We’ll the day finally arrived. Holly decided to go with me because she was worried I’d be too tired to make the trip back. She was more nervous than I was. She was freaking I’d fall off and get hurt. LOL Thank goodness it didn’t happen. :)
We left Sat. afternoon and stayed at a hotel 15 minutes from the track. After a long night of no sleep (I was worried my bike would get jacked off the trailer) we got underway to the track at 6:30 am. We waited about 30 minutes before the track opened up. I had a minor problem with the trailer fender. It was so bumpy on the highway out there the fender came loose when it broke the mount. I just took the fender off before we headed home that day.
I checked in at registration and got all my track paperwork. I reported to school where we were introduced to our instructors. There were 3 of them. Nice guy’s. I got my bike thru tech inspection with no problems. I was very happy. This is a stressful time for anyone racing. You’re always worried they’ll find something wrong. I did loose 2 screws from the bottom of my frame. They must have come loose when I was out on the track. I did have some spares in my tool box, so I took care of that right away.
We were let out on the track for a 20 minute session to get a feel for the track. I have to admit it was a little scary with all the concrete walls and such. The did have air fences and hay bales but it was still pretty intimidating. I was very cautious going out the first time. We came back in after the session and the schooling started. They showed us the fast lines and how to get around safe. The second session I was going much faster! We went out several more times after the classroom sessions and honed in our newly found race lines. It was a TOTAL freaking blast!
THE RACE AT THE END OF SCHOOL.
We got called out for the race at the end of the day. We all went out for our sighting lap. I was so excited about the start, I forgot to downshift my bike back into first gear. The green flagged dropped and I was in 3rd gear! Everyone blew past me URGH! I finally got it into first gear (seemed like it took forever) and I was dead last in the first corner! I worked my way up to 8th the second lap but then the race was red flagged. They asked us to come in and report to the classroom. Out of the 20 guy’s that started the class, 14 of us made it. Several crashed out but luckily no one got hurt. I had so much fun I was still high on adrenaline Monday went I went back to work.
First CCS race is June 19th at Gateway. I’m going to try and make that one. I still have to send my race application in and get my transponder. Hopefully I’ll have that all done before June 19th.
Here are some pics!
All Loaded Up
Gateway Int’l
Davey B
Gumball all scuffed up!
One of the guy’s that wadded up his bike. Notice the lack of a rear tail section. This was a nice Triumph.
