At Maxton I had already accomplished my goals
for the season on my Cagiva Mito Production
125cc two stroke, and had tons of fun in the
process, so I decided to put some new riders on
it. On Saturday, Nancy Wennerberg volunteered,
so we ran her on a record I had just set earlier
in the day. She ran 107.6 mph -- which was the
fastest time that bike had run at Maxton up to
that point -- she beat my run from earlier that
day by 0.4 mph. Way to go Nancy!
That was fun, so on Sunday we found a suit that
fit Keith Turk and found a record he could shoot
at. He took two runs, but fell about 0.7 mph
short. Not bad, though, for a guy who doesn't
regularly ride bikes and was on this one for the
first time. The only thing I wish is that he
could have heard the raft of sh*t (all in good
spirits) he was getting from the timing tower
over the radio.
The fun had just begun. Jon Amo showed some
interest, but had not come preparted to ride. No
problem -- Jon and I are about the same size, so
we squeezed him into my suit and boots, and he
ran a 105+ to bump up an existing record we had
set earlier in the year. Parenthetically, he beat
Keith by about 1+ mph. That ought to be good for
some chiding for years to come. HeHeHe.
All in all this season, we set 10 records with 8
different riders. What fun. Thanks to all who
made me smile.
Mark
