AFM Round #3: Sears Pt. May 7-8

[Spidey]

G'luck, Tigre.  

Race schedule: Infineon May 7 & 8, 2011

Saturday
Practice: 8am to about 3:30pm (5 Groups alternating, 20 min sessions - approx 4 per group)
***Clubman races brought to you by Bay Area Riders Forum***
1. Clubman Middleweight
2. AFemme
... Clubman Lightweight
... Vintage
3. Clubman Heavyweight
4. Formula 40 Heavyweight
... Formula 40 Middleweight
... Formula 40 Lightweight

Sunday
Practice: 6 Groups with 1 practice session each (about 10-15 min)
1. 250 Superbike
... Formula 4
2. 600 Production Sponsor: Keigwins at the Track
3. Open Superbike Sponsor: CT Racing
4. 750 Superbike
5. Formula 3
... 450 Superbike
... 250 Production Sponsor: Erich Stiegler Insurance Agency
6. Open Twins Sponsor: Desmoto Sport
... Open Production Sponsor: The Track Club
7. 600 Superbike Sponsor: Pacific Track Time
8. Formula Pacific
9. Formula 2
... 650 Twins
10. Open GP
11. 750 Production
12. 650 Production
... 500 Twins
... Super Dino
... Formula Singles
13. Formula I Sponsor: Scuderia West

Editor note:
Sunday practices start immediately after riders meeting at 8am
Sunday races usually start close to 10am with 4 or 5 before lunch.

[Desmostro]

Kewl! Goo get'em Tigre!!!

Thanks for posting details Spidey.

[sidm]

Go get 'em!

[tigre]

grrr

 [moto]

[mostrobelle]

Oh man...the giant ball of snot that came from Spidey's larva was AMAZING!  And the racing wasn't half bad either.  (Actually, it was freakin' fantastic.   ) 

[desmoquattro]

Oh man...the giant ball of snot that came from Spidey's larva was AMAZING!  And the racing wasn't half bad either.  (Actually, it was freakin' fantastic.   ) 

How'd our boy do? I was hoping to make it, but wasn't feeling well.

[mostrobelle]

9th - Superbike

2nd - Open Twins (in front of Go-Go)

?? - FP (but in front of Go-Go) 

[tigre]

9th in fp, too.  Gogo 11th. 

[AJ]

WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!! TIGRE that's EFFING AWESOME!!!!!!! 
Details please?? Pretty please with on top??

I am so sooooo bummed I couldn't make it today (long story, will bore you with it over email) - suffice to say my day has been made a thousand times better with this news!!!
 

[mostrobelle]

This was the write-up he posted on BARF after a few dainty sips of champagne.     He's not a man of many words. 

I'd like to thank my sponsors Desmoto Sport, Double Dog Moto, Dunlop, and a special shout-out to Shelterwerkes Architecture.  :thumbup

[tigre]

Open Superbike in the morning I rode tight.  Really tired myself out.  Turned in 1:44.5 as a best lap -- not fast enough.

Twins.  I chilled out a bit before the race and re-gathered myself.  I started from the 2nd row.  Not a GREAT launch, but okay.  ~7th into turn 1, accidentally juiced the gas a little when I wanted to break headed toward turn 3, so I picked up a position there.  Then stuck in 6th until 2nd lap turn 6.  I passed Blackburn, Bud, and Neil O'Reilly all between T6 and T7 (thanks for getting the extra motor, Desmoto Sport!).  Then I went after Gogo, who already had a pretty big gap.  I reeled him in over the next 4 laps -- I could feel him coming back to me.  I was on his rear wheel going into T1 by the 6th lap.  I thought about trying a hard pass on him in a couple spots, but knew I had the motor and drive, so I waited until the straight between T6 and T7.  I got him early, so I was pretty confident he wouldn't have a chance to come back at me.  I put in my fastest lap of the weekend on the following lap and created a break.  I was getting pit signals he was still in the hunt, so I pushed on the last lap and turned in another good one to finish 2nd, with a best lap of 1:42.5.  That's 0.8 better than my previous best, so a big step forward for me.  

Formula Pacific.  Me and Mat Orange had talked before the race.  We said we wanted to work together to get up with the fast guys.  Halfway through the first lap, Mat and I were trailing GoGo.  Unfortunately for us, Mat wasn't able to get around him, so I passed Mat on the brakes going into 7, then lined up GoGo for T6->T7 on the following lap.  Mat came along, but I wasn't able to go any faster and he wasn't able to get around me (although, apparently, he was ALL over me).  I thought I could hear him in a couple turns...  it turns out it was him -- just on me like white on rice.  I was able to cross the line in front of him.

Looking forward to AFM / THill in a month.  In the meantime, I'll be doing a novice school at THill tomorrow and Tuesday, a race at WSMC next weekend, a trackday at THill on Sunday the 30th, a school on the 31st and June 1....  So no shortage of seat time and setup opportunities.  Getting ready to ROCK IT!  

[moto]

Oh...  check out my race write-up on BARF -- oh.. just saw 'Belle posted it.  Thanks!
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=367432

[ilya]

great seeing everyone at the races! how do i post a couple of photos here? help please?

[mostrobelle]

great seeing everyone at the races! how do i post a couple of photos here? help please?

There's an "insert image" tool, 2nd from the left when you press reply... see it? 

[ilya]

[ilya]

Tigre is taking 2nd