Just like New Jersey, the weekend with my bike was over with in the first lap of practice. Since Saturday was a practice day this gave me all day to get something figured out. There was no fuel being sprayed. Bike was turning over, fuel pump was priming, just no fuel spraying through the injectors. Once again friends stepped up and lended me some bikes to ride. Wayne, who was back after a 2 year hiatus, took a session off and let me ride his. A bit later in the day I found myself once again on Chai’s SV. Track time is track time.
Sunday morning rolls around and I still have no bike to race. Brian rolls in with 2 SVs, one being the bike I rode at New Jersey. In practice he was kind enough to let me ride his superstock bike which was a great learning experience as the suspension set up was very different from any SV i’ve ridden before.
The only race to do on Sunday was Thunderbike. This I would pilot Wayne’s bike in. Managed a couple low 24’s but this was only good enough 9th place. There was a group of 4 riders in front of me that I managed to keep in my sights but unwilling to go any faster on Wayne’s machine.
Monday, no bike to practice on. Chai’s bike would be the bike for the Ultra-light superbike race. The front suspension felt like a jack hammer in a few corners and 11th out of 13 riders is the best I could manage. Can’t thank Chai and Wayne enough for letting me race their bikes.
