer, Joe Jackson, and Brian and Nikki.  You guys were great !!

Also thanks to all the C.C.S staff and corner workers.

On a side note, does anybody know the condition of the guy that got air lifted to the hospital ???

[digitalRoost]

I heard he was ok but injured his shoulder. That's 2nd hand though, so don't take my word for it.

In my experience (unfortunately), they airlift you any time you've been unconsious for any decent amount of time and/or head injuries. He definitely wasn't moving for a long time, so I assume he was out.

Was definitely an interesting weekend.

[Mongrel]

From another board.  Guess he was ok.

Nick report:

Fucker didn't let me sleep all night he acted like he crashed his motorcycle or something...he he .... That was the joke all night......

Thanks to all of his friends who took care of his stuff and packed it up at the track and delivered it home for him....

No broken bones or head injuries (ok it's Nick) but he was mental before the crash. He just has a lot of torn muscles and he is swollen and he is really miserable. I took him home last night and stayed just to make sure he was ok and to make sure nothing weird happened in the middle of the night.....Especially since he did have a really big bump on his head.....

When I left this morning he was hurting but I think he will make it....

[AZ-MilleR]

Definately an interesting weekend.  Probably my most stressful race weekend so far.  Things started Saturday when I had a fork seal go bad.  I worked through the rain Saturday evening to get that replaced.  Got to the track Sunday morning and locked my keys in the truck before I even unlocked my trailer.  Wait an hour for my wife to get the kids up and dressed and bring spare keys (She was happy!).  Go out and crash on the first turn of my first lap of practice.  New cold tires on a wet track didn't like the first time I twisted the gas.  I was lucky enough to have been allowed right back on the track by tech.  No major damage, just some scrapes and a broken brake lever and bent rearset.

I managed wins in Lightweight Supersport and Thunderbike so all was not lost.  Those are my first race wins so I guess I earned them for just surviving the weekend.

[rotoboge]

Great weekend!

I know the CCS staff had some difficulites in which to work through, but in my opinion, it went very well for the first event of the season. Randy, Heidi, Linda, Corey, and others, you're the best! :)

As for Nick Adams, I felt sick for him laying out on the tarmac. He's a great guy, good racer dude, and I wish him the best on his recovery! I heard there were no broken bones, just alot of major soreness. Hope to see you out there for LVMS... ;)

[L8brake731]

GREAT START OFF FOR SOUTHWEST ;D

We all had a really good time at the Banquet; Good job to Randy and crew!

Racing action and competition was the best; as for scoring :o, well that's a new thread ???

[RAY_HYMER]

Nick is feeling better today.  He went to dinner with us after the races were over.  He was wearing some sort of dog collar or something!   ;D

I developed some old guy slow disease, and generally sucked all day Sunday.  I did manage a first place in LWSS by coming in last place!   ???

I was doing 1:03's on Friday, but was doing 1:06's on Sunday!  Go figure!  :-/

Congrats to Elaine for kicking my butt in LWSB and Thunderbike.  JEEEZ!!! :-[

I did manage to beat Steven in LWSB, though  Ha Ha!!   ;D

[Mongrel]

I developed some old guy slow disease, and generally sucked all day Sunday.  I did manage a first place in LWSS by coming in last place!   ???

Better to be slow and take a first then to be fast and stupid by pulling off on the white flag lap.  Course it was the second white flag we got.   :o

[RAY_HYMER]

Yeah, I always wait for the 3rd white flag before I pull off the track!!   :o

[L8brake731]

So how do you finish the race? ??? On the second lap of the first white flag ??? Or, on the first lap of the second white flag ??? ???
Can someone just even it out by throwing a couple checkers in behind them, that would solve world hunger ;)

[Mongrel]

You know I feel sorry for the flagger, he had about 4 things going on at the same time, and it did not help when the top 3 guys pulled off.  Oh well I learned a lesson during this one.  Keep it pinned until you see a "vigorously" waving checkered flag.  

Also those poor scorers were going through hell this weekend.  I know I was mucho excited after I pulled off and saw people continuing to race, my wife had to calm me down several times.

[MZGirl]

Yep, I was in the ULWSB race behind the LW SS guys and wasn't pulling off until someone showed me a checkered, a red, or a black flag.  Thank goodness I stayed out there or else Zac would have won the race!