Back on the east coast after moving from Socal.

Well today was pretty interesting I felt like a complete noob at the track.

I went to the strip today not prepared due to being told last minute.

1. Almost full tank of gas.

2. extra weight in the trunk (spare, jack) I couldn't leave it anywhere.

3. the track is made for the 1/8th, but runs the 1/4 on thursdays so my 2nd run I was letting off way early. The 1st run I spun off the line due to not getting the dirt off the stock tires with a small burnout and letting off early.

The time boards were a little after the 1/8th. I'm used to Socal when the time boards is the finish. The track used a cone to mark the 1/4 so I was letting off a little after 1/8.

I think I did okay considering I knew nothing about the track. My runs are from best to worst. The best run was against a utec tuned z on 295 Drs with 3.9 gears. I think he had more because he didn't want to tell his mods for some reason.

Man do I miss being FI.

The tire pressure gauge i borrowed was off so I still had over 30psi in my tires.

Well at least my 60fts were good on stock tires.

I was #1 and for the Socal guys there was no tech just pay and race!!

I'll be ready next time sorry for all the excuses I know I could of done better.

 

Wow.......that was a lot of excuses. As long as you had fun, who cares, right??

 

true and I did have fun as always. I used to always race at calispeedway with the Socal guys before I moved to the east coast last week.

 

miss a gear i can't wait to go to the track! i probably be so nervous i will miss one lol

and how'd you do a burnout? you got a linelock?

 

I wish I could miss a gear to add to my excuses. Are you going to try racing at qualcomm racelegal on fridays? I used to go there all the time when I lived in SD.

I just know my times would of been better I've been racing for the last 4yrs and did everything that night your not supposed to do. I had fun anyway though.

 

i'm gonna go check it out and start on my cbr 600rr then maybe the G. i'd prolly make a fool of myself in the G lol

 

you can make a fool of yourself on the bike also I've seen it at qualcomm before. Keep the front end down when you take off is all I'm going to say.

 

lol yeah i might have to go watch some squids first

 

hey hey I'm retired Navy. I think it would be best to watch other riders first.

I know of one time a guy put weights on the front of his busa to keep the front end down. He wrecked due to the weights moving side to side going down the track.