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Videos from the Palmetto trackday - 7-29-2007

We didn't beat the rain today - but we got in a few good sessions. I didn't get any pictures but I did take some helmet cam videos. I lost the first session's helmet cam video because of my highside in turn 10 (camera flew off of my helmet) - that would have been some good shots (plus the highside - I must been 6 feet in the air!) - I think that video is the one where I was following Jamie for a while (sorry I lost it Jamie).


Videos from the Moroso race - 7-8-2007

Hot day today, and we beat the rain. A lot of people showed up - and we missed a few. I didn't get a pictures this time, but here are two helmet cam videos - not too much action though. I ran my "new to me" GRC RR and it performed great.

  • 3 HP heat [7.2 M] I ran my dad's Blata 2.5 - only made it one lap before I seized it.
  • 8 HP race [26.5 M] I tried hard to catch Scott D, But he is too fast! I need to lose some pounds and practice more.

Andres got a picture of me on my GRC.

Videos and pictures from the trackday at the Starke track - 6-23-2007

Another trackday at Ivor Wigham’s European Rally School track in Starke, Florida. It was very hot day. Temperatures were 92 in the shade and 100+ in the sun - I don't even want to know how hot it was in my leathers. I usually only lasted 5 or so laps before I had to come off of the track - until I started racing Rick and Ricky, then I guess the adrenaline kicked in and I lasted a lot longer. I pushed hard chasing Ricky (smoking fast, bro) and low sided two different times. [By the way, my Carena S fairings don't hold up as well as the old Carena fairings].

Helmet cam videos - Rick asked to wear the helmet cam today which was great since I usually don't get video of myself!

  • Video 1 [10.8 M] Ricky and I battle a couple of laps. (Rick, it sounds like your clutch is adjusted too high.)
  • Video 2 [9.9 M] Ricky and I battle a couple of laps (part 2).
  • Video 3 [2.4 M] Rick caught a few turns of my dad riding his Aprilia RS50.
  • Video 4 [5.3 M] Rick chasing Ricky - Ricky lowsides at the end - looks like he tucked the front.

Videos and pictures from the race at the Moroso motorsports park track - 6-3-2007

We got to race the first ever pocketbike event at the Moroso track. This track is fast, long, and is tremendously fun (although a lot of the fun may come from the great group of people I get to race with)!
Anyway, this track wore me out - the staff at Moroso made sure they gave us our moneys worth and I rode 76 laps (approximately 61 miles). Thanks to the guys of the WCPBA the racing was close, clean, and exciting as usual!

Check out the racing yourself - here are my helmet cam videos.

  • 8 HP class heat [27.6 M] Derek, Darrell, Jeremy, and Oscar. I'm very close to Darrell at the end of the last lap.
  • Open class heat[28.1 M] Derek and Andres take off fast and are gone. Steve is in the mix with Al, Darrell, Jeremy and me until he decides he'd rather be up front with Derek and Andres. A lot of the action is up-close-and-personal with Jeremy.
  • 8 HP class main [32.5 M] Derek and Darrell take off fast - Jeremy, and I battle for a while until a trackside jump hurts his "boys" - this pretty much took the fight out of him.
  • Open class main [27.3 M] Derek and Andres disappear to the front AGAIN. Al, Steve, Jeremy, some kid on a small motard, and I battle for a while. Steve and Al battle ahead of us until Steve passes Al and jets ahead. I battle with Al for a lot of laps until I run out of gas (whoops).

Videos and pictures from the race at the Immokalee track - 5-20-2007

I had a great time at this past race held by the West Coast Pocket Bike Association down in Immokalee, Florida.
This is the most challenging track (mentally and physically) that I have ridden and my body later let me know that pocketbike racing is truly a physical sport!
The guys of the WCPBA are really nice and they go out of their way to make you feel part of the group (thanks!).

Here are my helmet cam videos. The WCPBA guys really made me push hard, so I've got my head tucked down a little more than usual.

  • Practice 1 [6.4 M] Some good footage of Mikey, Ricky, and Rick.
  • Practice 2 [10.9 M] Good shots of Jeremy, Diggie, Derek, and Steve.
  • Practice 3 [10.5 M] Shots of Rick and then a good battle between Diggie and Ricky.
  • Heat 1 [6.2 M] Jeremy and Darrell battling at the front, Derek flies by me to join the front battle. Then Andres, Diggie, and Steve all decide that they need to pass me to join the action at the front.
  • Main race [26.0 M] Awesome battle between Jeremy and me - with a final turn upset.
    Jeremy, I can live with your clutch adjusted that way!

Here are some of the pictures from the pits - this is my camera phone so the quality stinks.


Pictures from the open trackday at the Starke track - 4-28-2007

We had another great day at Ivor Wigham’s European Rally School track in Starke, Florida. He has been having an open track day about once a month (track schedule permitting). Keep an eye on Ivor's calendar for the next trackday.

Here are a few videos.

Bill's pics
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Pictures from the open trackday at the Starke track - 3-17-2007

We had another great day at Ivor Wigham’s European Rally School track in Starke, Florida. He has been having an open track day about once a month (track schedule permitting). Keep an eye on Ivor's calendar for the next trackday.

This time we brought our bigger bikes also - Me and my dad on our stock Aprilia RS-50, Bill on his handbuilt Rieju with yz85 motor (sorry, bill! - he knows why!!), and Rick and Ricky on their YSR-50.

Here are a few videos.


Pictures from the open practice day at the Starke track - 2-24-2007


Pocketbike segment from NBC's "The Spot"

For all of you SEPRA racers who were at the Palmetto track in August when NBC was filming for Channel 8's "The Spot", it's finally here!

Special thanks go to Scott and Teresa for recording the segment and sending it to me to post here! I have posted two versions of the segment - a large one and a small one - choose based on your connection speed.



Starke 10-29-2006

We had a great time at Ivor Wigham’s European Rally School track in Starke, Florida.

We raced with S.E.M.R.A. who made room for a few pocketbike classes to run between their events.

Check out some of the helmet cam footage I took.




Various videos from some of the S.E.P.R.A races


Various pictures from some of the S.E.P.R.A races

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