WORCS Round 2 - Taft, CA (not exactly a race report)...
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:50 pm
Well, some of you might have read CannondaleRider's race report.. if you have, you already know that I was a dumba$$ this last weekend. I was pushing a little hard during practice on Friday, trying to clear the 60' tabletop. It didn't work out..
I only did 3 laps.
- 1st lap: just checkin' out the track.. took the tabletop on the right side.. didn't really care for the landing.
- 2nd lap: still figuring out my line and pushing a little harder to see what I can clear.. took the tabletop on the left this time. Landed on top, front end about 3 feet from the edge of the landing. Just a little rough, but MUCH better.
- 3rd lap: this is where I became an idiot.. My contacts were off to the side of my eyeballs, so I stopped at the pits, took off my goggles, and fixed my vision.. (fun stuff, I can't wait to get that Lasik deal). Anyways, while I'm sitting there, I think about the start of that tabletop... I think, "It's a **** wall!".. I start getting that weird feeling in my gut. Then, I actually tell myself, "Don't let it get to you." Well, it got me. I ignorantly chose the right side again. I'm flyin', the a$$ end pitches to the right a little, so I turn my wheels and burp the throttle to keep the front end up. I'm happy that I'm not staying frozen in the air... but, the landing was the roughest yet.. really flat.
As soon as I land, I'm thinking, "Holy crap, I think I can clear this thing!".. and then the sound of a rolling ankle travels through my body to my ears... and then the pain follows, shooting up my leg. A few choice words came out and I knew I was screwed! ******!!!
Not a great picture.. but you can kinda see the swelling.
So, instead of racing, I spent the weekend as a cheerleader. The following pictures are the misc. stuff that we did..
Alright.. CannondaleRider, krash, and I were laughing our arses off that this.. Rarey's deformed (but cute!) toe..
I know.. we find a lot of things to be funny.
The boys just shootin' the sh!t..
Devin (on the left) looks kinda scared, doesn't he? haha!
I only did 3 laps.
- 1st lap: just checkin' out the track.. took the tabletop on the right side.. didn't really care for the landing.
- 2nd lap: still figuring out my line and pushing a little harder to see what I can clear.. took the tabletop on the left this time. Landed on top, front end about 3 feet from the edge of the landing. Just a little rough, but MUCH better.
- 3rd lap: this is where I became an idiot.. My contacts were off to the side of my eyeballs, so I stopped at the pits, took off my goggles, and fixed my vision.. (fun stuff, I can't wait to get that Lasik deal). Anyways, while I'm sitting there, I think about the start of that tabletop... I think, "It's a **** wall!".. I start getting that weird feeling in my gut. Then, I actually tell myself, "Don't let it get to you." Well, it got me. I ignorantly chose the right side again. I'm flyin', the a$$ end pitches to the right a little, so I turn my wheels and burp the throttle to keep the front end up. I'm happy that I'm not staying frozen in the air... but, the landing was the roughest yet.. really flat.
As soon as I land, I'm thinking, "Holy crap, I think I can clear this thing!".. and then the sound of a rolling ankle travels through my body to my ears... and then the pain follows, shooting up my leg. A few choice words came out and I knew I was screwed! ******!!!
Not a great picture.. but you can kinda see the swelling.
So, instead of racing, I spent the weekend as a cheerleader. The following pictures are the misc. stuff that we did..
Alright.. CannondaleRider, krash, and I were laughing our arses off that this.. Rarey's deformed (but cute!) toe..
I know.. we find a lot of things to be funny.
The boys just shootin' the sh!t..
Devin (on the left) looks kinda scared, doesn't he? haha!