Well it goes like this... you start with a large fortune and before you know it, you got a small one...snikwad;106414 wrote: hahah, damn hustla... lol
do you circuit race, does the drag racing experience help a lot on the starts or just a lil bit.
Agreed. I'm slow but I raced last year a couple weekends and wil more this year. Why? It's fun. It also gives me a huge motivation to get better/faster/smoother that I didn't get just running track days. I went from my first weekend racing at summit running mid 1:30s to 1:28s and a 1:27 a couple months later. Am I still way off the novice leader pace? Yeah, but I'm not last anymore either, and it's a lot more fun than a trackday (although the $/track time ratio really hurts). As long as you're fine with the traffic, go for it.crewnutz;106452 wrote: I did it ass backwards....
I started racing in 2006 and did my first trackday at the end of the season in October
If you wanna race just go race....you don't have to be the fastest rider to have fun racing
Did CornerSpin, the dirt one, a couple years ago. Loved it! I learned a lot (mostly that I had a LOT to learn), partially separated my shoulder in the second exercise of the first day, and had a freaking blast!!! Def. want to do it again in another couple years. Aaron kept the weekend fun and really was a good teacher.snikwad;106396 wrote: Plus im doing cornerspeed.
Good for you for just going out and doing it........ BUT I have seen riders that looked like they were on a sighting lap the whole race; it gets even worse if it's a mixed EX/AM race.infinotize;106530 wrote: Agreed. I'm slow but I raced last year a couple weekends and wil more this year. Why? It's fun. It also gives me a huge motivation to get better/faster/smoother that I didn't get just running track days. I went from my first weekend racing at summit running mid 1:30s to 1:28s and a 1:27 a couple months later. Am I still way off the novice leader pace? Yeah, but I'm not last anymore either, and it's a lot more fun than a trackday (although the $/track time ratio really hurts). As long as you're fine with the traffic, go for it.
By the way, I'm in B group The lack of passing rules at race practice is refreshing. I'd say most racers are like track dayers in that they also have jobs and families to go home to, and they don't have huge ambitions to get world superbike contracts. I probably see more dumb stuff in B group. That is for lightweight twins anyway, YMMV in the meatgrinder classes.
100% agree. :adore:Sklossmonster;106435 wrote:
As far as what level you should be at before you go racing, if you ever wanted to, I would say the front of the Intermediate group, or anywhere in the Advanced group is where I would recommend someone get before they go racing.
I've often said I wish the race orgs would require some level of actual proficiency before letting people risk each others lives over a bowling trophy.
It gets a little hairy out there with so many wannabes who belong in the "B" group out on track at the same time as a lot of talented riders hauling the mail.
Same story here. I went to Cycle Sport "Track Day" (one per year). The next month I enrolled in the MARRC school and raced the next day. Can you say lapper. Next year I did 5-6 race weekends and got into the top 5 in most novice races. Went expert after 1 1/2 years and raced 1 year as expert. Family and career obligations lead me to give up the road racing, BUT Trackdays w/ NESBA are an awsome way for you to "get up to speed" before you enter a sprint race. My laps will let you know about were you will need to be in order to be competitive (if that's what you are after). Life is short and some of my best memories of my life are the days I spent at the race track. Go for it.sobottka;106339 wrote: well my first post doesnt tell the whole story... i did race about 2 seasons worth of ccs and wera in 1993-1995 (on a cbr f2...when it was new!!) . back then there were no track days, you would take the licence school and race ..if you wanted track time. that being said, i think if you are a solid rider and have a competitive side/desire to race, you should
you shouldnt race then. this happens to experts too. I agree with infinotize on the average club racer profile not being any different than the average T/D guys and his point on more stuff happening in the b groupeppy01f4i;106536 wrote: I'm not out spending $600-800 a weekend to deal with a guy that gets spooked at a pass.
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