second VRRA round of 2013

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second VRRA round of 2013

#1 Post by alexanderdraper » Tue Jul 30, 2013 2:10 pm

hey hey hey,

so about a month ago we had our second round at shannonville motorsports park. my rz was looking pretty with its new clothes and i was feeling good about my chances on the small nelson configuration.
Given my fairly crappy starting positions on the saturday being gridded pretty much right at the back i was going to have my work cut out to get a decent finish to get good grid spots for the final on sunday.

i signed up for three classes this time P4 f3, f2, and f1.
saturday finishes were as followes

f3- 6th of 22riders
f2- 10th of 29riders
f1- 10th of 26riders

sooo i managed to make up a lot of spots and get decent start spots on the 2nd and 3rd rows.

sunday came round and in the morning practice a fellow 2-stroker by the name of Bill McKean riding his rd350lc had a massive off in corner 1 and was taken to hospital. i dont know too many details but he ended up succumbing to his injuries later that week. A sad turnout indeed.

anyhow.
after a very long delay with no one knowing the condition of bill it was announced that racing was to start at 1:00.
I switched my tire warmers on and geared up; I was on track 20 min later. after the warmup i lined up in my spot in the middle of the second row. the flag dropped and into the fist corner i was in 6th or 7th i passed a guy in the 2nd corner and just coming out of corner 4 I half-assed high-sided and slammed back down on my left shoulder. I have a video ill post as soon as i get it edited and posted to the youtube.
the off broke my left collarbone and 2 bones in my right hand. (thus why it took so long for me to post anything up about the weekend)
now here are some pics!
this is from the saturday
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Re: second VRRA round of 2013

#2 Post by Morty » Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:04 pm

that sucks, hope you heal fast. Collar bones were definitely not designed for motorcycle riders or racers. Too sad about the other rider too, lost a good friend 20 years ago racing
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Re: second VRRA round of 2013

#3 Post by kpke » Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:25 pm

I love your racing posts but not this one :smt009

RIP rider :smt010

and you heal up well :smt045

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Re: second VRRA round of 2013

#4 Post by Rundle » Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:31 am

Sorry to hear about your bad luck at Shannonville, and saddened to hear about Bill McKean.

Don't know if you're planning to be at Mosport (either racing if you're healed-up or spectating if you're not), but I'll have a few extras in the cooler just in case. Got my fingers crossed for your speedy recovery.

Cheers,
-chris
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and not to worry because it's all small stuff.

The issue is that I don't sweat the big stuff, but the small stuff drives me nuts.

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Re: second VRRA round of 2013

#5 Post by RuZty » Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:28 am

Always enjoy your posts, I must get to Mosport to see one of these some time. Good luck with the injuries, the shoulder especially looks painful. It's a shame medical science hasn't developed a replacement collar bone, it seems to be the upper body's 'fuse'. How did the bike fare in the off?

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Re: second VRRA round of 2013

#6 Post by GPL Racing » Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:51 pm

I've got two of them funny lumps lol.

Shame the weekend didn't go to plant...........................that's racing for ya.


That's really sad to hear about your fellow racer.

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Re: second VRRA round of 2013

#7 Post by alexanderdraper » Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:41 pm

Porting&pipes by GPL racing, hotrods 4mm crank,
mikuni36mmTM, zeel ignition, V-Force4, gusseted 86frame, Fz600 swingarm, 89gsxr750 wheels&brakes, Elka shock, fzr600 forks with r6 internals fitted by accelerated tech

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Re: second VRRA round of 2013

#8 Post by reddog952 » Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:28 pm

Man that looks brutal! I've got aches and pains just from watching it.. Glad that was the extent of your injuries. You were really ripping till you went down, hope you have a speedy recovery. My condolences for the rider that passed away....
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Re: second VRRA round of 2013

#9 Post by cookie » Thu Aug 01, 2013 12:41 am

Ouch! Sorry about your off and the loss of a fellow racer. Heal up soon.
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