that was a fun weekend as usual at beaver. after the 2nd mock start, it went directly into open practice session and i ran for a while. nearing the end of the practice session, i tucked the front into T1, and long story short, i gave it too much steering input mid corner. the steering got strangely light and i was on the ground. the bike, again, suffered mysterious no damage. some people that were pitted with me didn't know i had gone down. really weird. anyway, that kinda put a damper on the race weekend, but i did ok in the sprint (mid 1:06's got me 9th amongst 20 novices) and meh in the mini (low 1:07's got me 5th). Compared to last year, it was a disappointment but the low side from sat and some other issues on my mind apparently were not helping. that's ok, i was starting to get a big head from my recent progress and i intend on getting the issues out of my mind before the next round (august). couple that with some practice to get me comfortable with making closer but clean passing, i hope i can make some more meaningful progress. then i'll switch to race tires. regardless of some issues i was having, all in all, i always seem to have too much fun at beaver... and it was really awesome seeing you all out there. i hope to see some more of you out there in grattan and nelson after that.