What a weekend!<\/p>\n
The track day I taught the race school for one more student. \u00a0She really wanted to attend and get her license before next season. \u00a0When they are that excited, it’s hard to say no. \u00a0Besides, I wanted to teach as many new racers as I could. \u00a0It worked out well as I had two others who hadn’t finished so she did her mock race with them.<\/p>\n
As much as I love racing I am pretty happy once the season wrapping up. \u00a0It gives me time to miss it. \u00a0I really wasn’t in a racing frame of mind for this wknd. \u00a0I had pretty much decided that I was done racing at Sandia and was ready to move on. \u00a0Now, I would say this was going to be my last race, but I know that I’ll never stick to that. \u00a0At some point next year I’ll want to grid up.<\/p>\n
The only race that I had to really work hard at was the Thunderbike race. \u00a0I had to finish in front of Ed to wrap up 3rd place. \u00a0I got one of the worst starts I’ve had in ages…. but! \u00a0I was in front of Ed. \u00a0I really don’t like the new config, so I’m not fast on it. \u00a0I knew that Ed rides this one pretty well. \u00a0I needed to put my head down to get some space between us. \u00a0I managed to gap him in about 3 laps, by that point I had a nice rhythm going. \u00a0I managed to increase the gap and finish 3rd in the race.<\/p>\n
The rest of the races were for “fun”, \u00a0it’s funny when I don’t really care where I place, I have great races. \u00a0I ride well and finish well. \u00a0Go figure.<\/p>\n
The only down side to the whole weekend was the number crashes we had during the race day. \u00a0Things were so delayed that we cut the number of laps down so that we could finish before it got dark. \u00a0We just made it too, it was the longest race day we’ve had in years. \u00a0There were 2 people transported, along with 3 others that took themselves later. \u00a0It had nothing to do with other racers or the track, they just made really bad judgement calls for most of them.<\/p>\n
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