Who races?

[smileyman]

I race...Anything, anytime, anywhere. My resume

1989-1994 dirt track stock cars in SW AR. Pure stock, street stock, hobby stock, outlaw modified. One track championship and several dislocated neck and back veterbrae. Thousands of tear offs in vain.

1998-2003 - CMRA motorcycles. Endurance and sprint series. Seat time on CBR600's, Kawi 600's, SV650s, Yamaha 600s. One novice championship, one runner up, one third place championship finish, 3 lowsides and 2 highsides, couple or 3 off track tip overs, 2 cracked ribs, numerous contusions and abrasions, several tens of thousands up in smoke (but good smoke).

Graduate of the Pridmore Star School and school of hard knocks.

References upon request

[DLIT]

Originally Posted by smileyman

I race...Anything, anytime, anywhere. My resume

1989-1994 dirt track stock cars in SW AR. Pure stock, street stock, hobby stock, outlaw modified. One track championship and several dislocated neck and back veterbrae. Thousands of tear offs in vain.

1998-2003 - CMRA motorcycles. Endurance and sprint series. Seat time on CBR600's, Kawi 600's, SV650s, Yamaha 600s. One novice championship, one runner up, one third place championship finish, 3 lowsides and 2 highsides, couple or 3 off track tip overs, 2 cracked ribs, numerous contusions and abrasions, several tens of thousands up in smoke (but good smoke).

Graduate of the Pridmore Star School and school of hard knocks.

References upon request

Nice resume.

I might take the Pridmore School next year out here in Vegas. That or a one-on-one instruction with a sho powner out here. He's got a camera on the front and back and we go through the clips between sessions.

[smileyman]

Originally Posted by DLIT

Nice resume.

I might take the Pridmore School next year out here in Vegas. That or a one-on-one instruction with a sho powner out here. He's got a camera on the front and back and we go through the clips between sessions.

I did some mentor/tutoring with Sam MacDonald, Tylers dad, out at Hallett. Quite humbling to say the least. Got some good schooling at the Pridmore 2 day from Danny Eslick. He's a real hoot and by the time we did our second session together it wasn't student teacher we were actually racing each other. Quite humbling as well. Never got to ride with Pridmore but I learned a great deal at his school. Also found it reassuring and ironic that some of the old lessions I had learned the hard way over the years came up and were discussed. Had I only gone and taken his class sooner

[Mr Lefty]

I'm planning, this coming year or the following to take a school like that. I'm really intrested in the enduro racing...

[smileyman]

enduro or endurance? Enduro is usually done on Knobbies with check points,

Endurance is done on roadcourses with BALLS!

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by smileyman

enduro or endurance? Enduro is usually done on Knobbies with check points,

Endurance is done on roadcourses with BALLS!

endurance.. sorry it's early and I'm half asleep

[smileyman]

Originally Posted by Ebbs15

endurance.. sorry it's early and I'm half asleep

TeeHee. Get stateside boy before the no doz wears off! Yup and we need a TWFix Endurance team...I will get CEO and Dlit together so their competitiveness will get us out front and you and I can anchor and fix their busted ass bikes.

DLIT, you and CEO find us a sponsor, I wrangle up a couple R6s and some spares...

[was92v]

Originally Posted by smileyman

I did some mentor/tutoring with Sam MacDonald, Tylers dad, out at Hallett. Quite humbling to say the least. Got some good schooling at the Pridmore 2 day from Danny Eslick. He's a real hoot and by the time we did our second session together it wasn't student teacher we were actually racing each other. Quite humbling as well. Never got to ride with Pridmore but I learned a great deal at his school. Also found it reassuring and ironic that some of the old lessions I had learned the hard way over the years came up and were discussed. Had I only gone and taken his class sooner

We took a ride to Hallett once just to see what was happening west of the Mississippi River and double points. Very nice track, well half of it anyway. They were working on repaving it at the time and half was done, the other half was um, interesting. They even made a special place for me to start, a new row in the rear! I asked them how a rider that was #1 in points (it was a National event) got the special last place start and they (Sam's Dad) just shrugged and said he didn't have the points list but if I wanted to race that was my grid position. The bike owner was hopping mad, I laughed and told him not to worry about it, it was just inspiration. Hell, I'd never seen the track before and never ridden with any of the riders before anyway and I was 16 hours from home so I wasn't about to be crazy. It turned out ok. When the flag dropped I passed 7 rows of riders and went into the first turn in 4th. I didn't win but I really enjoyed the track, and the people there were all good folks.
Oh, I ended up with 3rd in both races.

[Mr Lefty]

that's awesome!

[smileyman]

The new asphalt really dropped lap times there. And they run it clockwise and counter clockwise so you never get bored! You want to see a real tough track go to Henderson Texas...That was an old go kart track and it is narrow, bumpy, and has about as many types of asphalt surface as you could quilt together on one track! The pits are really crude and desolate too...