RACE REPORT # 6 / BULLS GAP, LIMA, & DUQUOIN
BULL’S GAP, TN. – JUNE 20TH – 1ST place
I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to get this race report written. I just got back home last week after a month on the road racing. Our trip started here in Washington – first stop, Owensboro, Kentucky – where I met up with my racing partner, J.D. Beach. We hung out there for a couple of days before heading to Bulls Gap for the next round of pro racing in the GNC series. The track there was pretty knarly – it had banking that was 32 degrees – which is the same as Daytona Speedway. From the get go, I knew it was my kind of track and that it was going to be a good day! In qualifying, things went according to plan – I had fast time in the pro singles class by almost a ½ of a second and my time was good enough to be fourth overall in the expert twins class. I was pretty pumped after hearing this and ready to go take back the championship points lead that I lost in the last round. I won my heat by a half a straightaway over my friend JD and my lap times had decreased since qualifying.
The words "living the dream" never meant so much to me as they did on this past weekend at the US Grand Prix, Laguna Seca AMA round. I know every expert club rider and the majority of pros would drop almost anything to hop a ride on one of the most successful AMA pro road race teams in the business. The names Roadracingworld.com, M4 Suzuki and Ulrich are synonymous with bringing forward stars like Schwantz, Hopkins, Spies, Young, May, Cárdenas and many, many more. So when dad said he got a call from John Ulrich and discussed a "one-off" ride at Laguna Seca when the MotoGP boys were in town I couldn't believe it. All I could think of is out of everyone in the country, ME!
