posted on June 11, 2010 11:26
Formula Xtreme Championship - Round 2 - Winton Raceway - VIC - June 2010
Talk about freezing cold! Although the sun was shining for the three days at Winton Raceway the temperature was very cold and it made me realise that tyre warmers serve more of a purpose than just heating rubber - they are used to defrost hands and feet.
I had only ridden at Winton once before and not on my R6 so I knew there was going to be a challenge ahead. I went into qualifying on the Saturday a little disappointed as my practice times from the day before left a little to be desired, but decided to make some small set-up changes to the suspension to make the braking a little bit more stable. This worked in my favour as I had "Pinky" feeling the best she has probably ever felt. We did have our qualifying session very early in the morning which left a great deal of fog sitting over the track and it made it extremely hard to see and judge your speed.
It did take most of Saturday (yes I was having a shocker!) to get the confidence to push a bit harder for Sunday as it was a very unfamiliar, twisty and extremely bumpy racetrack!
There were approximatley 30 entries and I was planning on a top 10 finish for the weekend, so I knew I had my work cut out for me. I guess I didn't eat my weet-bix on Saturday as my results weren't as great as I'd hoped, but I managed to get it together for Sunday to keep me in the top 10 for the overall series points.
In four weeks we head to Eastern Creek which is my home track - I'll be pushing for better than a top 10 result that's for sure. :)
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