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This last weekend my 4th weekend racing with the CMRA, but my first real weekend of competitive racing as I've never started in the front half of the grid, so it was pretty exciting and nerve racking at the same time.
I started out doing Friday afternoon practice. Everything went well and the bike was dialed in pretty good. On Saturday, my light weight endurance team, Near Miss Racing, took second in class! We're hoping next round will be even better. Since it was only a 2-hour, my teammates Rod and Yorke carried the torch for us because I've only had about 15 minutes of seat time on a 250 and the less pit stops, the better.
Chris and I signed up for Big Bike Endurance later that day - team 'No Money No Problems, Ya Dig?' - to get some more practice in on our respective bikes via a 'frame swap'. We took frequent breaks and even got our points reset because we swapped bikes, and we didn't get last!!
Sunday comes and it's time for sprints! I've been anticipating this ever since I sent in my Pre-Entry in mid-January. Since there's no points at the beginning of the season, grid placement is based off of when you submitted your pre-entry. I submitted mine right away and ended up being 4th on the grid in just about every race I entered. I had a lot of fun in all my races, but especially liked the combined novice/expert races as I was able to mix it up with some of them as well. At the end of the day, I was able to snag up 5 podiums in 7 races and a new personal best of a 1:41!
I'd like to thank Hookit and all of my sponsors through them, AXO, Bell, Shorai LFX Lithiuim Batteries, Amsoil, Factory Effex, Yoshimura, Ride Live Be, and Smith Optics.
I'd also like to thank all of our class sponsors, Speed Freak Decals, North Texas Superbikes, jt's performance, On Road Off Road Suspension, Lone Star Track Days, and Moto Liberty. And a huge thanks to Pirelli for the super sticky tires!
Results and videos below:
Race 3 SSB - 4th
Race 5 SSC - 2nd
Race 7 SSA - 4th
Race 12 F1 - 2nd
Race 14 SBA - 3rd
Race 18 SBC - 2nd
Race 20 SBB - 2nd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItGNOOm_lvQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdPZLLZH7tU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_NwiHeW49w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQY_UigdQJM
Probably the best race to watch with the most action...tearing it up with the experts!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMvaKwseqo0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKNxsoV4QOE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvJIyeqxRg0
-Cody
I started out doing Friday afternoon practice. Everything went well and the bike was dialed in pretty good. On Saturday, my light weight endurance team, Near Miss Racing, took second in class! We're hoping next round will be even better. Since it was only a 2-hour, my teammates Rod and Yorke carried the torch for us because I've only had about 15 minutes of seat time on a 250 and the less pit stops, the better.
Chris and I signed up for Big Bike Endurance later that day - team 'No Money No Problems, Ya Dig?' - to get some more practice in on our respective bikes via a 'frame swap'. We took frequent breaks and even got our points reset because we swapped bikes, and we didn't get last!!
Sunday comes and it's time for sprints! I've been anticipating this ever since I sent in my Pre-Entry in mid-January. Since there's no points at the beginning of the season, grid placement is based off of when you submitted your pre-entry. I submitted mine right away and ended up being 4th on the grid in just about every race I entered. I had a lot of fun in all my races, but especially liked the combined novice/expert races as I was able to mix it up with some of them as well. At the end of the day, I was able to snag up 5 podiums in 7 races and a new personal best of a 1:41!
I'd like to thank Hookit and all of my sponsors through them, AXO, Bell, Shorai LFX Lithiuim Batteries, Amsoil, Factory Effex, Yoshimura, Ride Live Be, and Smith Optics.
I'd also like to thank all of our class sponsors, Speed Freak Decals, North Texas Superbikes, jt's performance, On Road Off Road Suspension, Lone Star Track Days, and Moto Liberty. And a huge thanks to Pirelli for the super sticky tires!
Results and videos below:
Race 3 SSB - 4th
Race 5 SSC - 2nd
Race 7 SSA - 4th
Race 12 F1 - 2nd
Race 14 SBA - 3rd
Race 18 SBC - 2nd
Race 20 SBB - 2nd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItGNOOm_lvQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdPZLLZH7tU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_NwiHeW49w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQY_UigdQJM
Probably the best race to watch with the most action...tearing it up with the experts!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMvaKwseqo0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKNxsoV4QOE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvJIyeqxRg0
-Cody