Saturday Practice
Saturday practice went well, I was able to get a lot of help from Jim and Nickie from catalyst reaction tuning to help set up the bike and take out the little tweaks and twitches I was receiving from the front end of the bike under braking and movement from the rear when accelerating out of a corner. This would my first time ever making adjustments to my suspension after ever practice session and it paid off with us being able to stop the front chatter and rear moving and get the bike stable.
Race 2 750 production
I started in 12th Position and was able to make up a couple of places with a good start, I was able to maintain that position for the first two laps until being passed by AFM #140 Dan Butler going into turn one on lap three. On the third lap coming out of turn 6, I noticed when I would try to get on the gas the bike would hesitate a bit before accelerating. I Thought that I must have not been twisting the throttle fully when exiting the corner but it kept happening on certain corners when and in certain gears for the remainder of the race. I finished the race in 10th Place with achieving my goal and constantly turning lap times of 1:59.
Race 5 600 Production
I started in 21st position and was able to make up about seven places by turn 2 and one more going into turn 3 and another coming out. I was able to maintain these positions into turn 5 and turn 6. While coming out of turn 6 I noticed the same problem with the acceleration hesitating as I did in the first race but this time it was a little worse. As I continued racing towards turn 7 and up towards 8 a rider passed me going into turn 9, I would maintain this position for the remainder of lap 1. The Next 2 laps I would lose two more places to AFM # 17 Eric Kondo and AFM #619 Jennifer Lauritzen, After Jennifer passed me the Race was red flagged symbolizing the end of our race.In the first start I was able to dom y best lap time of the weekend with a time of 1:58!!
After a 10 minute break the race would be a full restart and would not turn out as good as the first. I was able to make up a few places on the restart only to lose them by then end of lap 1 by going into turn 14 to fast, I would finish my race in this position which was 19th
Race 11 600 SBK
Before this Race I had a talk with AFM# 140 Dan Butler and explained to him what was going on with me bike, He then told me that my clutch was going out,it was slipping and would continue to get worse. I knew that It would be a struggle being competitive in the race.
I would start this race in 14th position, I was able to gain a couple of positions going into turn one and maintain them until turn 5. There would be a series of crashes in turn 5 that resulted in a immediate black flag of the race that would be restarted as soon as the track was clear.This race restart would be challenging for me, I missed a lot of downshifts, struggled with what gearing,missed apexes and brake markers throughout the race. I was able to make up 1 position on the start and would finish there. I finished in 13th place. I was scheduled to do one race more race but decided it was best to sit it out knowing that my mind was not in it and I as having bike problems
Sponsors
I would like to thank all my sponsors and supporting companies Pacific Track Time, Munore Motors, Axo, Silkolene, EDR Performance, United Capoeira Association, Oxymoron Photography, GoPro, Bell Helmets, Optimal Racing, TTF, Catalyst Reaction Tuning, Moto-D.
Last but not least I would like to thank my friends and family for coming out and supporting me! I love you guys!
