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| Registered Forum User WSB Hero  Posts: 8,863 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boys Town Mood: www.cantbearsed.co.uk Rattler's 2009 Donny report....“It’s not the way I planned it”… Alternative titles…. …."a grid too far"…… …."best before 2009"..... …."2009: A pace odyssey".... In truth I hadn’t intended to line up on a DD grid in 2009 at all, I’d sold my DD race bike, hung up my Diablos and bought myself a sorted Trumpet 675 for some 2009 SoT and trackday fun. But the pull of an early Donny meeting, the lack of any decent test time on the 675 and an extremely kind offer from Chaz of a loan OD2 DD bike was too much for me to resist….  And so with the smell of fear in my nostrils, an uneasy naive feeling and knowing that the last time I’d raced a DD bike I’d broken my collarbone (again!!!), I squeezed into my ever-shrinking leathers on a cold March morning. In brief, qualifying was eclectic, race 1 was wasted cheaply and race 2 was a hoot, I was way off the pace, but on the limit. Thanks to Andy Challis for a race long battle and many congrats to the podium sitters new and old, and especially to Otei’s for his first win.  Thanks to all I’ve raced with and those who’ve supported me over the DD years. I’m off to the land of flattering power and sticky tyres…  Tim Last edited by Rattler : 30-Mar-2009 at 09:17. | |
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| Registered Forum User Ducati Meccanica  Posts: 2,463 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Guernsey Mood: Damp | |
| 31-Mar-2009, 11:44 | #3 |
| Registered Forum User Ducati Meccanica Bikes: 916 Senna, 748RS Corse, 1098s Race  Posts: 2,816 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Adelaide...yup!! Mood: walking on sunshine..... | |
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| Registered Forum User Ducati Meccanica  Posts: 2,244 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nottingham Mood: ooooh | |
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| Deceased 02/10/2010 - R.I.P. Ducati Corse Posts: 3,170 Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Darlington, Co. Durham Mood: NGRRC Minitwins champion 2007 | |
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| 31-Mar-2009, 22:21 | #9 |
| Registered Forum User WSB Hero Posts: 8,863 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boys Town Mood: www.cantbearsed.co.uk | |
| 31-Mar-2009, 23:28 | #10 | |
| Registered Forum User MotoGP God  Posts: 15,644 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Swansea Mood: 749 racebike MGP Quote:
DSC track days are the Mon 15th and Tues 16th of June. And the next day I fly to Barcelona for Sonar Festival returning Sun  Sucks to be me! | ||
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