Why I don't race but really want to!

That all depends if the Laconte Crew is down South for the weekend or not!!! :lmao:

 

Don't be mad at us because we are so excited to be thawing out from being buried in the snow for 6 months.

 

Well...at my slow pace my bike is more visible compared to the fast guys just zipping by....so I gotta make sure at least my bike looks at fast... :bounce:

 

It was simple for me. I wanted to keep progressing as a rider and racing was the next logical step.

Giant leaps in skill and speed are expected when you first start but after that nothing made me faster quicker then racing. 1:29's to 1:25's at Grattan in one weekend.

Personally except for the start of the race and into corner one I find racing safer than track days. Speed differential is much smaller when racing until you get into lappers. The difference in speed in the advanced group can be terrifying

 

Its not that expensive to crash. My fiberglass box kit gets bigger and bigger tho. My dad asked me why I have a grinder in my trailer.

 

That is not a foolish way to go I applaud you. :thumb: I went that route back in 2002 and it's got me pretty far to date. Back then 3 wave starts were as comomon as the sun coming up. You learned real quick or you went home busted up. Today is a walk in the park IMO for anyone racing and it seems many try and find the least resistance class to race to get that 'expert' plate. To me that's just wrong. Get the hell out there and mix it up you'll never know what tyoe metal you are unless you do. To this day at 52 and a expert in A class I won't shy away from any race due to so and so in it. I'm a racer! Real ones don't do that. :thumb:

 

lol, except the potential medical part of it. Hell, 5 years ago I broke 2 fingers on both hands (ate up my medical deductible). I could still go to work but with busted fingers I could not use my Catia Design software.

 

Thanks for the encouragement Roy!

 

That's so you can cut off the cast before the next race!

-Tom

 

it all depends on what your looking for. if you are looking to grow as a rider, then racing is the logical step. you can only grow so much at a trackday. the speed disparity in the A group is huge and if your at the pointy end, chances are you'll never get a clean lap or have anyone close to push you. you don't have to blazing speed to race, honestly there are some scary slow dudes in our class, but I'm glad they are out there. we need guys on the grid to help grow this sport from the bottom up. you don't need to drop tons of money, the cost of racing is comparable if not lower than trackdays.

i have found that there are more ego's at trackdays than race weekends. yeah, you always going to have a couple jackass's but for the most part everybody is cool.

and like others has said, at races, laptimes and results are posted.