Jump to content

oldguy

Members
  • Posts

    1
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by oldguy

  1. Kevin, I think an analogy is the answer to the age old question, "Why do you climb mountains?" I never strapped myself to a sport bike until I was 57 years old. It was an instant addiction. I'm nowhere near as fast as Freddie, but I'm learning. I'm sure he has several years more experience on the track than I do, and he is fast. For me, this is the essence of racing: My first trackday (after 2 months of street riding) was the first "hit" of an incredible addiction. Crack cocaine can't be any more addicting than a trackday/race. It's an addiction that is reinforced looking at trailers, big diesel trucks, slicks, warmers, VP, Pit Bulls, Baxleys, etc, etc ad nauseum. It's the glassy look in your eyes when you view the trackday photo on your desk,........ the look of amazement in the eyes of others when you tell them what you do for fun. The nagging pain of watching the snow fall, knowing that Jennings GP has a track day this weekend and the bike(s) are languishing in the garage, with the heat set low and water wetter still in the radiators. Surfing the WERA & CCS BBS's every day at work when you should be actually working. Wistfully daydreaming and longing to re-learn the feel of your first darkie on a hard drive out of a tight corner at half-lean. Wishing you could afford to do this 30 years ago, if you'd even had the nerve to try it then. Yep, you can do this if you dare. I say go for it. Read, study, do the track schools and then do them all over again. It is information overload at first, but, WOW what a rush. I'm now 58 and I'm going to do a full schedule this year in my division. The only thing I can add is: "Hello, my name is Doug............ and I'm a trackaholic" [in unison] "Hi, Doug" [/in unison]
×
×
  • Create New...