Yeah I had a great time. Now I have to get all cagey and sneaky like
the Banty. ;)

--- In NorcalF200@yahoogroups.com, "cmbtflyr" <speedrome@...> wrote:
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> ya have a good time Brad? LOL!!
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> We had a blast as well, the Road Course people are awesome and
> Thunderhill Raceway is really a spectacular place. Right in our
> "backyard" too! Im sure we will be making more trips Road Racing
now
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> --- In NorcalF200@yahoogroups.com, "Brad" <virtualwun@> wrote:
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> > Got home Saturday night and Cathy asked how was it? After
thinking
> > about it a second I said that was the most fun I've ever had in a
kart
> > my entire karting career. Granted, that is only a couple of
years but
> > I'm telling you, that was some SERIOUS racing at SERIOUS speeds.
Our
> > AVERAGE speed was over 70. Not a bad for a little industrial
engine,
> > eh?
> >
> > First off the track is AWESOME. When we dropped off the hauler
on
> > Friday night the first thing we noticed was "The Eagles Nest", an
> > imposing ribbon of asphalt coming down this big ass hill. Coming
out
> > of the left hander that is turn 4 you start going up a hill (30-
50
> > elevation change) to "the nest". At the top of the hill you have
to
> > make a left turn (which you can't see). As soon as you apex that
turn
> > you had better start turning right (not that you can see the
track goes
> > that way of course) or you WILL be off the track. The Eagles
Nest
> > claimed a bunch of victims throughout the day including yours
truly who
> > was leading on the white flag lap.
> >
> > What is really cool about road racing is all the drafting. I
wish I
> > would have remembered Billy telling me earlier in the week that
we
> > needed to hookup and work together. After the morning practice I
was
> > WAY off his pace, something like 19 seconds a LAP. So when the
race
> > started I figured that would be the last I'd see of Billy. I
didn't
> > anticipate that Billy would lose a couple of seconds and I'd be
able to
> > lop off 16 seconds from my practice times. The result being that
after
> > a lap or so I realized, holy crap, I can run with these guys.
> > WooooHOOO! From then on the lead pack consisted of Billy and I
along
> > with a few of the WF guys.
> >
> > Now, had I been smart I would have, like I said earlier,
remembered
> > that I needed to work with Billy. However, on the second lap or
so I
> > saw an opportunity to pass Billy. WHAT? Pass Billy??!
WOOOOOHOOOO!
> > Wondered if I'd ever even keep up with him let alone pass him but
there
> > it was. Plus, you have to understand that earlier in the day
Billy was
> > giving me crap about something or another and I popped off "yeah
well,
> > I'm going to give you the Banty wave (think of making a shark fin
with
> > your hand on top of your helmet and then wiggling your fingers
> > quickly) as I pass yer ass today. He gives me that yeah right,
> > surrrrrrre you'll be passing me, keep dreaming kindda look.
> >
> > But there it was, coming out of turn 2 going into
3….wooooohooooo, I
> > can make it!. If you look closely you can see me take my right
hand
> > off the wheel give him a quick Banty wave as we go into 3 while I
> > desperately try and make the turn with my left hand(pretty stupid
> > considering we had been flat out since coming onto the front
straight
> > and were probably doing 75+). Billy ends up passing me back a
couple
> > turns later (having screwed up the Eagles Nest yet again). The
passing
> > was fantastic. There were probably 15-20 lead changes during the
> > race. At one point I went from 1st to 5th and back to 1st again
all in
> > one lap.
> >
> > I've uploaded the video of the first half of the race.
Unfortunately,
> > the best part of the race is the second half which I didn't
capture. :
> > ( I hope the weather cooperates in November for the Infineon
race.
> > For those of you that couldn't make this race you have GOT to
check out
> > a road race. Personally, if I have as much fun at Infineon as I
did at
> > TH I may have to become a road racer.
> >
> > Congrats to Derick on his second place finish in the F200 Cup
group.
> > So who won? Billy, of course. Being the old cagey vet he is he
> knew
> > the race was going to be won in a the last couple corners. I, on
the
> > other hand, was having such a blast running up front (having
never done
> > that before) that I took the lead at every opportunity. Steve
and I
> > were talking about the race on the way home and I was kind of
kicking
> > myself for not working with Billy better. But Steve knew what
the deal
> > was, probably better than I did. The Banty has led a lot of laps
and
> > won a bunch of races. I haven't even lead a lap (let alone win a
race)
> > with Billy in it. At least for that day, if I could lead laps I
was
> > going to. Now that I've got that out of my system, the next time
I'll
> > try and run smarter and not take myself out on the last lap
running in
> > the lead, where you DON'T want to be on a drafting track.
> >
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