Well i enjoyed it !
 

Daunting didnt describe my 1st thoughts when we trundled up to brands,i have never ridden the track,seen 2 you tube vids,had new tyres and not sat on the bike since oulton park ,hmmm forward planning -fail.luckily we were met by neil c only to be told that some of these new guys looked extremely quick,a fair recomendation from a former class b man that bothered more than a few class a boys in his time !.Ok the aim was see how the mighty 96 goes with new belts ,brakes etc,see if we can qualify and get into a good old class b scrap.up in the morning damp and foggy,Phil(ghost) and the gang,nogs,and ross (welcome back boys)were already up cooking breakfast,reminds me of the good times in the paddock,so after a cuppa and reminicences of mine and kims valentine capers i wondered over to paddock hill bend to see what it really looked like ,all of my motorcycle heroes from chris walker to ghost have comented on that drop off,they wernt far wrong !! doh oh well we have come this far .http://www.ducatisportingclub.com/im...milies/eek.gif
So off we go for qually 2 laps to scrub the tyres,3rd lap sideways up druids (should have been 3 laps scrub tyres !)5th lap it turned out was about a nats wotsit off a lap rcord,thatll do nicely.
on to the grid,i got pole 6th overall,acompanied by scott and the mighty badger,and the new class b boy chris.Off we go,fair start i thought,but whats thisthe new kid on the block is harassing the class a boys and buggered off,kev p ,scott jimbo (another welcome return )all go flying by,somehow after the first druids tangle i managed to come out 2nd class b and set about chasing chris,he was very quick and i couldnt latch on to that group but felt good and carried on untill bradders and chris had the unfortunate sleeping police man incident !with chris definately coming off worse. i inherited the win,but need to sort my starts out this year if i want to get on .
Race 2 ,crap start-those models disturbed me!! (not in a good way )somehow managed to stay in the no mans land ,although i didnt realise just how close scot was at the end,and did have a bit of a battle with jimbo.At this point i have to say,that there are a lot of newbies this year ,for whom the whole dd thing must have been extremely daunting-some were away up front giving it all,some got lapped but achieving their own goals (the reason we are all here )some just had a crap run and the bike threw a proper wobler (enough of the niceaties -thats dd racing !):lol: anyway chris apparently harassed the class a boys (nice one mate ) and ran in with a very credible win,phil seemed on it this time ,bike probs sorted,race head on ,kev p definately had race head on ,never saw much of bradders but great to see him competing at the sharp end ,class a is going to be fun this year .
Race 3 better start a couple of class a in the way !!(i know,who would have thought ,)ok so i had my arse handed to me next lap but it was fun while it lasted,cracking race ,and eventfull had an ace battle with jimbo (the man is back )and scot and badger,we had some epic corners ,and very like sorted,we could drop into a corner with confidence and just race (isnt that why we are here ) after elles and spences demise the race was called,i took the 2nd ,chris took another win and scot in another fine 3rd.
It was great to get that under my belt,great to meet some of the new boys and gals,ace racing and fine company as always.Just as great to see the old hands its what the dd paddock is abo:lol: ut.So nice al and summer could see the sorted bike prevail,although i have a cunning plan for that !.
big thanks to kim ,penny and olly for pit crew,to trudi and kev ellis for just getting us all there, last but not least to the racers that have toiled in sheds and garages all winter and just made the effort to be there,this is going to be a great season up and down the grid-come on snetterton .:)

p.s i just found out that screwfix direct is NOTa dating agency !

Nice write up Dave, good to see you back and pushing for the front spot in Class B. Looks like a good season ahead.

Good write up Dave, you crack me up. I'm going to give you some writing and grammer lessons tho', as I end up reading a sentence 3 times. :lol:

Nice read buddy and was great to be up there with you having a ding dong in race 3!
Roll on a dry Snett. :D

Are you sure you've never been there before. You looked well at home as you sailed past.

Looks like we are in for a good tussle at the sharp end of B this year.

Mark

that will be the track guide I lent him Mark ;)

great results Dave and top to see you've carried on where you left off last year...think you're right, both classes will be competitive this year right thru the field. Once some of the newbies get more confidence, incl us newbies (Phil etc) in a few rounds the pace will pick up again

Nice write up Dave, roll on Snetterton:D



Chris:burn:

Excellent write as usual dave and some good results keep it up m8 see you at snett

You're both bloody yam yams......how can you teach each other to speak English ? Lol.....
And Dave, its taken me AGES to polish the paint off your bike from my wheels and forks thankyou ! Lol.....

bostin mate,sorry about the rumble strip incident,was in a bit of a rush with rather irate badger up my chuff.Great to have you back in the paddock though,just like the old days!!hows the van door?pm me and we can hatch a plan for snett,bostin,oooorrrite,yam