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[LMT]

Found a good blog this morning.  Here http://www.passedbyachick.com/

What else is out there?

[Spidey]

That site looks like it's by Christy.  She races in AFM, the local amateur road racing club in Northern CA. 

Speaking of which, in a week and half, the AFM is starting up its first all-women's class, called AFemme.  It's run-what-ya-brung, so it should be good fun to watch.  Unfortunately, it's at Sears, so Elena Myers won't be there (AFIAK she's not 16 yet and the track has a strict age policy) to womp on everyone.   

[fasterblkduc]

There are a lot of women roadracers now. Jessica Zalusky is an AMA pro who has a riding school. I'm instructing with her school this year.
Her website......http://www.roadracinggirl.com/  I think that currently just her and Melissa paris are racing AMA. (I might be wrong)

On the club racing level, there are many.

[LMT]

I know.  I just wanted to share the blog here with us women and have a catchy title.

[MsTek]

I wanna race. =(

[DesmoDiva]

Now is WSS, too!

Paris does Utah!

Shameless derby from the racing/trackday thread.   

[Ducgirl]

Awsome! Hubby and I will be there to cheer you on!

[mostrobelle]

You should contact Christie.  She's totally into the racing gig and has a lot of connections.  She would love to tell you about all of the women racing out there.  Most of them have blogs of some sort.  Just be careful--she's on a mission to get more chicks out on the grid.  She's pressuring me hard to take NRS (new racers school) and have me take my FZR400 out.  I *might* do NRS.  I have to see if the budget allows it and if I can make the cut-off time when nervous and under pressure.   

[DesmoDiva]

Awsome! Hubby and I will be there to cheer you on!

I wish this was me racing, but sadly it's not.   

You should contact Christie.  She's totally into the racing gig and has a lot of connections.  She would love to tell you about all of the women racing out there.  Most of them have blogs of some sort.  Just be careful--she's on a mission to get more chicks out on the grid.  She's pressuring me hard to take NRS (new racers school) and have me take my FZR400 out.  I *might* do NRS.  I have to see if the budget allows it and if I can make the cut-off time when nervous and under pressure.  

I would totally do a racing school and get into racing if time/budget allowed.  I'm also in the wrong part of the country.  There are not many tracks up here in the northeast. 

[mostrobelle]

The "school" I'm referring to is only an extra $100 tacked onto a normal trackday.  There are some classroom sessions and a practical exam at the end.  Even on my limited budget I can't really complain about the cost of this.  I don't know if that's an option for you.  There are other racer's schools which teach you to go fast--the one I reference is more like a DMV test for our local racing club that ensures that you pass minimum safety measures along with some tips. 

[Spidey]

You should contact Christie.  She's totally into the racing gig and has a lot of connections.  She would love to tell you about all of the women racing out there.  Most of them have blogs of some sort.  Just be careful--she's on a mission to get more chicks out on the grid.  She's pressuring me hard to take NRS (new racers school) and have me take my FZR400 out.  I *might* do NRS.  I have to see if the budget allows it and if I can make the cut-off time when nervous and under pressure.   

There is no cut-off time for NRS, 'belle (unless you were talking about cut-off times for the races).  You just have to show that you can keep pace (i.e. that it's not your first time on a track), take consistent lines and show that you're not dangerous or unpredictable.  You'll be fine.  And don't crash during NRS.

[mostrobelle]

There is no cut-off time for NRS, 'belle (unless you were talking about cut-off times for the races).  You just have to show that you can keep pace (i.e. that it's not your first time on a track), take consistent lines and show that you're not dangerous or unpredictable.  You'll be fine.  And don't crash during NRS.

Lance (the owner of the NRS that I'm considering--for those that don't know) said that there was a cut off of 2:25 at Thunderhill (one of our local tracks also for those that don't know.)  Perhaps I misunderstood.  And generally I don't have too much trouble doing a 2:25 there.  But I do remember you saying that there wasn't a cut-off a while ago.  I'll ask him next time I see him or email. 

[Spidey]

I doubt that applies to a decades-old 400.  Even Clubman qualy times for a 250 are something like 2:35ish, so they could hold that line.  The number Lance gave you probably applies to a "normal" bike.  If someone can't do 2:25 at T-hill on a modern, 600cc+ bike, they probably aren't ready to race.  Double heck with datv and tigre (who will probably be giving you your test  ).  They'll confirm. 

[mostrobelle]

I doubt that applies to a decades-old 400.  Even Clubman qualy times for a 250 are something like 2:35ish, so they could hold that line.  The number Lance gave you probably applies to a "normal" bike.  If someone can't do 2:25 at T-hill on a modern, 600cc+ bike, they probably aren't ready to race.  Double heck with datv and tigre (who will probably be giving you your test  ).  They'll confirm. 

I hadn't thought about different standards being applied to different bikes.  I'll check into it.   

[Ducatista]

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