QLD RR Rd3 - whos going? Oct 25

[adam]

Just wondering whos going to this?

[SM93]

hopefully i am

[RELPHY]

yep i'll be there

[TG]

I'll be there. Doing the track day too.

[Daws]

I'm booked in for the trackday. No doubt I'll race too, got to understand how the new forks and brakes work before NZ.

[lee#25]

I'm doing the track day, but wont be racing this one. No point seeing as I didn't do the other rounds and I don't feel like sleeping in the car for the weekend :lol:

[adam]

i spoke to gordy and we were talking about camping at the track.

[Joe]

I won't be doing it, but I better put your clutch back in !

[adam]

im still not sure if im going so no rush. Im trying to get out of going to dubai but if i cant let me know what flight you are on and if im there i'll try and get on the same one as you coming back.

[Joe]

yeah cool, we wil get drunk on the way home :D:D Thanks again for the clutch

[david]

I'll be there for the track day, not sure about the weekend though.

[Daws]

So very tired but for me it went like this:

Trackday - Slower than my PB but quicker than the other motards.

Qualifying - Rubbish 1.2 seconds off my PB, although everyone was a bit slower. Front row, Grid Position 4 (My fave spot)

Racing -

R1 missed the lights, dropped back to 6th by turn 4, made up one place on L2 then Maico graciously waved me through so I could try and catch the superfast 490 Hondas. made up some ground but not enough laps left so finished 4th :(

R2 got a good start but grabbed a bit too much front brake trying to avoid another rider which resulted in a lowside and slide across the track with 9 bikes behind me. Ruined Maico's race as he ran off trying to avoid me. I wasn't too happy about wrecking another helmet. :(

With some help we got the handlebars straight and did a few other things, bike and rider cleared to race again.

R3 Got a good start, ran around in 3rd most of the race apart from half a lap in 4th due to a hamfooted gearchange. 2nd place rider lowsided on the exit of T1 and I ran off track trying to avoid him, 4th place nipped though and I cruised to finish in 3rd.

R4 3rd into T1 and that's where I stayed all race, P2 rider was riding very well, I was generally carrying more corner speed but couldn't find a way round. I was hoping I would pressure him into making a mistake again but he was too good for me.

Obviously a DNF didn't help my points for the round and I am disappointed about crashing (again!) but my laptimes improved and I was consistently the second fasted out there behind Magee so there were some positives from the weekend.

Big thanks to Sporties and all of the volunteers for a great meeting. Good to see some new faces racing and it was great to see Maico out there on the RD400 Hysterical showing up the CBR250's :up:

[maico949]

Had a great weekend apart from falling off and making a mess of my Yamaha.
I got it all fixed up and back on the track then ran the bike in the naked class.
No numbers, no nothing.
Still had a ball racing with the 250 4 strokes.
Had a good weekend on the motard apart from Paul wrecking my brake pedal with his helmet;););).
I think we need to get a vets motard race as these young guns are getting too fast :D:D:D
Thanks to Paul and Tom for being my push starters all weekend.
Hopefully I can get my bike all fixed up and looking pretty again for the next race.
Maico 949

[david]

Great race report Paul, you sure did challenge those Onda's.

I had fun at the track day, improved on my times once again.

The racing was great as usual, motards the best of course. Flagged at point 4 and 8 both days, took some pics on my new u-beaut phone I thought, but none there now, damn.

[devo]

Oh bugger Gordon :(

[maestro]

sorry i missed it. should have gone. quit my job anyway on wednesday. fukit:(