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It should be interesting to see how the parking will work out since the paddock is already full with the AMA guys

I'll be there. Just reserved my spot for the Intermediate level

That was me! I was out taking photos of you guys since I still wanted to be there even though I didn't have a bike ready. I'll start uploading photos to my SmugMug tonight when I get back to CBus. Here's the link: http://m5racing.smugmug.com/

I have a few of the photos in Canon RAW format; if you're interested please let me know!

David

Alright great. If you have any photos of a black\white GSXR with yellow number plates, that's me. I'll check them out later and let you know.

That was me! I was out taking photos of you guys since I still wanted to be there even though I didn't have a bike ready. I'll start uploading photos to my SmugMug tonight when I get back to CBus. Here's the link: http://m5racing.smugmug.com/

I have a few of the photos in Canon RAW format; if you're interested please let me know!

David

Alright great. If you have any photos of a black\white GSXR with yellow number plates, that's me. I'll check them out later and let you know.

Not a bad day overall. The weather started to get crappy, but cleared up pretty good. Track surface was a little cold, but I'll take that over a wet Mid Ohio surface any day. I did see that someone was out there taking pictures. Does anyone know if someone is selling those photos?

I'll be in the Intermediate group. I may be in slow part of this group until I get used to this bike.

I'll definately be there on my new (to me) K6 GSXR 750 on Sept 6. I put my TL through enough abuse this season and I would rather keep it for the street. See you all there.

Wow!!! That's the fastest section of the track and this was always my worst fear when I people were passing me down that straight because you'll never know when the person in front of you may decide to alter their line.

I just read about that this morning myself. This had to have happened on Tuesday. Any word on if the rider is alright? I know that it's the unfortunate reality of the our hobby, but I hate to see anyone seriously injured from doing what we all love to do.

I second that. I would love to see some pictures from Monday's intermediate group.

I had a great time as well. Finally, a completely dry track day. We couldn't have ask for better weather for a track day (not too hot, but warm enough for great grip around the track). This was my first time out in the intermediate group and once I got used to pace, and being passed (as well as passing others), I had a blast. I'm truely addicted. A special thanks to Scott Evans for coaching me. I definately learned alot.

So far the weather looks pretty promising. 0% rain for Monday. Could this be my first completely dry trackday?

Besides the crappy weather, I really enjoyed this track on Saturday. Especially when we had a few hours of dry weather (just enough for the track to dry up. To me, the bumpy patches throughout the track were not bad. There were lines that could be taken to avoid some of the rougher ones. The only turn that kinda messes with my head is I think is turn 13 (the final turn to the front straight) because of the patch-work but I felt pretty planted throughout the rest of the course (when it was dry).

This is ridiculous. What are the chances that the weather forecast is exactly the same as it was for the April 24 Mid-Ohio track day that got rained out. Mother nature really has it in for us this spring.

So far I'm seeing 40% chance of thunderstorm showers for the area on Saturday. Someone please tell me that I'm wrong. After being rained out at Mid-Ohio and falling twice because of the wet conditions, I'm really looking forward to a dry track day.

I'll be there on the 22nd for sure.

I'll be there on the 7th as well. Hopefully, we'll have better luck with the weather. I was surprised to see that mid-ohio credited us for the april 24/25 dates. I was just expecting it to be a loss.

Wow. I really appreciate all of the great advice. I'll definately watch for that dip at the end of that back straight. Sounds like a good place to practice working out my suspension adjustments. Hope to see you guys out there.

Wow. I heard that there were alot of imperfections at this track, but its really that bad? I guess I didn't think it would be that bad with as many races that are held there through fasttrax. I'll be sure to really take my time out there as I'm not looking forward to going down again on just my second outing. Thanks for the warning.

This will be my second track day event at a new track, Nelson Ledges. Anyone else going? Does anyone have any advise for a newbie at this track?

I called Mid-Ohio myself and found out that if you attended both dates (4/24 and 4/25) you will receive a $125 credit toward your next track day. If you only attended one of those dates, you'll receive $65 credit. This is only valid for May and June track day events. I'm glad to see that midohio is giving us something to make up for the crappy weather that weekend. Looks like I'll be signing up for June 7 for sure. Not quite sure if I'll sign up the 8th as well yet.

I didn't hear about a discount if we showed up for both days. Was this discount offered through the midohio school? Some please tell me that this is true.

I'm not really completely discouraged. At least I learned a valuable lesson about being smooth and having good throttle control around the track at a slow speed which is absolutley imperative when its wet. And since I've already tasted the pavement, the fear of the first fall is out of the way. So, it wasn't a complete waste of money.

Thanks for the offer on the garage, I'll keep a lookout if I'm there the same day.

It wasn't me either, but I did participate in both Saturday and Sunday trackday events. Just sucks that the worst rain that we've received in this town thus far just happened to occur on that weekend. This was my very first track day and I was one of the riders that went down in the novice group due to slippery conditions. Alot of people warned me about how slippery this track gets in the wet and several people refused to put their bike on the track after it rained, but I couldn't see myself spending that much money for a track day and not ride. Fortunately my fall was a low speed low slide (about 30 mph) and it didin't result in much damage. For any other newbies, it you choose to ride at mid ohio in the rain, please ride smart and cautiously, especially around the slippery black areas that I'll just call black ice. I will be at Nelson Ledges next month and plan on coming back to mid ohio in June. Hopefully both dates will be dry.