Summit Point, WV
April 15-16, 2000

My first weekend racing was Easter weekend.

Here is a picture of our pits that race weekend. The progression of our pits from the beginning of the season till the end of 2001 is cool to see.  For more, read the race report.

What the picture doesn't show is my truck blew the water pump on the trip down. At this point I hadn't gotten anywhere near to fixing it.

Dave and I gassing up our bikes for a race or practice.

More bike preparations.

The first year of racing Dave did everything out of his Jeep. He hauled the bike in the back and got a rooftop soft carrier (basically a big bag) to hold all his supplies and gear.

Dave on pit lane headed out for a race or practice. This was Dave's second weekend racing. The week prior to this he raced and volunteered to corner work all weekend. The corner working got me a discount for the race school and track time I got this weekend.

Here's a picture of the race paddock at Summit Point.

The next series of pictures are of me in my first race. The blue t-shirt over my leathers is to let other racers know I'm a beginner. I'm the first t-shirted guy in this picture.

Again the guy in front. We're headed into turn five.

Me all alone headed around turn five.

I spent all of Saturday participating in the race school. This icluded a lot of classroom instruction and time on the track. At the end we had a mock race. If you crashed, you didn't get your license. I was dead last in the race, but I got my license. Sunday I signed up for one race, then spent the rest of the day working on my truck.