Another one in the books, August at BIR is usually a great weekend for racing as far as weather is concerned and this one was perfect. For the first time this year the wind wa not a factor in the ultra fast Turn One. No crosswind to pick up the bike when you are leaned over at speeds of 150 +. I was able to take another full second off from July getting down to 1:51 laptimes (a new personal best in competition). I had registered for 6 races this weekend but due to me being 3 days older than dirt I was only able to run 5 of them. The awesome Triumph Daytona 675 ran great once again with no issues, and the Dunlop Tires were hooked up all weekend long.

 

Friday I was unable to get much of my own practice time, as I was playing Chief Riding instructor for 13 New Racers. Welcome to the family to all of my students, and congrats on earning your roadracing license. Needless to say with limited practice time on Friday I was unsure of how things were going to go at race pace. 

 

Saturday is Race Day. Middleweight Supersport was up first. I got a decent start but had a bobble on Lap 3 and lost the group. I recovered to finish 10^th. Next up was Heavyweight SS (man, those 750s really pull me at the end of the straight), I was able to eek out a 12^th place finish after a good battle with another Past Club President, Mark Dargis, and Alan Hoover. In the Unlimited SS race I know it will be tough because the Liter bikes have a 50+ HP advantage, but it is a smaller grid, and a lot of fun to see how many I can catch. I finished in a respectable 11^th place.

 

Sunday the wind started to pick up in the morning and we had a little headwind so laptimes were about a second off. I was not feeling well in the morning so I decided to skip one of my races, and just run 2 today. MW GP started off well enough and I was able to mix it up the entire race and score 11^th place. The Unlimited GP race is the last one of the weekend and has a smaller grid but a 4^th lap run off at Turn 4 pretty much sealed my fate, I was able to eek out 9^th place.

 

All in all this was a great weekend. I broke into the Top 10 twice, and was no lower than 12^th place all weekend, I took another second out of my laptimes, and brought the bike home in every race.

 

Thank You to all of my sponsors for their amazing efforts to make this season possible. Please support the companies that support roadracing efforts.

 

Princess Jennife, Screamin YellO Racin’, Triumph675.net, Leo Vince Exhaust, Vortex, Sidi Boots, Amsoil, Manley Cycle/Roys Repair, Catalyst Racing Composites, LP USA, TankTredz, Vanson Leathers, Silkolene, Dunlop Tires, Studio299 Graphics, Momentum Photo, Braketech/Ferodo, Headsweats.

 

Mark Miller races with the Central Roadracing Association in Minnesota www.cra-mn.com, The CRA races at Brainerd International Raceway, and is the home of the fastest turn in North America. The CRA has one more event in 2007. September 14^th , 15^th, 16^th, and will be running all sprint races on Saturday and the annual 5-Hour endurance race on Sunday. Mark is also a new rider instructor for the CRA and the Chief Riding Instructor for TrackAddix Northern Region www.trackaddix.com.

 

 

Another one in the books, August at BIR is usually a great weekend for racing as far as weather is concerned and this one was perfect. For the first time this year the wind wa not a factor in the ultra fast Turn One. No crosswind to pick up the bike when you are leaned over at speeds of 150 +. I was able to take another full second off from July getting down to 1:51 laptimes (a new personal best in competition). I had registered for 6 races this weekend but due to me being 3 days older than dirt I was only able to run 5 of them. The awesome Triumph Daytona 675 ran great once again with no issues, and the Dunlop Tires were hooked up all weekend long.

 

Friday I was unable to get much of my own practice time, as I was playing Chief Riding instructor for 13 New Racers. Welcome to the family to all of my students, and congrats on earning your roadracing license. Needless to say with limited practice time on Friday I was unsure of how things were going to go at race pace. 

 

Saturday is Race Day. Middleweight Supersport was up first. I got a decent start but had a bobble on Lap 3 and lost the group. I recovered to finish 10^th. Next up was Heavyweight SS (man, those 750s really pull me at the end of the straight), I was able to eek out a 12^th place finish after a good battle with another Past Club President, Mark Dargis, and Alan Hoover. In the Unlimited SS race I know it will be tough because the Liter bikes have a 50+ HP advantage, but it is a smaller grid, and a lot of fun to see how many I can catch. I finished in a respectable 11^th place.

 

Sunday the wind started to pick up in the morning and we had a little headwind so laptimes were about a second off. I was not feeling well in the morning so I decided to skip one of my races, and just run 2 today. MW GP started off well enough and I was able to mix it up the entire race and score 11^th place. The Unlimited GP race is the last one of the weekend and has a smaller grid but a 4^th lap run off at Turn 4 pretty much sealed my fate, I was able to eek out 9^th place.

 

All in all this was a great weekend. I broke into the Top 10 twice, and was no lower than 12^th place all weekend, I took another second out of my laptimes, and brought the bike home in every race.

 

Thank You to all of my sponsors for their amazing efforts to make this season possible. Please support the companies that support roadracing efforts.

 

Princess Jennife, Screamin YellO Racin’, Triumph675.net, Leo Vince Exhaust, Vortex, Sidi Boots, Amsoil, Manley Cycle/Roys Repair, Catalyst Racing Composites, LP USA, TankTredz, Vanson Leathers, Silkolene, Dunlop Tires, Studio299 Graphics, Momentum Photo, Braketech/Ferodo, Headsweats.

 

Mark Miller races with the Central Roadracing Association in Minnesota www.cra-mn.com, The CRA races at Brainerd International Raceway, and is the home of the fastest turn in North America. The CRA has one more event in 2007. September 14^th , 15^th, 16^th, and will be running all sprint races on Saturday and the annual 5-Hour endurance race on Sunday. Mark is also a new rider instructor for the CRA and the Chief Riding Instructor for TrackAddix Northern Region www.trackaddix.com.