posted on April 23, 2010 13:35
Honda Rjays St George Road Race Series - ABC&D 600cc & Ladies Class - Round 1 - Wakefield Park
Wakefield Park on Sunday 18th April - I hit the track with no practice the day before, worn tyres and straight into qualifying! Nothing like getting straight into it however, it does take me at least a session or two to get my mind up to the speed we do.
I was planning on racing my new toy, the Yamaha R1 as well in the ladies class but it is still waiting for some extra parts to make it race worthy so "Pinky" the R6 had to do double duties. No suspension changes were made to "Pinky" from the last race so it was a matter of just wrapping her tyres in the warmers to give her some sticky soles to get some grip and we were off - one small factor in that was that the power kept tripping and the tyre warmers were turned off so I went into the first qualifying session for the 600cc class with lukewarm tyres - not great for grip that's for sure which resulted in a poor qualifying time.
Next up was the ladies qualifying session. As there were only three ladies entered for the race meeting, our class was mixed with a few other classes to constitute a full grid of 29 riders on all different bikes. Qualifying went well as so did every race for that class - I won overall - I even missed the start of one of the races and had to start the race from pit lane after the field of riders got away - I was dead last then I was let loose! To my amazement I carved up every single rider in my path to take the win!
The 600cc class was full of pesky boys again and I managed each race to get closer to the front of the pack. In one race only one small mistake by me on the last turn managed to send me off dirt tracking but I managed to get back on track and take Pinky through the chequered flag unscathed. I did manage to pull a personal best lap time on Sunday which had me smiling all the way home. Monday was spent walking around the office in pain - eight races in one day was hectic!
My overall result was 5th for the weekend in the 600cc class and 1st in the Ladies - but check out the Racing Results tab to see lap times and each race placings.
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