It was back to Inde this month for Take It 2 The Track Trackdays, at Inde. I really wish that I lived closer. It’s quite the drive for me from Santa Fe. The drive out was smooth and without issues. I will be really happy once they finish what ever it is that they are going to do with that road heading out there. It is the one true down side to the location right now. It wasn’t bad until like the last mile, then its just bumper then I would like. I kinda expected to get there and find Aaron’s bike laying on mine. It wasn’t, it actually didn’t move at all. We dropped the trailer, there and talked to a couple of guys that were camping out, and then headed back into town to find some food and the hotel.
So as Control Riders we had to be there at the crack of dawn, it’s just wrong to have to get up and be on the road before the sun is up. I have to say that for the first time at a new location everything went off really well and the fact that we started only a few minutes late was amazing, no worries though the first group got to make it up at the end of the day. The whole day ran on time, from there on out. It was really an awesome, no red flags and no serious injuries for the whole weekend. The only time the track stopped was for the planned 15 minute break when they went out and picked up the bikes that had gone down.
Well, I was really hunger for track time so I made a point to ride with every C and B sessions and then did a few A sessions as well. It was a blast watching some of the riders really improve through out the day. I just love it when they come back in grinning after ya work with them. I just needed to get more comfortable with that bike. I can say that after riding something like 430+ miles over the weekend that I’m finally there.
It was cool and inspiring to watch Chris Peris blow on by me like I was standing still… and doing it on one wheel, as he powered it past me. I just wish that I could have seen more then just one corner each time. Very different lines than the rest of us, then again, we just ain’t that talented.
I’m hoping that I’ll get to the video that I took this week and see how much of it is useable. I’m afraid that helmet cam was to far forward and didn’t get as much as I would have liked it to. I know the one the back of the bike worked. We’ll see what I end up with.
Now I have to ask myself if I really want to race SMRI this year or do I want to head over there for more weekends….. hum….