pilot
Tue Aug 7th, 2007, 08:59 AM
I wanted to take a second to publicly thank everyone (including the volunteer corner workers!) that made the day go so smooth. No accidents! Ton's of training, GREAT FOOD--THANKS WHEEL WORKS!
Ricky and Mike did a great job of rotating class/track time and keeping the pace moving. We ran 30 minute sessions of open track for the MRAs that were there for a little private practice and the students. Class was held in the cool comfort of the classroom above the cafe.
At the start of the class Ricky asked each student what they wanted to work on. I said I really needed to focus on line. As the day progressed, I found out that although I was running fairly fast (nope- I didn't time it) I was off line. So, Ricky worked on slowing me down and holding the lines. Then we started picking up the speed. It all worked very well.
Note to self: Don't get suckered into turn 1 by Ricky (at the end of the day we were all doing some open time and while I was running between the 1/4 mile end and the #3 brake marker--doing about 140--Ricky past me on my left. So I said to myself, "Yes, I can do this!" and rolled on the throttle a bit more up into the 150-160s. Oops! I started grabbing the brakes and there justs wasn't enough and I heard a "clink". The Tuna Boat (which just rolled 73,000 on the odometer) didn't like that, ha. . I came in way too hot and ended up choosing the run out. OK, lesson learned on that one (need track bike).
Also, I would like to thank Rick an Terra for puttin' up with my ass over the weekend. Great times, big laughs!
Good luck and safe running to a win to all the riders (especially Terra) for this weekend at Pueblo!
Ricky and Mike did a great job of rotating class/track time and keeping the pace moving. We ran 30 minute sessions of open track for the MRAs that were there for a little private practice and the students. Class was held in the cool comfort of the classroom above the cafe.
At the start of the class Ricky asked each student what they wanted to work on. I said I really needed to focus on line. As the day progressed, I found out that although I was running fairly fast (nope- I didn't time it) I was off line. So, Ricky worked on slowing me down and holding the lines. Then we started picking up the speed. It all worked very well.
Note to self: Don't get suckered into turn 1 by Ricky (at the end of the day we were all doing some open time and while I was running between the 1/4 mile end and the #3 brake marker--doing about 140--Ricky past me on my left. So I said to myself, "Yes, I can do this!" and rolled on the throttle a bit more up into the 150-160s. Oops! I started grabbing the brakes and there justs wasn't enough and I heard a "clink". The Tuna Boat (which just rolled 73,000 on the odometer) didn't like that, ha. . I came in way too hot and ended up choosing the run out. OK, lesson learned on that one (need track bike).
Also, I would like to thank Rick an Terra for puttin' up with my ass over the weekend. Great times, big laughs!
Good luck and safe running to a win to all the riders (especially Terra) for this weekend at Pueblo!