Race 1, Blew an engine
Race 2, Blew an engine
A what can go wrong will go wrong weekend for sure. Started out with the Attack hauler breaking down in Trees LA so Josh and Gavin were both at the track without bikes. Plan B, Attack rented a pick up and got Gavins stuff to us since we had our support trailer there and could get by. Bike showed up with about 10 minutes to spare for tech. All good we can work with that. Got everything ready and made warm up and Q1. First time on bike so he had to feel it out but he did good. Now we're into Sat, Race 1 engine blows. However we arent the only Graves bike to blow a motor, hummmm! Graves has us pull it and they give us another so all good we think. Swap done and back to hotel for rest. Sun comes, Race 2 and boom another engine when hes in 3rd grrrrr. But wait, not the only Graves motor issue again. Huuummm again. Chuck assures us he knows whats going on and will have it addressed and a good engine by VIR so we shall see.
Also a rules change is supposed to be in effect by VIR to address the Ninja 400 and RC390 issue. They both have over a 10hp advantage and a 10+ mph advantage on the R3 by the rules and MotoAmerica says it will be corrected. Again we shall see.
The big show however was Josh. His crew was there with us and he had his street bike in the back of his F150 so in typical Josh Herrin style he says Im racing my street bike. They unload it and work till midnight Fri night borrowing and spray painting plastic from WERA guys and basically turn his bone stock R1s into a track day bike and he raced it in Superbike. He put on one hell of a show and really showed everyone, esp on Sun that all the money dumped into a factory superbike still has nothing on him he ran a bone stock 2 year old bike in superbike and was top 10 on Sat and was top 3 on Sun till his clutch let go. If you didnt watch that race you should.
We'll be back at VIR and hopefully all sorted out!