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Molly_hatchet
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 - 09:16 pm: | 
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damn...my ride is still in the shop ..havent been able to find the time to go get her...but keep us posted///bump the thread when the race weekend is commin up...us washington buells should find some way to band together to go see ya..... |
Terribletim
| | Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 12:21 pm: |
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 I love my new Dodge Ram, but the 'Bolt sure was a better ride this morning! Greeted by beautiful sunshine and the purr of an american v-twin! I can't wait 'till it warms up a bit more for the ride home! Is it quitin' time yet? |
Samiam
| | Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 08:44 pm: |
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Bump.
Oh, and I'll be there tomorrow with one of the other 'Bolts pictured above, who else is going?
Sam |
Terribletim
| | Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 11:28 pm: |
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Unfortunately I have to go to Yakima to pick up my daughter. You guys have fun! See if you can yell loud enough they hear you over the Buell! |
Molly_hatchet
| | Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 07:58 am: |
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theres a partay at legend today too..the weather looks a little crappy so far though...kinda waitin to see how bad it rains...if anybody else is goin let me know...i may brave the rain so i can go visit me baby. |
Debueller
| | Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 09:59 pm: |
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For those that can't make it tommorrow, there will be more.
Schedule:
http://www.wmrra.com/index.html#schedule |
Cityxslicker
| | Posted on Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 01:08 am: |
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No rain, it was great, just getting suited up for the Midnite ride from the dealership. Yes I said Midnite. It is April BUElls day! I will be there with my lights and gear. I will wait for about 20 mins or so before I go tear up N Shore Drive at night , should be some good mud to sling (Ps I would be THE Buell guy at Silverdale Dealership) |
Debueller
| | Posted on Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 01:04 pm: |
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Cool CityXslicker!
I lead some advriders on N shore a couple of months ago. Jeff (WMRRA #69) went along on his Capronoid that day. He is racing today. That could be a trecherous dirt road at night. Lotsa dropoffs. Circled the whole hood canal in a day. 350 miles total for me.
Sounds like a hoot at night! |
Cityxslicker
| | Posted on Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 01:34 pm: |
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It was a blast and a half, but I really need brighter better lights to run that thing faster, as it was I had to drop below 20 on a couple of tight turns.  H.I.D.'s a comin We will have to get the gang together for some mudslinging. |
Samiam
| | Posted on Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 07:53 pm: |
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So the races yesterday were awesome! It was my first time going to any motorcycle races so I hope they're all like this (doubt it). My friend and I were able to hang out in the "pits", talk to whoever. I have to say, Team Pushrod is pretty awesome, Brad is a great guy! I was amazed at the comradry between riders.
I took some pics and videos, will be posting them soon. I would have loved to make it today as well but I had to work (stupid Navy).
Sam |
Firebolt428
| | Posted on Monday, April 02, 2007 - 02:26 pm: |
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Hey everyone. Here is the journal I send out and post on the website.
Website will be updated shortly with journal as well.
www.pushrodracing.com
The run up to this first race weekend was looking good. The whole team was a tremendous help in regards to getting the bike up and ready to go. Brett helped with getting the motor back in and all hooked up, Lindsay did most of the painting on the bike, and Travis got all the logos for the bike all set up and put on. The website was completely remodeled by the man himself, AJ. So everything was falling into place for the first weekend of the 2007 season.
Practice in the morning on Saturday was wet but it wasn't to bad. The afternoon practice was dry so we put on some slicks and went out. I came out right behind Alan Schwinn #2 and basically followed him around for 5 or so laps. We were running a pretty good practice pace and it was nice to see that I had to role off the throttle on the straight away so I didn't pass him and could stay behind him. The back up bike was feeling really good and I was ready for Middle GP Twins race.
