Race Report: WERA West Round 3 @ Las Vegas Motor Speedway Man, this week has had some ups and downs. Last Friday, at the Adrenaline Freaks trackday prior to the opening round of the WMRRA season, I spun a rod bearing and demolished the bottom end of my R6’s motor. Tearing it down in the [...]
Race Report – WERA National Challenge Round 4: Miller Whoa June 6, 7 and 8 was the 4th round of the WERA Bridgestone National Endurance and Michelin National Challenge series, at Miller Motorsports Park down in Utah. Just one week prior, WSBK and AMA both had their races at the very same track. I would [...]
Race Report – WERA National Challenge Round 4: Miller (2 of 2) Sunday – Sprints On Sunday, I awoke pretty relaxed, and surprisingly limber considering what I’d put myself through the previous day. After discovering and sorting out some registration hiccups (I was registered to race in a class with 100hp less than my bike), [...]
Whoa June 6, 7 and 8 was the 4th round of the WERA Bridgestone National Endurance and Michelin National Challenge series, at Miller Motorsports Park down in Utah. Just one week prior, WSBK and AMA both had their races at the very same track. I would be racing with AMA professionals, WERA semi-professionals, and top [...]
After last weekend, today seemed almost like a vacation. I can’t imagine what I’m going to think when I finally race Pacific again.. all this beautiful buttery-smooth pavement at Portland, Miller and Vegas is definitely spoiling me! For June, there was an unavoidable conflict in the WMRRA and OMRRA schedules – both organizations landed on [...]
So, apparently I like the rain Also, I found another “way you know you’re a racer”… when your engine blows up on the white-flag lap, and you’re more frustrated that you won’t complete the race than by the fact that you just grenaded your motor. Thursday and Friday I rode at the Cascade Track Time [...]
Hmm.. I’ve got a lot of work to do. I learned and experienced a lot this weekend. Saturday it rained, Sunday I raced the most powerful machine I’ve ever sat on top of. The results I ended up posting didn’t quite meet my expectations, but I’m not down about it, nor am I chalking it [...]
pics to come Race Report – WERA West Round 2: LVMS What a weekend. As I sit here in the airport terminal waiting for my flight to board, all I can think is: I’m SO doing this again. Friday night, 7:10pm: Southwest Flight 586, service to Las Vegas, Nevada. Arrive in Vegas at 9:30. Arrive [...]
