[DougS.]

put this up on a couple other forums too.
ran the CCS race at NJMP on my 848. only have 3 track days and 1 race weekend at Loudon on it. what a weekend, being home track and only 1.5 hours from home ment sleep in my own bed too. it was hot, almost 90 and humid so lots of water. twin sprint weekend i was signed up for heavyweight supersport, f40 & supertwins. saturday scored 3rd in f40 & supertwins. heavyweight supsport i was going back and forth with a friend on another 848 for a couple laps before he got by a 2 guys i didnt. although faster i never got the right time to get both.

sunday was another story, ran heavyweight ss around 10:30am and finished 8th. was in a 5 bike battle for 5-10 place so it was atleast fun. it was also the first lap time i saw posted and set a new pb by 2 seconds over the RC51 1:12.8. after that race i was real tired and didnt feel to good. was thinking the combo of a monster, lack of sleep. still had 2 hours to next race and figured since i didnt eat anything different then any other day at the track i must be overheating. kept a cold towel on my head and drank a ton of water and a little gatorade. about an hour later was feeling much better and a side affect of visiting the portajon every 15 minutes.

F40 race was next 3rd row start, did i mention im a demon on starts. think i was 2 or 3 into t1. i did see 1 fast guy get away and had a buell 1125 in front of me. took me a couple laps to to get close enough to see him dragging a peg in a long right. as soon as i saw that i new i could get him in turn. we went back and forth for 3-4 laps till i thought i was pulling away. last lap a gsxr750 comes by at the end of the straight. stayed on his tail and got a great drive out of the last turn. got in his draft and was gaining quickly, pulled out and we hit the finish what looked like dead even. when they posted the results i was scored 3rd was later updated i was 4th. last race supertwins was awesome finally got 1st win. got the holeshot and lead the entire race. i could hear the same buell on my tail most of the race. apparently he was never more then 10-20ft behind me. we checked out on the rest of the field. of course i had the camera running that race but theres nothing to see past the first lap. the little red rocket 848 was fantastic all weekend, smallest bike in supertwins race. cant wait to see the published rece and lap times. im hoping i got to the 1:11's and really want to see how close the f40 was.