Our club ran a new kind of event this past weekend. They called it the track and trail - TT challenge, and it was kind a of a short 1hr version of a hare scramble. The guy that lays out our courses does an incredible job, so it was a very entertaining event. Notice what I'm chasing here. We were 2-3, and working our way through traffic, running practically an identical lap time. I thought it was going to be a pretty exciting race against him, but he ended up with carb problems, and I got by him just after this pic was taken. Not a great pic, but notice my latest mod?
Probably some punk on a Japanese bike trying to keep up to the two Huskies The track is surrounded by snow fence, and most of the posts have an old tire hanging on them.
Haven't managed any racing on the Husky yet so here's my OTHER WR. One of them right place at the right time moments for the photographer
Tractor Racing HS Rancho Sta Veronica Tecate BC Mexico. 23FEB2013 DNF Clutch bearing failure at the start line, bummer. These are warm up starts on the pre race test loop.
Into The Carousel - 1982 - AAMRR Road Racing at Bridgehampton Raceway on Long Island - '82 Kawasaki GPz550 Production Under 600 - 2nd Place moved me out of beginner and into Sport for 1983! This bike was the first year with Unitrack rear suspension. Amazing bikes at the time for stock racing.
I had one of those, yes, very good bikes. Also had the GPZ750 later and LOVED that bike. Had a ninja 900 as well but it was beat so I did not get to really enjoy that one.
wow Bridgehampton, Its possible I was there...really. Most of my time there was in 84-85 but I had been before in the before 84 timeframe when I was still in the service (never rode the course) just as an observer of friends and colleagues that raced in the northeast region. I remember going to Pocono in 84 when Dale Quarterly basically uncrated a Ninja 900 and raced it bone stock beating some some super trick KZ1000 SR Eddie Lawson replica superbikes as well other top tier old school superbikes. One of the guys from the shop I worked at raced a TZ250 (George) there at Bridgehamton, and another customer guy had a tricked out 750F Honda (Angelo) that he raced there as well and blew it up down the straight at Pocono. John where did you buy the GPz?
I raced through '83. Bought my bike in Killingsworth, CT as I was working in Guilford, CT. at the time. Dale Quarterly and Dave DeSantis from Brockton Kawasaki in Mass. used to race 550, 750 and 1000 back to back and clean up. All their bikes were prepped in green paint at the time when all GPz's were red. I blew up my Honda at the Bridge.... Shifting fork was on it's way out and dropped a valve with a bad shift at 15k 492 kit piston and Carillo Rod (smallest they had made at the time I believe)...
24FEB2002 SOCAL Vintage Race Day at Perris MX track. Crossing the finish on my 1981 YZ80. That was a memorable fun day, I was the only one that gated with a mini, it was an open class AM class race, I finished way back from the leaders but note the 2 bikes behind me, I did not finish last, funny stuff out there that day!!