Saturday Middle Weight GP Twins:
I was starting from row 2 in the middle of the pack. As some of you know from the last half of the season last year, I was having a horrible time with my race starts. Well, this start I would consider better than any of my starts last year. I moved right up to 4th place coming into turn 2 and going into turn 3 I moved into 3rd on the brakes. Coming up the hill in turn 7 the right clip on (handle bar) moved. I couldn't believe it, how could this be happening. We put red lock tight on them and torqued them down. This happened to me last year in the first race weekend too and didn't happen again the rest of the year. I thought for a split second that maybe I could make it work and then it moved again. I immediately got off the race lane and headed to the pits. Luckily there were a couple team members in the pits and they were able to get the bar re-tightened again. Big thanks goes out to Corson Piper for his help and being so fast in getting to me when he saw me come into the pits . I came back out on the track about a second in front of the leaders, still on the lead lap. I saw them coming down the hill in turn 3 as I was heading out of turn 4. My goal now was to not get lapped by the lead group and catch up to the back half of the field and get some points. The best I could do was 12th out of 17 riders. I was running the same lap times as the leaders so I kept the gap to a couple of seconds. Pretty disappointing start to the first race weekend. We put together a set up now on the bike and got all new screws for the clip ons to insure that they never come loose again!
Formula Thunder:
Practice Sunday morning was good but it was so cold out. I had a tough time getting my boots on with my layers of clothes I had on but we made it work. I went out and did 3 laps and came in because I couldn't feel my fingers. We made some alterations to my gloves and were able to get some hand warmers on there too. Thanks to mom and Lindsay for helping with that. My first race was Formula Thunder and then Open GP Twins an hour later. I was starting again on the 2nd row in the middle of the pack. I think I can say that my start for this race was even better than in Middle Weight GP Twins. The whole grid is pretty much Ducati 748 & 749's with a few Suziki SV 650 Superbikes. I moved into 4th again coming into turn 1. Going down the hill for turn 3 there was a bit of an accident. It appeared the rider in front of the rest of the pack got into the corner a bit to hot and ran into the back of Alan Schwinn #2. I was passing Darren Murray #4 on the brakes as I saw the action in front of me unfold and it was James Wadkins #110 that got into turn 3 to hot and went down almost taking Alan with him. As I tipped the bike in to turn 3 I was now in second place with Rick Rinaldo #123 moving into 1st place. The pace was real fast and it took me a minute to adjust to it. A lap later Shawn Becker #21 passed me on the brakes coming in to turn 3 on the outside. I set up for a better drive coming out of turn 4 and motored right up behind him coming into turn 5 but decided to back off a bit and try to pass him on the brakes in turn 9 instead of stuffing him in turn 5. I wasn't able to get him there but I drafted by him on the front straight to take over 2nd again. Our little battle we had lasted another lap before I was able to up my pace and gap him. At that point Rick #123 was gone and I knew I couldn't run his pace on my back up bike. I believe it was lap 6 or so when Alan #2 came back by on his Ducati 749. My lap times were consistent in the low 1:35's so I knew he was probably running 1:32-1:33's. On lap 8 I came into the bus stop (turn 10) down shifted and was getting ready to tip it in when I heard a bang and the bike got a bit sideways. I threw it in the corner and got back on the gas only to have it almost die on me. Oh no something broke. I coasted to the white flag doing about 40 mph and thought if I could just coast around the rest of the way to get some points. Unfortunately, the momentum of the bike was running out and the motor was sounding worse. I made it down to turn 3 before I pulled off the track and called it quits. I had a good 5 second lead on #21 and had a solid 3rd place. These things happen though and I got alot of work and races out of that motor. My fastest lap of the race was the lap prior to the motor breaking. DNF
This is not the start to the season the team envisioned but atleast the bike didn't spit me off when it broke. Thanks to the people who came out in support and I hope you can make it out again for a better result. Also thanks to the Washington riders from Badweatherbikers.com who came out on their Buell's. The team did a great job this weekend and I know it will get better once we have the #1 bike on the track.
Pushrod Racing Team
Brad Haley
Brett Newkirk
Rob Haley
Cherlyn Haley
Jeff Wieand
Travis Re
Lindsay Chesebro
AJ Kurtz
www.pushrodracing.com |
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