My Hobby? Motorcycle racing.....
My Hobby? Motorcycle racing.....
(OP)
I currently race a Ninja 250 in the PNW area. This coming season, our club is racing at 3 different tracks.
[url=http://www.wmrra.com/schedule.html]Schedule[/url].
Come out and watch some time. All races are completely open pits, so you can wander around and look at the hardware and talk to the riders when you aren't watching the races.
Some shots from last year:
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c146/Wylann/Mtor...
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c146/Wylann/Mtor...
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c146/Wylann/Mtor...
I even managed a couple of podiums:
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c146/Wylann/Mtor...
[url=http://www.wmrra.com/schedule.html]Schedule[/url].
Come out and watch some time. All races are completely open pits, so you can wander around and look at the hardware and talk to the riders when you aren't watching the races.
Some shots from last year:
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c146/Wylann/Mtor...
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c146/Wylann/Mtor...
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c146/Wylann/Mtor...
I even managed a couple of podiums:
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c146/Wylann/Mtor...





RE: My Hobby? Motorcycle racing.....
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RE: My Hobby? Motorcycle racing.....
We don't normally have an ambulance ride on a race weekend, but there are 3-4 per season, usually collar bones.
I had been doing corner working with this club for almost 2 years before I got a bike and started racing. In that time, I had seen a few guys taken out in ambulances, but they were always up and walking.
My first race weekend, during the practice session I was in, we had a guy highside. That was the first time I had seen them call in the life flight helicopter! (Of course, my wife was there, and this only her second time at the track.) That was a little unnerving.
Then, later in the day, during the second race, there was another bad crash where one rider clipped the Jersey barrier at probably over 170 mph. Needless to say, 2 helicopters in the same day made everyone nervous! I still managed to race the next day, and even exceeded my season goal on my first race (not being last!).
Last year, I took a first and third place overall in two of the classes I race, and I'm not even that fast. It's all fun.
RE: My Hobby? Motorcycle racing.....
These were taken in 1970 (I was a lot younger and better looking back then ;-)
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RE: My Hobby? Motorcycle racing.....
Buy a cheap (as in, less than $500) car, put some minimal racing safety stuff on it, and do an endurance race (8 or 12 hours, I forget exactly).