Ohio Riders Unofficial Mid-Ohio Track Day 2018

[durk]

I’m planning on being there 1 of those days. 

[JustinNck1]

Just made it home. What a day. 2.5+ hours each way driving truck and trailer ducked. Had a blast on track, thanks for help and ice cold cooler @DerekClouser. The MT did great, of course it is more capable than me, but I improved throughout the day. Damn keyhole was my struggle point. Michelin road 5s did good on the track.

[Limitedslip7]

3 hours ago, jacobhawkins said:

Glad everyone who went had nearly perfect weather.  I came in to work very sad today.  Another example of me being an idiot.  So who's up for the 9th/10th???

I'm definitely in for one of those days. The 9th is my birthday so I'm partial to that, plus the weather is looking nice so far. Then again, the weather for today looked really nice a week ago too...

[Gixxus Christ!]

1 hour ago, JustinNck1 said:

Just made it home. What a day. 2.5+ hours each way driving truck and trailer ducked. Had a blast on track, thanks for help and ice cold cooler @DerekClouser. The MT did great, of course it is more capable than me, but I improved throughout the day. Damn keyhole was my struggle point. Michelin road 5s did good on the track.

Damn! You got boogered up proper! 

[Bjorn]

It was fun thanks for your help @DerekClouser

[DerekClouser]

Awesome day at the track yesterday!  We did get rain towards the latter part of the day which brought things to a stop, but we were able to get in 5 great sessions. 

Thanks @TimTheAzn for letting us use the garage. 

Thank you @J_Copeland for the tow on my very first Intermediate Session.  Good to learn some spots where I was being lazy at before in Novice and showed a lot of where I can make up quite a few seconds. 

Met @Bjorn and his significant other.  Glad you guys had a great time.  Hope your ride home wasn't too terribly wet.  Hopefully we can see you at the next track event!  

And finally @JustinNck1  -- Awesome to witness your first track event!  You'd better LET THAT FZ10 eat on the back stretch NEXT TIME!! 

Here are a few pics: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jacobhawkins]

Great pics man, glad you had a great day and congratulations on the bump!  Can't wait to be on track with you soon!

[JustinNck1]

15 minutes ago, DerekClouser said:

You'd better LET THAT FZ10 eat on the back stretch NEXT TIME!! 

I know, it was the street mentality stuck in my brain thinking, "Going to jail at this speed". Then on the sessions when I was going to, I was behind the guy on the 250.

[TimTheAzn]

5 hours ago, JustinNck1 said:

Then on the sessions when I was going to, I was behind the guy on the 250.

Just pass em next time. 

[DerekClouser]

10 hours ago, TimTheAzn said:

Just pass em next time. 

You know them novice rules be restricting them passes on them 250s. 

[Rodehard]

Thanks @TimTheAzn for getting this ball rolling, had an awesome time and was great to meet some of the guys from OR.  After the first post-lunch session it was obvious I was done, felt the dehydration headache coming on so I loaded up and headed home about 2:30.  Drove thru a torrential downpour on the way back to Delaware!

Man, I'm slow.  The keyhole is a bitch - can't get pass the sphincter pucker no matter how many people tell me that crappy looking pavement has grip.

I started the day in @DerekClouser's group, but I can't hang with you guys!  So I dropped down to group 3, but ended up spending every session behind a guy who almost crashed at least twice each time out - so I hung waaaayyyy back from him.  Nice guy, pretty good rider, but I did NOT want to hit him if he went down.

Late August when I get my vaca time replenished I'm doing another track day!

@CrazySkullCrusher ,  @J_Copeland  and I pilfered your garage spot - sorry you couldn't find a ride in dude!  Next track day we can both get to the garage spot is on me.

@J_Copeland  thanks for hanging with me, enjoyed chatting with you.

Some pics from the day.  I never got a knee down (again), but did manage to grind some pegs and eliminate the chicken stripes from the rear tire😀!

And......the Ducati dudes from Detroit in the garage next to us brought a V4.  Boner.

[TimTheAzn]

20 hours ago, DerekClouser said:

You know them novice rules be restricting them passes on them 250s. 

LOL I know. Somehow I magically appeared behind the control rider every novice session I ran at Mid-O. Regardless the order we pitted out. 

[MatthewPowerPlug]

Hi All-

I just signed up for Mid-Ohio Track Riding on Monday, July 9, 2018 (only doing one day).

Anyone have a garage to share? Or would want to split one if I bought a garage spot?

I've raced cars at Mid-Ohio years ago, but haven't been there with a bike yet, so this will be my first time riding there. I've mostly done track days on the bike at Grattan and GingerMan. Really looking forward to Mid-Ohio!!!

Matthew.

[TimTheAzn]

Just now, MatthewPowerPlug said:

Hi All-

I just signed up for Mid-Ohio Track Riding on Monday, July 9, 2018 (only doing one day).

Anyone have a garage to share? Or would want to split one if I bought a garage spot?

I've raced cars at Mid-Ohio years ago, but haven't been there with a bike yet, so this will be my first time riding there. I've mostly done track days on the bike at Grattan and GingerMan. Really looking forward to Mid-Ohio!!!

Matthew.

 

[J_Copeland]

@RodehardNice meeting and hanging out with you.

 

@DerekClouser You rode real good for your 1st I group session.I'll need a tow from you from now on.