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2022 Roebling WERA Race Recap: Race 3. An expensive frustrating weekend.
This weekend sucked and was expensive. This weekend sucked and was expensive.2022 Roebling WERA Race Recap: Arrival and track day2022 Roebling WERA Race Recap: The first mechanical problem2022 Roebling WERA Race Recap: Damn I'm slow in practice2022 Roebling WERA Race...

2022 Talladega WERA Race 2 Recap: sharing the thrill with my daughter and a personal best
2022 Talladega WERA Race 2 Recap: the joy of doubleheader weekends2022 Talladega WERA Race 2 Recap - practice2022 Talladega WERA Race 2 Recap - race 2 2022 Talladega WERA Race 2 Recap: the joy of doubleheader weekends Great thing about doubleheader weekends – you get...

2022 Talladega WERA Race 1 Recap: the fun of my first race in decades
2022 Talladega WERA Race 1 Recap: TLDR version2022 Talladega WERA Race 1 Recap: arrival 2022 Talladega WERA Race 1 Recap: practice and waiting 2022 Talladega WERA Race 1 Recap: red flags and my friends 2022 Talladega WERA Race 1 Recap: decision and race2022 Talladega...

First motorcycle race preparation: Excited and nervous as race 1 approaches
First motorcycle race preparation: Mechanical misadventuresFirst motorcycle race preparation: All dressed up with someplace to go. First motorcycle race preparation: One journey ends, another begins First motorcycle race preparation: Mechanical misadventures If you...

2022 WERA race preparation: 2 amazing steps forward. 3 angry steps back.
2022 WERA race preparation - the bike2022 WERA race preparation - 3 great sessions2022 WERA race preparation - something goes awry The last blog post about my 2022 WERA race preparation was pretty full. I announced my return to racing after more than a decade away. I...

Motorcycle race preparation: Cheap track time, 1 dead engine
Motorcycle race preparation - track timeMotorcycle race preparation - what's wrong with the bike? This journey to coming back to motorcycle racing actually began more than 2 years ago. On my 50th birthday, I decided I wanted to go back to the racetrack and compete for...