Had great fun with Peyote in the Triumph feature race. I was gridded 12th
because of my time in the rain race, and it was a lot tougher getting through
the traffic than I expected. I knew Tony Garmey (TR250K) and Sam Halkias would
be coming up fast, so I tried to get to the front quickly to pull out some
lead. At the end of the first lap I was one or two cars from the lead when the
TR8 passed me in the middle of the straight so I tucked in behind him. It gave
me a pretty good tow, so I worked hard to stay close. After a few laps the TR8
got far enough away to break the draft, and started fpulling away. I kept
pedalling hard but saw light behind me, meaning Tony was coming up fast and
there was a car in front of him--Halkias. Sam passed me in the chute to the
front straight but I got right on his butt and he gave me a great draft. With
the 3.45 rear end I was running 6200 or less at the end of the straight, but
glued to Sam I hit 6800 when I lifted for the corner. The whole car was bussing
and vibrating. I'll have to figure out how fast that is, but it seemed pretty
insane.
Tony passed me shortly after, don't remember exactly where, though I do recall
having to run through his dust cloud when he dropped tires in the gravel pit at
the end of the straight. I couldn't see a thing. I was very please not to find
a car sideways in the middle of it.
Did a couple of laps staying pretty close to Sam and Tony, then Tony got held
up by a waving Yellow that appeared a microsecond after Sam went by, so we both
fell back and never caught him. I tried drafting Tony up the straight, but
there's no pull behind that thing. Weird. No turbulence either.
Tony was also pulling out some lead in a couple of corners, indicating that I
still have a few seconds to find here and there on the track. I did a 2:44.445,
which is a lot better than I thought Peyote could do. I was hoping to break
2:46, so that was cool. I thought it was just drafing behind Sam, but I
actually did two 2:44's and a 2:45, so that was pretty neat.
The last group two race of the day was fun too, but much lower key. I started
14th--again because of rain times--and again I had a tougher time getting to
the front than I anticipated. Pretty crowded straights, and a lot of chaos in
the corners. When I finally got to the front there was a Elva Courier way out
in the distance, running away. I settled in and took my time running him down,
finally got a good clean pass and then kept the same pace to the end of the
race. I think I did 2:47, so it wasn't as relaxed as it felt. I think I finally
have the track more or less figured out, so of course now I won't race there
for another three years.
Fun weekend. Back in Hood River. I need to go paddle a few hundred miles this
week to burn off the brats and beer.
.
On Sep 6, 2013, at 8:09 PM, Mike Munson <fasttrs@yahoo.com> wrote:
> We poor fellows who have to work this weekend or simply couldn't make it would
> like to know how practice went today!
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