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Some of the DOGs have been asking about track days.  Well there's a new company in town this year called Chicane Track Days   and now offers complete track day coverage; instructors, corner workers (for safety) and ambulance.   [clap] [clap] [clap]  Check out their site.  Discount if you purchase online.  I'm going tomorrow to the Pueblo sesson - there's another one coming up in April.  I'll post up on how good the organization is.  Cheers.   [thumbsup]

http://www.chicanetrackdays.com/ (ftp://http://www.chicanetrackdays.com/)  [moto]

Well....where is your assessment?

Dude,

I've been so freakin' busy at work, sorry.  Here's the scoop and my assessment. 

1.  The sessions began at 9:00 a.m. with sessions every 20 minutes separated by skill level: advanced first, intermediate second and beginners third.  The track was closed from 12:00 to 1:00.  Sessions were handled like Swiss clockwork.  No shortage of track time for me, in fact I was at muscle fatigue by the time I completed my 2:00 p.m. session. 

2.  Chicane Track Days provided an ambulance (used once) and track workers to control the traffic.  They use 4 different flags to control the riders and had 4 points around the track for signalling the riders.  There were 3 mishaps during the intermediate session so we had 1 red (head to pit) and 2 yellows (caution). 

3.  Most of the riders were MRA riders and rode both advanced and intermediate sessions.  Particularly heavy as this was the first open track session this year.  Many of the MRA riders I rode with in the intermediate session were testing new bikes or dialing in suspensions.  I don't think this will be the case once the MRA season opens up.   

4.  The beginners get instrucion and supervised laps.  No such luck for intermediate or advanced riders.  They were riding very slow (which is a good thing) and speed came up as they got familiar with the track and track riding.  The instructors brought the beginners up into the late afternoon intermediate session to give them a taste of faster traffic. 

The downside was that in the intermediate and advanced, a bit of jockeying took place.  So some passes were 'race like' vice the typical track day rules of not racing and taking away someone's line in the turns.  I got passed inside and out by two bikes competing a bit close for what I expected for a track day.  Where are the cops when you need them?   [leo]

On the flip side, off the track, the riders were exceptionally good natured and everyone seemed to be your new best friend.   [beer]


In the end I had a FANTASTIC day of riding.  I rode faster than I've ever done at Pueblo.  And I eliminated all vestiges of chicken strips on my tires.   [cheeky]

I give it two thumbs up. [thumbsup]  [thumbsup]