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Crazy night at the track, another great turnout. Had about 17 bikes to start. 5 practice runs before eliminations. I ran a 9.447 with a wheelie off the line and then turn around and run 9.445 on the next pass! Third pass I go a slow 9.52 with a brain freeze on my clutch hand. I start to notice my bike is not wanting to go into neutral without some extra effort, but I pay it no attention. Next up I ran 9.468 and my 60ft times are all terrible....The 5th and final practice pass I go another 9.445 and again, my 60ft is way off.
Time for eliminations to start. I dial a 9.42 since it seems like 9.44 is my number. I win the race and let off early because I caught and past my opponent before the finish so I easy up to not break out. I end up running a 9.53 on my 9.42 dial, good enough for the win. At the end of the race I am starting to slow down, I downshift and notice the rpms are acting funny and not dropping?? I downshift again and same thing. Going down the return road I know something is wrong. I try to put it in neutral and coast and the bike was not having it. Could not get neutral and every clutch pull and shift does not produce the desired rpm. I get to the ticket booth and I know what happens next, as I slow down, the bike does not want to stop and i have to hit the kill switch to stop. Grab my winning time slip and I know my day is over with a first round win but not able to continue. I put the bike in 1st and hit the start button and away we jerk and go with no way to come to a stop without killing the motor. The clutch is done with what i'm sure are some very warped steel plates. My fault, I knew it was time to inspect the clutch but I got lazy and it bit me...Doug Love went on to win the event with two near perfect runs in the semi and finals. Clutch swap Thursday and then back at it!
Crazy night at the track, another great turnout. Had about 17 bikes to start. 5 practice runs before eliminations. I ran a 9.447 with a wheelie off the line and then turn around and run 9.445 on the next pass! Third pass I go a slow 9.52 with a brain freeze on my clutch hand. I start to notice my bike is not wanting to go into neutral without some extra effort, but I pay it no attention. Next up I ran 9.468 and my 60ft times are all terrible....The 5th and final practice pass I go another 9.445 and again, my 60ft is way off.
Time for eliminations to start. I dial a 9.42 since it seems like 9.44 is my number. I win the race and let off early because I caught and past my opponent before the finish so I easy up to not break out. I end up running a 9.53 on my 9.42 dial, good enough for the win. At the end of the race I am starting to slow down, I downshift and notice the rpms are acting funny and not dropping?? I downshift again and same thing. Going down the return road I know something is wrong. I try to put it in neutral and coast and the bike was not having it. Could not get neutral and every clutch pull and shift does not produce the desired rpm. I get to the ticket booth and I know what happens next, as I slow down, the bike does not want to stop and i have to hit the kill switch to stop. Grab my winning time slip and I know my day is over with a first round win but not able to continue. I put the bike in 1st and hit the start button and away we jerk and go with no way to come to a stop without killing the motor. The clutch is done with what i'm sure are some very warped steel plates. My fault, I knew it was time to inspect the clutch but I got lazy and it bit me...Doug Love went on to win the event with two near perfect runs in the semi and finals. Clutch swap Thursday and then back at it!
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