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* Norwalk 2003 Race Report * |
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This year, we traveled to Norwalk with our good friends and supporters, Eric and Emily Pettit. In addition, their son, Nick, joined us as a last minute entry as he had just broken his foot and needed some attention. We got to make 2 passes Friday night in the test and tune session with both passes being in the 10.50 range. Not to worry, I assumed I could do a little tuning Saturday and make it all better. Boy did I make changes, the first pass in the Saturday qualifying session was a 10.03! More changes were in order to make the 10.30 field and the second pass resulted in my first #1 qualifier position of my career with a 10.305 on the 10.30 index! It hesitated off the line which I thought was due to not enough tire pressure for the extremely sticky starting line so I figured I needed to de-tune a little more. The 3rd pass netted a 10.49, no help, but we still retained the #1 spot. We were really excited about Sunday. First opponent was Dave Ostrowske (Ohio Dave). I figured I need to cut a pretty good light and then just keep a wheel out on him to win the round, but Dave had other plans. Remember earlier I said I THOUGHT the bike hesitated due to the sticky track?? WRONG!! It hesitated really bad on this pass (like it had a delay box on it) for almost a second before finally picking up and running like it should. It turns out, my air kill switch decided to take some time off just then. Well, today, I fired the the switch and hired a new one. I guess I can't complain, it did last me over 2 years. Thankfully, I at least did get my first #1 qualifying spot. That made the 10 hour drive home quite a bit more tolerable for our guests! Stay tuned for more! And THANKS for visiting the MAVRIK Racing pages!
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