Spokane Track Day |
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| By: | Tom Marx |
| Date: | 9/1/2006 thru 9/1/2006 |
| Each year competes to out do the previous... This year we have 8 bikes and some new faces! | |
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| Justin comes full-circle and rides his own bike on the anniversary of his introduction to Mecca. David joins us out to the track for the first time with us. Todd prove he's fast anywhere. Jimmie, although battered from a get-off at Pacific Raceway, gave us some moral support...and the usual suspects of the Andy's Graham and Raber, Alan and Scott complete the, uh, grid! |
| Here you can ride aboard a lap around with Tom (19 meg).
Feel what itis like to spend a whole session... Here, ride along for the whole third session (155 meg). |
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Everyone is ready to go as we wait for David and family at the hotel... |
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Scott and Kelly have their motor running and ready to go at the hotel. It must be time to head out to the track! |
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Last minute alterations for Justin and Alan force them to put in some last minute wrenching before the show... |
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David looks over his 1000RR in the morning prior to hitting the track... |
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Justin puts on some last minute track day rubber on his SV... |
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We all line up for the second session... |
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The gang enters turn seven at the beginning of one of the sessions... |
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Scott tracks through turn four... |
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Justing pitches into the turn seven hairpin... |
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Todd and Andy Graham rail through turn four off the back straight... |
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David on the brakes as he heads for turn nine... |
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Raber and Graham engage in master strategies as they plot the domination of Spokane Raceway Park... |
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Scott concentrates on the entrance to turn nine... |
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Tom heaves the big R1 through the turn seven hairpin... |
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Scott indicates that everything is okay (I think), while Todd wonders if his hands are convulsing... |
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Graham leads Todd through turn eleven...no they're not racing... |
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Raber shows off his good nature as we wait to go out for a session... |
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Todd motors through turn eight at a buck plus a few... |
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Everyone chills as we wait to head out in one of the afternoon sessions... |
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Graham takes seat time on the SV in turn eleven... |
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Justin enters turn eleven on his little commuter SV... |
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Raber enters turn eight on the race SV... |
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Scott shows his google-eyes while railing through turn eleven... |
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Tom gets some seat time on the race SV in turn eleven... |
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Justin rails through turn eleven on his SV... |
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A frame from Tom's on-board video of Alan in turn two... |
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A frame from Tom's on-board video of Andy Graham in turn Eleven... |
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A frame from Tom's on-board video of Justin in turn two... |
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A frame from Tom's on-board video of Todd in turn two... |
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Another successful Spokane Track Day in the can, Alan, Kelly, Jimmie, Scott and Justin shoot the breeze while packing up anything not needed for the next day's endurance race... |
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Tom, Andy Graham and Andy Raber take a slow lap around the track on bicycles to strategize on the next day's race... |
