Santiago took another 11th backing up his strong finish yesterday and setting himself up for more good races.

It was a tough weekend all around because of the changes to the crews but we worked through the problems and came away with one of those weekends all racers strive for.

I have tomorrow off and I plan to sleep in so don’t call me till Noon.

VIR weather report: The heat is not so bad after a good weekend.

Santiago Villa Qed 20th today and raced to 11th, his best AMA finish to date.
The race was won by Bobby Fong with Martin Cardenas 2nd by 0.000 seconds. The very definition of a photo finish.

VIR weather report: Still hot!

When I got to the track today I found out that I’ve been moved off Elena’s team to work as part of Santiago Villa’s crew. Villa rides on the RoadracingWorld.com team in Daytona Sportbike also on a GSX-R600. I spend most of the time coaching but did get to stay at the track till 10 PM doing crash repairs. 😉

VIR Weather Report: HOT!

The final races of the 2010 Parts Canada Superbike Championship where this weekend at Shubie. Check out the web site by clicking on my link. I have to get the truck and trailer back to Toronto by Noon Tuesday to make my flight to my next event, VIR AMA. It’s 10:57 PM here and I’m going to sleep.

We Qed 7th and stayed out of trouble on the first lap when two others crashed just in front of Elena, crossing the line to end the first lap in 3rd. We lead the fight for 3rd till a red flag on lap 6. On the re-start we went faster on the first lap but got bad brakes in traffic and crossed the line in 6th. Riding hard and turning consentient fast laps put Elena in position to make a better drive out of turn 11 on the last lap and take 4th place.

I’m behind on my posts and it’s time to get caught up.

At Mosport the 125’s raced on the main track and the kart track. My list of tracks I’ve ridden grew by one to 51.

My Canada trip ended after 26 days. I was home for two days before flying to Mid-Ohio for the AMA weekend working with Elena Myers. I made the wrong tire choice in Basic Q so we ended up only 9th on the grid. In Saturday’s race we took 9th after a poor start. In Sundays race we were 7th in the last turn when the bike cut out for a moment and we took 8th. I may have cut it to close on the amount of fuel as there was very little left after the cool down lap.

As I write this, I’m riding in a truck with John and Chris Ulrich on our way to Laguna for the Moto-GP and AMA races.

It rained for the first half of the day today. Most of the riders came up with reasons to not ride but 14 of us 125 riders went out in heavy rain and had a blast. None ran off and none fell down. I was still using full throttle in 6th gear in turn two.

In the afternoon we were a little down on power because of the water in the air but I had a great battle with two other riders.

After practice on the big track we moved to the Kart track for our first practice there. I did lead/follow in both groups with a best time of 1.14.759 in Group 1 and 1.14.760 in Group 2.

Mosport International Raceway, home of my 250 GP track record, 1.26.91. Greg White of Speed is riding a ZX-6 for the Factory Kawasaki team. His goal is to better my mark. Greg is also riding one of our Honda CBR125R’s in the Challenge.

I’ve been at the track since Monday riding in the Pro 6 track day, parking the PCSC trailers, placing hay bales, etc, etc.

Today we got to start making the donuts. 27 riders took to the track and while not the fastest today, Young, Leah, Milan, Shay and Chris all made important improvements and are on track (do you like that pun?) for personal best races.

Tomorrow we get to ride on the Mosport Kart track as well. Check out the Parts Canada Superbike Championship web site to see two laps of on board video from my bike on this tight hilly track.

You can tell from my posts that I like the Race City track. I’m back in Toronto now after driving the PMP trailer home and busy getting everything ready Mosport.

The race on Saturday was red flagged on lap six of ten for a crash in the Bus Stop. I was right behind with my on board camera. Check it out here: http://www.cdnsuperbike.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2280&Itemid=242

I’m sad to say that on Sunday Honda decided that I would no longer race in the Honda CBR125R Challenge. I’m still coaching but now I only ride in practice.

Pinned in 6th and fully tucked at the end of the front straight. Un-tuck as I lean into T-1, still full bunny. At the apex of T-2 start braking for T-3 and go down 3 to G3. Up to 4th out of T-3 and late apex T-4. Shift to 5th in T-5 and hold full bunny through T-6 and the tight esses where the puddle was. Still in 5th on the run to the Bus Stop. Tomorrow I’ll hold it open there too. Keep the throttle pinned over the bumps after the hill then brake and go down 2 for the Key Hole. Go outside the first patch and just inside the 2nd patch. Pin it and make a late apex. Get your bum off the seat on the bumps in the last turn and tuck in for the long run to T-1.

I Qed 5th, so will start from the 2nd row tomorrow.

After we were done on the big track we rode over to the Kart track and blasted around. Track number 50. We will race there on Monday.

Life is tough but someone has to do it.