WERA ROUND 6 VIR CYCLE JAM RACE REPORT

We headed out Wednesday night and my dad drove straight through all night to get us there by practice Thursday morning. This trip we went with some friends Harrison and Paul. Harrison races in the E superstock class. This was my first time to Virgina Raceway. I knew as soon as i come in from the first practice that i was going to like this track. It has a real fast down hill section that you have to go right to left to right that is fun. I started passing others there right away and knew that was going to be my strong point of the track. Turn 3 was the hardest turn for me to get through. I talked to Mike Smith and he gave me some great pointers through the sections i was having the most trouble with. Mike is a great guy and always takes the time to talk to me and show me the fast lines. Saturday i ran the F2 class for track time and unfortunately there was a bad three bike crash that i had to go through the grass to miss. I want to take this time to wish Ian a speedy recovery and send my prayers to the Gette family. GODSPEED Mr. Rob Gette. This was a sad day for everyone at the track. I had to try and put that out of my mind for now and get ready for the 125 class. I had a great battle with my friend Grayson Gerloff we went back and forth the whole race,but in the end Grayson won and I took a very close second. Sunday i felt good in practice and felt i had a good shot winning this time. I was the first 125 off the line but Grayson and Jasper were ridding 250 four strokes and pulled a big holeshot. I ran down Jasper and closed up the gap to Grayson by lap 2. Going into the down hill section i made the pass on Grayson and with 2 laps to go built up a 6 bike lead. All the sudden my exhaust starts to get very loud, the baffle,end cap and packing all come out. Grayson got bye me and i did everything i could to try and catch him but had to take second at the line by 0.014 of a second. Again i would like to thank JESUS for watching over me. Mike Smith for his help,GMD COMPUTRACK, and DUNLOP TIRES.