Old pic

[pillaka]

I was browsing through some files on my computer and came across this pic of myself, taken early April in 05', it was my 7th trackday ever, 3rd of the season. Turn 5 at VIR North.

http://home.comcast.net/~pillaka/brian2.jpg

Later that day I locked up my front tire or bottomed out the forks under hard braking and crashed before going into turn 1.

[pillaka]

Found some more pics and uploaded them.

The f4i in it's early days:

http://home.comcast.net/~pillaka/Picture_282.jpg

Post VIR North Crash, little banged up

http://home.comcast.net/~pillaka/Picture_301.jpg

In may I went to Pocono North on mother's day. Lowsided on the banking going approx 130 - 140 mph.

http://home.comcast.net/~pillaka/holycrap2.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~pillaka/holycrap1.jpg

After a new suit, and lots of parts off ebay, I was ready to rock! Did a ghetto fix of the fiberglass and added fresh coat of primer.

This pic was taken at Grattan in June

http://home.comcast.net/~pillaka/usedtobeaf4i.jpg

Also I grattan I got the number #360, my friend Bill said that number suits me perfectly.

http://home.comcast.net/~pillaka/brianonbike2.jpg

Another f4i action pic

http://home.comcast.net/~pillaka/sweet.jpg

In August I scored a deal on some race plastics on ebay, and some other misc stuff, did a rattle can paint job on the bike using my friend's silver/blk f4i as reference.

http://home.comcast.net/~pillaka/cbrrace2.jpg

You can spot blinky underneath the tail!

http://home.comcast.net/~pillaka/cbrrace4.jpg

Packed onto Brian's seadoo trailer about to head down to VIR.

http://home.comcast.net/~pillaka/trailerbuddies.jpg

On the way down to VIR... Only in VA

http://home.comcast.net/~pillaka/rednecks.jpg

Beaverun in september 05, found out what happens when you lean to far and hit your peg on the ground

http://home.comcast.net/~pillaka/DSC_6849_WM.jpg

Later that day I was trying to hang with George

http://home.comcast.net/~pillaka/EWN_3342_WM.jpg

All day all I could run were times in the 1:05 range, last session I ran one lap - a 1:03.31. Finally started to feel like I was getting fast.

http://home.comcast.net/~pillaka/DSC_6826_WM.jpg

Ran one more day at pocono in october, did my first race. Then the water pump blew, over the winter the f4i was parted out.

[Retom7]

Great pics... I like that first one.

[Ant]

Great pics. I love the storyline.

And hey, is that Ernie?

[CBRBob]

Here is an old pic.....

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-10/1087910/POCONOa.jpg


What kind of suit is that?


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[Cakes206]

What kind of suit is that?

No way. Leathers? Can't be :D

[lateapex]

Here's one from VIR 2001. I'm in the Jeff Gordon colors on a 92 gs500.

[CBRBob]

Rainbows are sssuper!

[pillaka]

Here is an old pic.....

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-10/1087910/POCONOa.jpg


What kind of suit is that?


.

So groups went by tape color? And then, they wrote your name on the tape too, sweet!

[PitsVtec]

Anal burn.....

[lateapex]

Isn't that Rita's bike?

[CBRBob]

It is now :)

[lateapex]

Here's one of pitroad at Pocono in 1984.

http://users.rcn.com/gsxrrider/poconogr.jpg

[Smokes35]

hey lateapex.... who invited ghostbusters to the pits at pocono that year?

[Cakes206]

Here's one of pitroad at Pocono in 1984.
Wow, look Ghostbusters was even there :lol:

[Cakes206]

hey lateapex.... who invited ghostbusters to the pits at pocono that year?
:doh: :lol:

[njracer]

Various pics from somewhere around 1998 to 2002/3......still can't find any of the 1995 to 1997 pics but I'm sure there on one of the PC's.

[lateapex]

You should have seen the tow truck, it was even older then the ghostbusters mobile.

This was east course was just access roads from that amblance and tow trucks and for fans to get around the infield on. We used part the old inside oval that was there for the orignal FUSA turn1. We used to use the a hairpin turn that is where the nascar rocks are to then out onto the north course.

[pillaka]

Here's one of pitroad at Pocono in 1984.

Also when pocono was last paved! :D

[lateapex]

Actually the only new pavement was in the late 80's when put in Turn 1 and 2 for the FUSA track because of the paddock changes that started back then. Besided the cement patches on the north side no new pavement has been down since 1984. Wait they did add pavement on the east side between turn 3 and the hairpin for the nascar karts.

We had talked with Pocono about putting pavement to the inside of the wall along the east course straight, with a series of turns and a short straight. This way they could still use the oval or the FUSA track while the east was in use, but you can see where that went.

[xPS VerapKillx]

sorry to hear about your accident but that first pic looks awesome id frame that one