"Following a rider through the Museum corner, what a view."
Finally, finally, finally....track days have begun for 07 and first up was March 3/4 at the tremendous Barber Motorsports Park. Saturday started out a little chilly and overcast but it was good riding weather till after lunch when the winds started to pick up and made things a little unpleasant.
This was my first chance to try out my new boots, which are a little tight but a million times easier to put on than those damn Gaerne boots I was trying to wear. I have over 30 track days under my belt now but I'm still in the Beginner group. Sometimes that fact gets to me but I try to put it into the back of my mind. Typically, I'm just a very conservative rider. At my age the physical and psychological limits come up pretty quickly and, so far, I've been unable to overcome them enough to increase my pace significantly. I do feel extremely comfortable on track now so hopefully this can be the year that I put it "all together" and finally start picking up the pace.
The only serious riding I did this weekend was a late Sunday session riding with my friend Gill, a NESBA control rider. Gill got in front of me and we did 4-5 fairly quick laps. Unfortunately, I wasn't running my lap timer or video camera so I don't know how fast we were going but it felt much faster than the rest of the weekend.
I also picked up two new sets of Dunlop 209 tires so I'm good to go for the rest of the season.
I did run the video camera a little Saturday and Sunday so hopefully I can post some of that video later on.
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