I can’t believe that I finally made it out to Femmwalla at Chuckwalla, what a great day. It was so awesome to see all those women out on the track. As usual there are some really talented women riders and fast women racers.
I managed to talk another SMRI race into going out there with me. He was all excited to see that many girls riding. 😀 It’s a LONG drive out there, I’ve gotten used to the 10.5 hours to Miller, but for what ever reason that 11.5 to Chuckwalla was much more tiring.
I had spent some time before we left for CA studying video of the track, but wouldn’t you know it, I studied the CW and we ended up going CCW. Figures. I went ahead and put myself into the slow group for the morning, since I didn’t really know the track. I had looked at one video of it that direction, so I had an idea. Regardless, I have to get out there and find markers for myself.
After figuring out where I was on the track and how to make it quicker around some of the corners. I did a video lap with Dale Keifer of Racer’s Edge. I wished I had done the laps with him earlier. Watching the tape at the end of the day let me know a whole number of areas where I could fix things. I wasn’t going to ride on Sat, but after that I had to. I really needed to fix those areas.
I think one of the highlights was the ride in the Mustang with Mickey! I was a little worried when someone said… “wow, you are going next with Mickey. You haven’t eaten lately have you?” I loved it!