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| May 26th Race #4 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Brief Report: Luckily I entered in two events�Novice Supersport and Trophy Dash. I said luckily because I retired early in Supersport, the only event usually register for the weekend. I retired early because I was rear-ended by another rider in the chicane which knocked my Toomey Racing slip-on pipe off. So I was forced to nurse it back to the pits early to get it fixed before my Trophy Dash main. I got it running and finished in 3rd place | ||||||||||||||||
| Novice Super Sport: I don�t� remember how I did in the heats but I know I was started in 5th on the Main only to get rear-ended by Scott Hadaway. I found out later he was rear ended too. I was mad not that I was rear-ended but the fact I could have raced for another trophy finish. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Novice Trophy Dash: I was gridded in 4th because of my DNF in Heat 1. I DNF�ed because I crashed trying to chase #33 Martin who was in first. I gassed it too soon in Turn 7 and lost the back end. In Heat 2, I knew I had to do well because of my DNF in Heat 1. To my surprise, I finished 1st [my personal best] after starting from the last row. Martin who won the first heat crashed this time in Heat 2. With the outcome of the two heats, I was gridded in 4th for the Main Event. I had a terrible start and was stuck behind #170 Robert for the 7 laps in the 8-lap event. He was racing well and I had a harder time passing him then I did in Heat 2. I finally got him late braking into turn 12 with one lap remaining. Coming out of turn 13, I set my sights on #177 Oliver who was in second place. I put my head down the front straights and shot through turn 1 faster than I am accustomed to and was right behind him. Unfortunately, I lost all the speed as the back end slid out in turn two and almost caused me to high side off the bike. Luckily I saved it but lost too much ground to make up before the end of the race. Equipment Check: I used my Toomey Racing pipe and thought it was similar to the TCR Twin stinger. It felt faster down the front straights than either the DG or the TCR pipe. I noticed it gave up a little bit of mid-range power for top-end because I had to slip the clutch in some of the tighter low speed corners at PC. I think the DG, Calamari and Toomey pipes are about even. If I had to make a choice then the TCR is the pipe for me. Mine is used but wonder how a new one would perform. Hmmmm��.. |
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