JR
22-03-2005, 02:47 PM
Well ya'll had my first SM race of the year, and boy was it a great one.
To start the day off, I had all rains on, I wasnt sure about the weather so I put them on ( no rain ). The first practice was great, but the second practice the tires were so hot and smoking so much that I could smell them when I was racing, I pulled off thinking that I had a tire going down or they were litterally on fire (lol), but they were just going away bad. In the qualifing race I finished 4th out of 10, sort of taking it easy so that my tires would last.
THE MAIN EVENT: I was on the second row inside, the green flag goes and there I sat ... I was in friggen neutral, the whole field goes by me, so I say to myself, "lets go get them" so thats what I did (now you all have to remember I am on a YZ250F while everyone else is on a 450 or bigger). Well it didnt take me long to catch the pack, I past 2 guys going into turn 5 on the second lap. I really had to push myself and hoping these tire would hold up for me. I started trying a new line, and boy am I glad I did, by the time the 10th lap came around I was giving the guy in 3rd a wheel in every corner. Around the 14th lap we were going down the front staight away and he could pull me there so I just held it wide open for a few seconds longer than he did, and farther than i normally do and I pased him going into turn one, so that puts me in 3rd. I really had to be on my game, we were going into turn 4 I went in really hot and a little wide but I was setting meself up to come out of the corner at a higher speed, but when I started to come back in the guy in 4th hits me hard as hell, he ends up flying over the back of my bike and somehow I stayed on my bike and didnt lose a position. They red flag the race cause of oil(he blew his bike), when we were lining up to do the last few laps my bike starts puking water, so they made me get off the track. By the time I got to my trailer they decided to call the race. SO I GOT 3RD PLACE ON A 250F IN THE 450 CLASS!!!!!! :supz:
JR
To start the day off, I had all rains on, I wasnt sure about the weather so I put them on ( no rain ). The first practice was great, but the second practice the tires were so hot and smoking so much that I could smell them when I was racing, I pulled off thinking that I had a tire going down or they were litterally on fire (lol), but they were just going away bad. In the qualifing race I finished 4th out of 10, sort of taking it easy so that my tires would last.
THE MAIN EVENT: I was on the second row inside, the green flag goes and there I sat ... I was in friggen neutral, the whole field goes by me, so I say to myself, "lets go get them" so thats what I did (now you all have to remember I am on a YZ250F while everyone else is on a 450 or bigger). Well it didnt take me long to catch the pack, I past 2 guys going into turn 5 on the second lap. I really had to push myself and hoping these tire would hold up for me. I started trying a new line, and boy am I glad I did, by the time the 10th lap came around I was giving the guy in 3rd a wheel in every corner. Around the 14th lap we were going down the front staight away and he could pull me there so I just held it wide open for a few seconds longer than he did, and farther than i normally do and I pased him going into turn one, so that puts me in 3rd. I really had to be on my game, we were going into turn 4 I went in really hot and a little wide but I was setting meself up to come out of the corner at a higher speed, but when I started to come back in the guy in 4th hits me hard as hell, he ends up flying over the back of my bike and somehow I stayed on my bike and didnt lose a position. They red flag the race cause of oil(he blew his bike), when we were lining up to do the last few laps my bike starts puking water, so they made me get off the track. By the time I got to my trailer they decided to call the race. SO I GOT 3RD PLACE ON A 250F IN THE 450 CLASS!!!!!! :supz:
JR