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CCS: VIR June 21, 2008

I guess I'm really behind the ball with this update, but I was waiting on some more pictures from Vadim and they never came.

I hadn't been to VIR is something like 3 years, way back on my F4i. Needless to say I am a completely different racer now, so for all extensive purposes I was learning a new track on a race day. It wasn't my idea of fun.

I started off the day running a session lap time of 2:10 and ended up finishing the weekend with times around 1:50 flat. There was a lot of improvement as the weekend went on.

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On a whole, however I wasn't too happy with my weekend. It was blistering hot and I just couldn't stay focused on the race. I was run off the track on Sat in the GT-Lights race by someone who "didn't think I would come to the inside". I ended up landing my shoulder on his bike and trying to push my way through the corner. It didn't work as well as I had hoped.

I did have a personal best finish as I placed 5th in the Am Lightweight Superbike race on Sunday after passing this guy coming into the back section. Vadim managed to get the whole thing in photo form.

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VIR on a whole is a great track, a little far away and a little daunting, but a good notch in my CCS racing belt.

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