Suzuki200

Turn 3 at Gratten is a hard one for me. It's weird hitting it hard when you know it's off camber like that. I have to tell myself that it really isn't as bad as it looks.

My question is do you ride fast on the street? I ride very aggressively on the street. (Not Crazy) I started Roadracing 4 seasons ago with the Central Roadrace Association. The significance to your question is that they ran Brainerd International Raceway as the only track back in 2000. Since then they started running the Mid-America Motorplex. The speed you will run at BIR is unbelievable. In order to stay with the pack you will need to turn it on all the way up, top gear wide open on the pin and hold it there all of the way through turn one. You shift down into second gear and hold it wide open through turn two dragging your knee all the way. There is a short straight and then turn #3. Turn #3 in very slow and curves back on itself. You really need to get on the brakes to enter with the right corner entry speed. If you start braking too soon you will get passed every time. I guess for me it was being so new to roadracing, but I never thought about how fast I was going because everyone else was holding it wide open too. Perhaps plain ignorance? Looking back at my lap times, I really wasn?t going that fast. It sure seemed like it. Since then I put a few seasons under my belt, and I have cut many seconds off of my lap times. The biggest time finder was getting on the brakes later and later. The best thing I did was taking level one and two. I went back for my next race event and found that I cut 10 seconds off of my lap-times. If there is any way you can get to a class take it.

I'm keeping my eye on up and coming rider Brian Stokes. I think he will go far this season.

Congrats on the racing Will... You ever going to try the Midwest Region? We need some new blood in Formula 40...