Ok, I finally had the time to sit down and post my thoughts on this weekend. First off I would like to thank Indy ducati for helping with the weekend, I know they had no control over how the weekend went and they tried to make the weekend better. That being said, registration was not too bad. Tech was a disaster and was unorganized, not to mention they were completely rude. The riders meeting was a joke with them making fun of some of the crashes from saturday on the sunday meeting. Saturday started off about 30 min late. The first session was a disaster with a guy spilling oil, getting black flagged and they let the session continue, I took one for the team on this one and found it for everyone. The cr behind me did what he could but still hit my hand/arm, still not sure if it was ran over or just slammed off his tire, the pics may tell the truth. They had to wait for 2 crashes in the oil to red flag the session, not to mention the 4 crashes leaving the pits before a cone was placed in the slick spot. To me this is completely unacceptable. The mcra cr riders were the worst for breaking all of the passing rules as I guess they get to do what they want and were just there for free track time. The only cr's I saw helping people were the indy ducati ones. I have been to a few crappy trackdays but this one by far takes the cake. They will never get another dime of my money. I'm not one to bitch about things and never miss a session but saturday was so bad I did a total of 10 laps with 4 being after I hit the oil. I'm not a fair weather rider and go out every session just to get a few more laps in but with the 60+ people per group it just wasn't worth it. On the test the track sessions (2 per day), which were suppose to be like a parade session (people could wear jeans), I saw everyone blasting down the straights at well over 100. This led to 2 crashed sat, 1 morning and 1 afternoon, and 1 crash sunday morning. How could an org allow people to go crazy fast with minimal gear to the point where they could crash. The mess with the race school not getting any kind of paperwork showing they passed the school is just amazing. The fact that they actually told them that it cost money and they were not getting anything just baffles me. How is another race org going to know if you have passed or even taken the school. Then to top it off they were just total dicks to the students that didn't pass in front of the entire group of students. Just pull the kid aside and tell him that he didn't pass, let him finish out the day as he did pay the money. I just didn't see anything being done that appeared professional. You would have thought this was their first ever event. To sum this all up, if you are use to a nesba, stt, mido, or motoseries event and are thinking of trying a mcra event, I wouldn't waste your time or money. The weekend was cheap and that was definitely for a reason. The racing was crazy good to watch but still couldn't make up for the weekend. Big props to Andy for dealing with us for the weekend.
This is a super clean bike last time I saw it. Nate is super picky.