NEW RIDER

Im the new rider out this year my first race is at croft so watch out boys

Hi Mike
I assume you have never raced before, so here is the format for you.

You go to bed early to be fresh and bright the next day but you may just as well have gone down the pub because you get hardly any sleep dreaming about being first through the checkered flag.

The next morning you go to scrutiniering feeling like you haven't slept for a week and thinking every one is looking at you and picking holes in you and your machine. You look at the gorilla in the scrutaneers overalls and think he is going to snap my brake lever in two.

You are called to the assembly area for practise and it's at this point that you start to Question your preparation and ability. Have I done every thing I could? Have I forgotten anything? Perhaps I should just follow these guys round .

And then the moment of truth you are called to assembly area for your first race. Not a lot different from practise with similar questions going through your mind. Have I put enough fuel in etc. But now you are a bit more tense. You are going to compete, you want to beat those old timers not follow them.
You are called to the grid ready for the start. You can hear yourself breathing heavily in you helmet. You can feel your heart thumping and you glance down to see if there is a damp patch that others might notice in the crotch of your leathers.
YOUR OFF and after the first bend the butterfly's disappear and your racing.

After the race you will bend the ear of everyone in earshot recalling every bend and every manoeuvre.
The next day you will be thinking I shouldn't have rolled it off there , I could have gone quicker there.
But most of all you will be thinking. NEXT TIME, NEXT TIME.

Have fun NED

Great post Ned, always rememebr push starts, like you say heartbeating away, visor misting up and legs like jelly.

Good Luck Micheal

Enjoy very minute of it and don't to forget to show your dad the way round


See you Wroughton (July) Cadwell (Aug)

Nice introduction to starting racing, but not enough mention of bladder control!

Thanks for all the replies that have come back and especially to ned you all a great insepration to me and hope to see you at croft

Thanks to everyone that help me out at crof it was great to finish a race it was harder than it looks and i will see you all at anglsea

Thanks to everyone that help me out at crof it was great to finish a race it was harder than it looks and i will see you all at anglsea