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As with the rest of my
season everything went downhill from there on for the weekend.
Running to just the 1/8th mile in the quarter final round to
complete the Round 2 race on Friday I knew it was going to be
important to cut a decent light and I did. Unfortunately
the aggressive approach to leaving first resulted in an over
heated clutch induced wheelie resulting in a round lose.
Switching over to the
08 model busa for the first round of qualifying Friday night
proved to be more difficult than anticipated. Qualifiers
1-3 all left me in the middle of the pack at 12th with nothing
I changed on the bike resulting in anything more than uncontrollable
wheelies 100-200' out. Frustrated with the results from
qualifying I went ahead & ran the 08 bike some more during
Saturday night's grudge session but no changes made were helping
tame the bike down.
Knowing I needed to get
past at least first round of eliminations on Sunday I turned
down the NOS to only 50% and stretched the build time waaaaaay
out. Once again I left first and waited until the bike
was about 300' out before turning on the NOS. Unfortunately
I turned the bike so far down it barely sprayed anything during
the whole run resulting in a round lose by just .037. Close
race, but no win light again.
With a long break until
the next event, Pingle Thunder Nationals, at nearby O'Reilly
Raceway Park the first weekend in August the plan is to get in
at least 2 much needed test sessions to sort out chassis and
NOS tune up issues. Hopefully I can show the true potential
of my APE/TSUKIGI Racing backed 08 busa at my hometown race.
Stay Tuned!!
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