The 2007 season is over, work has been crazy, Mike and I have both just been trying to decompress from everything and relax.
I’ll just make a quick summary here, post some photos, and come back later and write up detailed reports when I have some free time.
1. Buttonwillow sucked, we finished DFL, I hate that track. It’s bumpy, no facilities, flat, no reference points, sandy, narrow, and there are tumbleweeds.
2. Streets of Willow at Willow Springs ruled! I love that track, it’s very technical and slightly bumpy, but loads of fun. It was an excellent two days of practice and racing to end the season on. We had a great time and finished 9th out of 11 to secure 8th overall in the 2007 SRA championship and 6th overall in the SRA-West Shootout. So I’ve had an excellent first season of Formula 1 sidecar racing. Here’s the points breakdown for this season. http://www.sra-west.us/html/point_leaders.html
Time for pictures.
Bumpywillow
![](http://www.caliphotography.com/photography/10-20-Buttonwillow-AFM/Group5/1040am/IMG_1875.JPG)
Buttonwillow, the new helmets, me on the platform looking very uncomfortable. Mike in the cockpit checking out some suspension changes and making sure everything is ok. I hate passengering.
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Mike on the platform, relaxed, bored.
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Me head down, Mike transitioning left to right.
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Race over, heading back into the pits, pissed off and fustrated.
We gave taxi rides on the East Loop during lunch for 20 bucks / two laps. All the money went to the James Cornell Fund. 22 brave souls took up the offer and hopped on the back of a F1/F2 sidecar for a trip around the track at speed. I don’t really do taxi rides, so Mike jumped in the cockpit and played cab driver for half a dozen willing volunteers.
![](http://www.badcatracing.com/bwillow/taxi01small.jpg)
Mike tells “bobspa” from the Ducati Monster List, “Hold on tight, don’t let go, don’t lean the wrong way.”
![](http://www.badcatracing.com/bwillow/taxi03small.jpg)
And off they go for two terror filled laps. Bob was hooked enough that he came out to Streets of Willow and took a real ride around Streets at full tilt on the back of the CSR to get what Mike calls the e-ticket experience.
Streets of Willow
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Mike is a Peacock for any camera he happens to spot.
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That’s it for now. More when I have time to write something up!