Recent content by mdhokie

First hand experience...I have had my GoPro camera case mounting tabs break three times now from plastic fatigue over the last 8 years. I have a short loop of safety wire around the metal hinge bar at the bottom of the case (a zip tie would not fit there without interfering), and put a loop of...

That's what the elite membership is for. Pays for itself if you have to cancel a weekend.

Unless you're bad at passing in which case racing is just following people slower than you.

Supposedly there is a new road course at Charlotte that is NOT part of the oval/roval course: https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a62567745/charlotte-road-course-is-us-nurburgring/ Also discussed unproductively on WERA forum...

This was discussed way back in 2017 on the WERA forums, sounded like there were some potential safety concerns but doesn't sound like the idea ever progressed far. https://forums.13x.com/index.php?threads/charlottes-new-roval.345704/

Sage was on-site and fixed up my suit after a low-side at Barber last month tore a hole in the leg. He didn't have time to get it fixed that weekend because he had some other jobs already queued up, but he got it fixed up and since he had it already, I had him wash/condition the suit and he...

I was too slow registering, wasn't counting on it filling up. If anybody needs to give up their spot let me know.

Yes to all the things already said. My personal experience was that even knowing all the right things to do, I still had issues with leg fatigue and getting off the bike while in novice group. If you're going at street speeds through the corners, honestly it's awkward using the correct body...

ASRA is still racing there this year, with race weekends on 5/25-27 and 6/15-16

Last I talked to him, Marty had hung up the camera for now and was helping out as a WERA official. There's a new guy who's doing photos at Pitt though and he does good work

I have stayed at the Red roof inn in Roanoke rapids (next exit down i-95) probably half a dozen times. Reasonable rates, clean room, no fuss. Like you said I'm only sleeping there.

CCS/WERA racer here too. I think the advice you were given was good. Seat time is very important, and track days are the cheapest way to do that. There's no sense in mounting up slicks and riding over your head when you're still at Novice pace and you're going to finish in the back being lapped...

As mentioned, we ran it without problems for the WERA weekend. The lack of major catastrophes doesn't mean I like the corner though; the entry is very tight and requires hard braking down to a crawl and isn't very flowing. If the entry could be widened a bit it would flow much better. I did...

R nine T, white leathers...Nate Kern? Google him, he's a well known BMW guy. He races MotoAmerica occasionally.

I got the tech air race when I started racing. I hoped never to use it, but I just got it recharged a second time after the 4th deployment. In two crashes, the air bag deployed optimally and I walked away with nothing but bruises despite some flying and moderately hard impacts. The other two...