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Slaughter
| Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 02:20 pm: |
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Finally got a podium finish in BOTT Middleweight last weekend. The oft-abused XB was FINALLY ridden well enough to get a podium. I was on the ONLY non-Ducati and passed the 848 of Max Cappellari on lap 5 when he seemed to slow slightly in Turn 2 (everybody's favorite sweeper) - allowing me to pass on the outside. The rest of the race (last 4 laps) were unremarkable in that I just kept my head down and keyed off of Sunny in the T1 stands figuring that if Max was gaining on me, she'd be making a MOVE IT!! MOVE IT!! sign - otherwise she'd just visibly applaud. While I'm glad to have finished on the podium, I'm more than a little bit pissed that the 848s are allowed into this class, pushing out all the historically competitive machines (Buell, SV, 650 Ninja, 748 and 749 Ducati) - but such is life... |
Imonabuss
| Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 05:17 pm: |
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848's running against SV's, EX's and XB's??? That is insane. |
Paint_shaker
| Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 12:43 pm: |
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Congrats Slaughter!! Go Buell Racers!! |
Blake
| Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 03:51 pm: |
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Way to go Steve! Woohoo! And against an 848?!? I'm with the Bussman. Who the heck is making the rules there, Ducati? |
Blake
| Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 03:53 pm: |
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Must be a special allowance to account for fogging faceshields. |
Court
| Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 06:39 pm: |
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Hahahahaha . . we've always been on the receiving end of that whole "cheater bike" thing . . I'm not sure what to say. But . . that is REALLY cool to see you on the box and I love your "old tech" method of reading SS (Sunny's Signals). Well done! |
Smoke
| Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 08:46 pm: |
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congratulations Steve!! |
99buellx1
| Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 09:31 pm: |
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Nicely done! |
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