Was watching the weather all week and it looked to be kind of miserable. We lucked out and had most of our races in the dry with only my last rain being full wet.

Before I get going on the report. Wanted to share a very cool thing that Kevin P did. He set up a booth to help a friend from school's nephew, Jake Kennedy Derring. Jake was born with an extraordinarily rare syndrome called Otopalatodigial Syndrome Type II. Please read more and if you can contribute here http://www.jakesake.com/ The response from OMRRA was great and reminds me of special people that I get to race with.

Onto the report. Thanks Mike Gray, John Kim, and Amy for help in the pits this weekend. Special thanks to Mike Gray, Brian Pinkstaff, and Dave Salmi for helping me at the last track day. I think it definitely helped towards some progress on track.

Thanks to sponsors Acme Motowear, Zlock Racing, Zupa Travel, Lockhart Phillips, Cycle gear, and Competition motors. Thanks to friends Dustin, Mark & Elaine, Jeff Brooks, The Pinkstaff's, Oliver Jervis, and Dale Zlock. We were without the presence of Dan Zlock as after so many years racing...he wanted to take a weekend off. You missed an especially entertaining dinner with Oli.

450 Clubman - 1st place

Wanted to take note that this is going to Jeffery Thomson's last race. It was/has been a pleasure getting to know and race with him the past two years...he'll be missed on and off the track.

He got the jump on me at the start...but I kept on the gas as I couldn't afford to give him the lead into 1. We were joined this time on the grid by motard riders Tyson Silva and Justin Watkins. I knew they were going to be added competition as they are both fast riders. Unfortunately we caught the wave ahead of us very quickly...like Turn 3 of lap 1 and I was immediately being held up by slower Middle weight riders. Was able to pick my way through some...but I lacked some confidence to pass in 7-8-9...which was something that Justin and Tyson took advantage of. We diced it up a bit throughout the race...at times I think their passes might have been a little risky for a Clubman class...but I put it out of my mind and focused on getting ahead of them. I wasn't turning any real fast laps on the SV500...but I was able to hold them off for the win, but they didn't make it easy.

450 Superbike - 6th place

This is my best finish in this class. Unfortunately it was really due to Dustin crashing...I'm glad he's OK and was able to get the bike back together to go racing again later in the day for what would be his first win. Congrats! I got a slow start...as we headed into one Dave Wallway was just ahead but so was David Lane. I took a very fast outside line into 1 and went around Dave L. to ensure I could stick with Dave Wallway. It worked and I was able to race with Dave W. He was stronger than me in 7-8-9...but I'd pull right up on him in T1. Within lap 1 Mike McDonough came from the back of the pack and was able to get into the 2nd group of bikes to start battling. About mid way through the race I was able to get by Dave and was holding him off. Greg Levin was just ahead and I was trying to put sometime down to catch him. Although I was very strong this weekend into 1 and 2. My turn 3 speed and exit out of turn 9 seems to have regressed. I need to make sure to work on that this next trackday. If I sort that out I think that will at least get me right behind the 2nd lead group. Which I hope will help bring my times down further. I'm also very happy that this time I set consistent times down from the beginning. Normally I'm off pace the first 3 laps. But this race I was able to consistently put down 18's and 19's right from the beginning. Which is encouraging for me.

Lightweight Superbike sponsored by Vicious Cycle - 2nd place

Thankfully this was going to be a full wet race. We didn't have the stress of tire choice and last minute changes. We put on a new set of wets and headed out. About 3 laps in it started to rain. From the beginning I wasn't fully comfortable in the rain. So Travis was able to slip away quickly. I was left fending off Tyson. He was able to pass me once but I passed him back and then got a little more comfortable and was able to put some faster times down. I think fast lap in the rain is 1:33...which for me I think is a personal best in the wet. Considering I stayed up...I'm not complaining at all with finishing 2nd.