I pea-picked a number which landed me roughly in the middle of 15 racers for both heat races. On the first heat race I started in 5th and finshed 6th. It's been a while since riding on the track and I had problems shifting and turning my bike. I couldn't shake #40 Frank Baker off me; and he's a muscular 200+ lbs guy on a 50cc bike. I say muscular because most of the YSR racers are overweight (so Frank if you read this don't kick my ass it's a compliment). But I digress.
Then in heat 2, I was a little smoother where I started in 7th and finshed 6th. I remember praying for the white flag by the 4th lap because I was exhausted. I guess my body was still recovering from being sick.
The Main event: I started in 7th place. After the race I learned that #40, Frank Baker had problems turning his bike going into turn 1 from the start. He started behind me and when we hit turn 1, his bike was pushing my rear out...luckily we did not crash. I learned today that these bikes have some sort of stability--even while fuly leaned over in turn 1 with a huge guy on a YSR pushing the rear out. It was a good confidence builder in turn 1.
A crash today in turn 1 would've been real ugly because we had 4 "X" racers (newbies) in Novice SS today. I'd hate for them have their first racing memory of crashing in turn 1. I kept my spot throughout the race and finished 7th. There was a racer whom I never seen before leading the race and on lap 3 he tumbled halfway up the hill before the corkscrew. However, he got up and passed me by the last lap. I was bummed but knew that I wasn't 100% today. I was in auto pilot to keep my bike on two wheels today. I am happy that the 1st race of the year was successful (read: no crashes). I know that I'm faster than what I pulled out today. I finished in 7th place but I usually run on par with the top 5 finishers today. I pray that I'm 100% in race 2 to give them a good run.
