Laguna Trip Report:


(Part 1)

ok, so not having a watch really sucks (we were late to everything!)

And getting sick at wsb really sucks -- squidboy and I walked up the
hill above turn 4 towards turn 8 and spent the entire sunday there and
in the corkscrew (napping and watching the races). I never got to shop
at all!

Other then that, I had a great time! the ride up was fun, tho we
managed to lose an hour and a half trying to find a short cut and
almost missed ProThunder and the 600 race (got there JUST as they were
doing the National Anthem! yes!) -- we did part of it on Thursday
leaving after dinner in Burbank, heading up the 5, taking the road
thru Frazier Park in Gorman to someting that hits the 166/33 and
staying the night in Taft. This was cold and it was dark and we went
really REALLY slow, but the bright headlights on the T5 were great. :)
(The tinted shield was not such a good idea.)

Got up the next morning to hit rt 58 first thing -- new pavement
ROCKS... I love the d207 on the front, tho at highspeeds, I've got a
good wobble with the bt56ss on the rear (will get that changed tout
suite)

Had brunch in paso robles and headed thru the G-roads (g14 mostly) and
then got lost in Fort Hunter Liggett trying to find gas and the
shortcut which ended on a dirt road -- we turned back 'cause I wasnt
going to try and brave my way thru about 20 miles of dirt (I dont know
how much dirt it really was, but hte road was closed and I knew we
could get back onto g14 and take g18 to g20 fairly quickly)

Left our two riding companions at King City (they were heading up to
Los Gatos that night anyway and werent ready to leave when squidboy
and I were). Squidboy and I then do quite possibly the fastest 50 miles
of twisties I've ever ridden -- I couldnt keep up with him, but wasnt
trying to -- just kept my head down and concentrated on looking thru
the turns and rolling on the throttle. No Mistakes. (no fear!) 

Get there, get to the track, get to turn 2 and watch ProThunder --
recognize that there are a bunch of SV650's out there, and begin to
recognize a few names... Stephen Lilliot, WSMC racer and brother to my
NeDOD friend Scott was racing his Duc748 out there. 


Head up to the grandstands in turn 1, and realize that Mark Palazzo
(last years WMSC Top Rookie Expert) was out there, as was Vincent
Haskovec (who finished right behind Roger Lee Hayden), Jeremy Toye,
Ben Welch, and Sam Carnibucci -- wsmc racers all! how _cool_ was that?

We went to the paddock right after the 600 race to jump up and down
with Jeremy and Mark Palazzo who was STILL high on getting to race
with the big boyz. whooHOO! (something definately changes when
watching a race live and seeing someone you hang with locally in the
mix...)

Saturday, Mark was racing an R1 in Formula Xtreme, and as we were
leaving the paddock, I ran into Jason Dave, who's racing a yam 250,
with the red-white-and-blue bike/leathers -- he and I took New Racer
School together about a year ago... 

*dances* I _knew_ people in just about all the AMA races...

Made watching it that much more fun for me...

	(more later) :)

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Part II
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