Casper Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 That was a blast. Good seeing everyone. Glad I finished (and not in last!!!). Lots to work on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Always lots to work on. My day went as follows:Got randomly gridded on the last row for stock XR, but avoided the turn 1 carnage. 5 laps later, I'm in a group of 4, and the lead rider loses the front. I literally ran him over and flipped over the bars. Finishes the race a lap down, then saw that I have 2 busted spokes. Safety wired and taped that up, raced F3 and did okay.Raced stock XR2, and turned a personal best on my busted wheel. Took 11th out of 18 experts. It might be a long year! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bark615 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) Good time today!!! I think you did pretty good for your first time out! Here is Race 2 start of the Stock XR Novice class! I have more pix and video to sort and will post up once I do! Edited April 27, 2014 by bark615 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 My starts were horrible. I couldn't get the bike to idle. Hopefully I'll have that hashed out before the next practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Let me rephrase that: My everything was horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 I had a good time. Glad I decided to do a season of this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 I had a good time. Glad I decided to do a season of this.Yup. Glad you convinced me to join you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) It was great to see more ORDN members out.It only gets to be more fun as you improve. Todd and Adam might be making legitimate runs for a novice points championship if they keep it up.I was corner-working the XR novice race and watching everyone improve throughout the second race, let alone throughout the day.For a guy who has never been on a track before, Ben killed it too. Enjoy this time where you're dropping 2-3 seconds a weekend. You will be turning 1:00 laps in no time, and them spending an entire season chasing that next second.I know i said this at the track, but DO THE ENDURANCE RACE. it will amaze you how fast you can go when you're tired. It just gives you a great chance to settle in and ride your own ride.Gavin and I did 30-minute shifts last year, and the rider swaps are almost as entertaining as the racing. Edited April 28, 2014 by redkow97 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Let me rephrase that: My everything was horrible. Did you crash on the warmup lap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Did you crash on the warmup lap?No sir. No crashes for me. That was my goal, finish the races and not crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowdog Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Definitely a great time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bark615 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Did you crash on the warmup lap? That is a shitty first race of the season when you crash the warm up lap and have to ride the medic kart back to the pits! ** don't ask me how I know that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bark615 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Some more footage from the Novice XR race! The XR Expert class was a meat grinder class this weekend! Take the line wherever you can find it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.504 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Wish I could have made it, hopefully next round I will be able to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 What kind of speeds do these reach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) What kind of speeds do these reach? at CRP? maybe 45. At PIRC with the different gearing, more like 50. I take that back - let me look at MyLaps. That will post the average speed for the fastest laps. I feel like the average speed is more like 43 for the fast guys, so they have to be going better than 45 in the straights... Edited April 28, 2014 by redkow97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 ^^45-50 is good enough. That's what I was wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoblick Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 i was disappointed in the Grom, well i guess more myself. 1:01 lap times, was not even close to what i thought i was going to be running. especially when last year i was running 58s on the NSR. seeing how big the grid is in Stock XR makes me wanna ditch racing the grom and get back on an XR for the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowdog Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) DO IT!! would be cool to see you at the track each week racing the XR. Edited April 28, 2014 by bowdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted April 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 DO IT!! would be cool to see you at the track each week racing the XR.Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.504 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 i was disappointed in the Grom, well i guess more myself. 1:01 lap times, was not even close to what i thought i was going to be running. especially when last year i was running 58s on the NSR. seeing how big the grid is in Stock XR makes me wanna ditch racing the grom and get back on an XR for the season.I just bought a grom, how big was the turn out for groms? Was there very much prep that went into the bike to make race legal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnone Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 i was disappointed in the Grom, well i guess more myself. 1:01 lap times, was not even close to what i thought i was going to be running. especially when last year i was running 58s on the NSR. seeing how big the grid is in Stock XR makes me wanna ditch racing the grom and get back on an XR for the season.You will feel much stronger when you crash that pretty thing. Biggie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 You will feel much stronger when you crash that pretty thing. BiggieYeah Ryan... Let me ride it... I'll take care of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Don't ditch it. It's still F3 legal. Just race an XR too. Then you can take risks on the XR while still working toward faster times on the Grom. You can't expect to hit all your goals for the season in the first weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bark615 Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 You will feel much stronger when you crash that pretty thing.Biggie Ditto... that is a sweet looking ride you have there! Would hate to see that thing sliding down the track! XR is where it's at!! Come join the fun again!!! Three wide into Turn 1 !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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