Cresson 1.7MI CW July 6th

[JTChiTown]

Ok - went ahead and signed up today.

Who else is going?

Anyone have an Easy-Up canopy I can borrow?

[DarcShadow]

I'll be there and will have the club canopies.

[JTChiTown]

Awesome!

When is everyone else going to sign up?

[shilka99]

I'll be there but I'm doing a 1-on-1 with a Level 3 rider so I'll be a little busy.

[DemonDuck]

I am most likely going to be out of town. If not then I will be there at least to sit around and talk.

[Valentina]

It's a Monday! I
Will be working unfortunately not on the track... I dislike Mondays!!!:)

[Striple]

I will try to make this.

[fixxervi6]

Busy working for the man

[nitzer]

I was just looking at this. I don't work Mondays so it might be perfect for me. I was thinking about doing both days again.

[DarcShadow]

I'll be there Sunday as well, love the 1.3.

[Valentina]

I'll be there Sunday as well, love the 1.3.

Prolly me and Jenson will be there too.

[Stardog]

Planning on it.

[Valentina]

I'll be there Sunday as well, love the 1.3.

Prolly me and Jenson will be there too.

[DemonDuck]

I would like to make it to the 1.3 but don't think I will be able to.

[Striple]

Bike is fixed, so I'm officially in for this one. Since this is on a Monday, I'm hoping for a nice and empty track!

[Valentina]

I don't see you Darc! Are u at Cresson 1.3?!:)

[DarcShadow]

Year was Pitts out in the skid pad area. Forgot the banners. I moved my bike an canopies done to right across from the classroom. I should be there tomorrow around 7 and will try t remember the banners this time.

[Striple]

Cool. I should be there around 7:30.

[Stardog]

Had a blast.

[Striple]

That was a lot of fun! S84 was hauling ass out there, and DS was collecting black flags! And Jeff scrubbed in his new knee pugs.

[JTChiTown]

Yeah. It was a blast. I'm wiped but it was totally worth it!

I guess I didn't hear about DS and the black flags..... Thursday?

And I got the nod to move up to Level 2 for my next event. Damn instructor snuck up on me during the last session I rode (2nd to last) and creeped on me. I guess he missed the accidental wheelie into downshifting into the wrong gear losing the rear and accidental stoppie to keep from off roading through wagon wheel.....

My lap timer on the 675 (driver operated) recorded lap times from the 1:39 (x2) to the 1:45, with the average somewhere around the 1:42 mark. I wasn't the fastest in the group though, there were 2 or 3 guys I had to really struggle to stay with them. As soon as traffic hit, I couldn't catch them. I've got to get some new gloves, and I want to make sure Roger has time to dial in the suspension next time around.

Either way - I'm going back!

[DarcShadow]

I had 2 black flags Sunday, and one Monday. Of the 3, one was an obvious inside pass and I knew it when I did it. One was questionable, and from my perspective was ok. And one was just a corner worker that did not know outside passes were ok.

Was a great two days. The 1.3 really wears out your legs though, so for the 1.7 I was pretty much dead all day long. Did find another guy about my pace on a 675. We were playing cat and mouse the last two sessions of the day. I'd carry a bit more corner entry speed, and he had a bit more power coming out so until one of us made a mistake or got caught in traffic passing each other was a real challenge.

[Valentina]

I got black flagged once. Apparently cos I missed an X in turn one at the 1.3miles track... Huh I thought black flags are for passing... Well rules are rules...and I dislike rules...
Oh well! I'm glad yall had fun!

[Striple]

Yeah, I definitely find some of their rules pretty ridiculous.

[DarcShadow]

Yeah, but if you look at them as a school rather than a track day, it's not too bad. A lot of schools have what seems like really weird rules that turns out to be great teaching tools. Not sure I agree with the X thing but it is what it is. I also really dislike the cones on the track, there has to be a better and just as effective way of keeping students from running off the track going over the hill.