Hoblick Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 and competitively?meaning your not a once and a while racer, you do an entire season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue03636 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I did all of last season and plan on doing 3/4 or more of this season. Define competitively. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I did all of last season and plan on doing 3/4 or more of this season. Define competitively. lolAre you any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue03636 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I did ok, got a trophy at the end of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJC1000rr Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) I did pretty well last year in WERA until I got taken out at Summit. Hope to do better this year, even with changing to Motoseries.5- Top 5 Finishes (3 Podiums)7- Top 10 Finishes Edited January 18, 2012 by SJC1000rr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue03636 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I did pretty well last year in WERA until I got taken out at Summit. Hope to do better this year, even with changing to Motoseries.5- Top 5 Finishes (3 Podiums)7- Top 10 FinishesThis is not going to help me this year. I better get my ass in gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 very few people race a "full" season with WERA, or MotoSeries... There's simply too much travel, and/or too many dates. Plus I think it's more fun to spend my money on 3 races in 1 weekend, rather than 1 race over 3 separate weekends (makes your travel more worth it)MotoSeries makes things much easier, but WERA's regions are wacky (although less so for 2012) for people in Ohio. We're kind of half way between two of their regions. If you ran every race at the 5 tracks closest to Ohio, you'd be doing half your races in one region, and half in another. If you actually want to vie for a championship run, you have to concentrate on ONE region. For me, that would mean learning Grattan, and pretty much ignoring Summit Main.That said, as I noted, it's pretty rare that very many people actually attend EVERY race in their region. If you just show up at every round, and then don't crash out, you've got a decent chance at being in the top 10 for points at the end of the season.In C superstock/superbike, I finished between 5th and 11th, depending who else was on the grid that day (Steve being gone helped me get the 5th ). That's with a starting grid of 14-17 riders.I figure if I attended every race in my region, my worst finishes would be around 10th, and my best might land me on the podium if one of the faster novices crashes out. I got pretty close to a podium this season in B superbike, but again, that's more because it was a light grid (9 riders) than because I was kicking ass.Up to this point, I've chosen having fun over trying to rack up championship points. That may change after law school, the bar, and a 'real' job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue03636 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I did a full season last year more as a bucket list thing more than anything, well that and someone (cough cough Nick cough) was suppose to run with me all year to see where we ended up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJC1000rr Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I have all the race weekends off through August Craig, so chances are I will make most if not all of the race weekends this year. Pending no major issues/crashes...so maybe you can try it again with someone faster to work with! Though Brian will probably be there and then we all get schooled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Does moto series have an expert/novice distinction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbot Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 yuppers. i am deeply in the novice pile. they actually have a special category for me labeled "nubsauce" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJC1000rr Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I thought it was Crash-O-Matic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue03636 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I have all the race weekends off through August Craig, so chances are I will make most if not all of the race weekends this year. Pending no major issues/crashes...so maybe you can try it again with someone faster to work with! Though Brian will probably be there and then we all get schooled! I'm still trying to talk the wife into moving our daughters bday party and our anniversary. yuppers. i am deeply in the novice pile. they actually have a special category for me labeled "nubsauce"I hope my asian buddy can make it back out, we had a good fight going at beaver. I missed you the last part of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapesmuggler27 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Even though I'm not competitive at this point, I try to make it to all races I can like Chris said doing all races is very expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jat42 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I'm going to try and make all the moto series events and some wera events.....i mean theres only 5 i think in the north central region Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I'm going to try and make all the moto series events and some wera events.....i mean theres only 5 i think in the north central regionwhich is why i said the 2012 is less ridiculous. I would really like to do a "full" north central season as well, but time (and more importantly funds) are at a premium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1crusher Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I did ok, got a trophy at the end of the season.He failed to mention his trophy was for knobbing Todd an entire season.:sexytime:Everyone knows Nick is faster anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat6183 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I raced the last nelson event last year when I did my race school to get a full license. As Jbot said, Im in that special class. I mean I always did ride the short bus to school anyways.But this season I think I should be able to make almost all the events and race at most/all of the ones I make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moto-Brian Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I know a guy. He's old and doesn't do full seasons anymore, but will race wherever he can as long as it doesn't interfere with regular life... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue03636 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I know a guy. He's old and doesn't do full seasons anymore, but will race wherever he can as long as it doesn't interfere with regular life... I have seen this guy pass me a mach 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moto-Brian Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 And, a lot of guys do not do full seasons. Even AMA Privateers like Wrobel and Neyra don't as it is too much money. Or, if racing WERA and other regional events, there is no longer any money to be made like it used to be. I could win $1500 per class back in the day. It wasn't uncommon to see the likes of Jensen and Batey, etc. racing and making $10k plus a weekend...Why do you ask? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moto-Brian Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I have seen this guy pass me a mach 1. Problem with that is those young fags are doing Mach 1.2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kritz Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Does drag racing count:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoblick Posted January 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 And, a lot of guys do not do full seasons. Even AMA Privateers like Wrobel and Neyra don't as it is too much money. Or, if racing WERA and other regional events, there is no longer any money to be made like it used to be. I could win $1500 per class back in the day. It wasn't uncommon to see the likes of Jensen and Batey, etc. racing and making $10k plus a weekend...Why do you ask?just wanted to know who competitively races. and how often they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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