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* Bristol Report * |
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Bristol holds a special place in me, I won my first race there in 2000. I always look forward to racing there and this year was no exception. Besides being a beautiful track, I was on a billboard with TEAM VIP! The Friday night test and tune session was frustrating. My second pass went in the wrong direction and rather than get discouraged, I parked the bike and decided to get a fresh start with qualifying on Saturday. My first qualifying pass was a little disheartening as I was 2 tenths off the pace. At the launch on my second pass, I found out why. Remember the clutch I burned up at Maryland, well I changed everything but the diaphragm spring. Apparently it lost it's temper (so to speak) and allowed a great deal of slippage. The only good news was that I didn't get a time slip which meant I could petition for another pass. I searched around the pits and found Dale Miller who GAVE me a new spring. I had never met Dale before, but I'll guarantee you I'll help him if ever I can! Thanks again Dale. A hour later, I made my second and third qualifying passes. ET's were again disappointing as the new spring was way stronger than my bike wanted and bogged at the line. I qualified #14 and had to face a very tough Bruce Cronenberger in the first round. I figured I'd probably be watching most of Sunday's action from the grandstand. There is a reason we don't race on paper, Bruce ran a 10.95 and I ran an 11.05, but because of a hole shot, I got the win. I was elated! I ended up cutting some really good lights and one a little too good in the semi's (the old RED EYE), but I picked up 90 points and tied for 3rd place nationally and own third place in the East. I also want to thank Chris O'Connor from Hickory Harley-Davidson for putting up $50.00 for the best reaction time. It was a nice bonus to go along with the semi-final round money. You can bet my clutch will be right for Delaware! See you there..... And THANKS for visiting the MAVRIK Racing pages!
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