Catchy title, eh?
I decided to head up to PMP (Pueblo Motorsports Park) to observe and help Nick (Inetesch) with the Sunset rider’s clinics he does up there. He’s a very dynamic instructor, I was hoping to see if he had any new drills, that I might be able to use with the classes down here. I got there later then would have liked, but I had to get some things fixed on the trailer. The shop opened up late that day so I was behind.
Once I got there Nick told me to go get reacquainted with the track. I hadn’t been on the track in over 3 years, they had also changed up the last turn. I really do love that layout, it’s not as wide as I remembered it being. There was a couple of times, hard on the gas coming out of turns I was a lil worried about running out of track. 😀 Turns out that they didn’t have enough students for Mark to ride the demos so he offered me up to ride them. I loved it! Riding a few of the turns backward was trippy, esp, the first time through, after that I had a great deal of fun with it.
I had hoped to get some track time with Mark on Sunday, but the weather just hasn’t been the best for it. I had to stop running demos once the track surface was wet…. wet pavement with cold race slicks is just a really bad idea. I’ve gotten a bit wiser with age, no matter what anyone else says. Mark, Tammy and I camped at the track that night so we could catch up a bit. I’ve missed them a great deal. They are at the top of my favorite people list. After a few margaritas, some chatting, it was off to get some sleep so we could ride in the am. I was convinced the track was going to dry off by the morning. ha.
It rained more overnight, there was standing water all over. Again, race slicks… not going out there with water around. Instead we headed off to breakfast, got to chat more about riding, racing, and the usual track rumors. I learned a few new things about the trailer and that the batteries, will not last over night if it’s really cold out. The bike slept in the trailer with me, mainly because it’s Pueblo. I wouldn’t leave anything out that I wanted to keep. It was a fun lil trip with the trailer.