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Old 01-17-2010, 08:31 PM   #1
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For all the trackday junkies please share those first trackday stories as they always make for interesting reads.
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Old 01-17-2010, 09:22 PM   #2
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Pocono FUSA w/Team Hammer. Wore leathers on my F2. Went fastter then my group and the group above me. Not faster then Doug Polen though. I didn't hang off much, thought I did though lol. It was a blast!
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Old 01-17-2010, 09:24 PM   #3
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crashed...., not much else
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Old 01-17-2010, 09:37 PM   #4
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August 2003, Summit Point. Track day hosted by the people from Louden...the day that started it all.
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Old 01-17-2010, 11:11 PM   #5
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1997 TPM Pocono east
HOT summer day, went with a buddy with open trailer. Had no chairs no shade and no food and water. It was a blast!
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VIR South 2006 1st track day after my ART Basic, had someone take my bike for me, me and my wife drove down. no chairs, no ez up, no place to hide from the 2 days of brutal sun. me and my wife got burnt up bad now i got plenty of chairs, a few ez ups, my own trailer, a bunch of other shit, i still go to VIR, my wife never left NJ again!
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now i got plenty of chairs, a few ez ups, my own trailer, a bunch of other shit,
3 generators, 7 fans, 2 tool boxes...
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now i got plenty of chairs, a few ez ups, my own trailer, a bunch of other shit
a fuzzy helmet, 3 bottles of mustard, 2 trays of flipped cookies and TURDY TWO for a buddy.
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Pocono East May 11th 2007! NYSBC , fell in love, picked up a track bike week later, sold my street ride few weeks after that, never looked back! I did bring a chair dough ;-).......
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pocoNO east.......Oct. 4th 2008... nothing but my bike and brand NEW leathers ,boots and gloves..A TRUE ROOKIE....since that day have never ridden the streets again and have blown most of my savings.... that day was great.. billy told me i was fuct (didnt quite get it then)...lol..
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hijacked golf carts, borrowed pit boards and ran from track security

much more interesting then my first trackday which was wet and one of the rare times my bike went home in the same condition it arrived. boring!!

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Pocono East May 11th 2007! NYSBC , fell in love, picked up a track bike week later, sold my street ride few weeks after that, never looked back! I did bring a chair dough ;-).......
And i was there when it all began
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hijacked golf carts, borrowed pit boards and ran from track security

much more interesting then my first trackday which was wet and one of the rare times my bike went home in the same condition it arrived. boring!!
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And i was there when it all began
Forgot to mention, its all because of Tom!!!!!! ;-)
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