Miles traveled: 5800
Days spent: 14
Hours ridden: 13
Races entered: 4
Top-ten finishes: 2






"Y'all c'n sit wherever y'like," beamed the charming, southern-belle waitress. Her slow accent only added drool to the pile of jaws we had just dropped on the floor. We all looked at each other, and everyone had the same expression: We're not...

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Friday it was finally dry, allowing me to put in some much-needed hot laps on the R6, on the WERA track configuration. I swapped tires and got ready early so that I could make the most of the few sessions I'd get - Friday was also the first day of the Sportsman championship - and went out to do some business. WERA ran a track configuration that differed from the Schwantz School in one section, adding a short chicane at the beginning of the esses. The difference was challenging enough that I couldn't...

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An hour later, Brandon Bones was standing over me in the dark, trying to get my attention. "Get up," he repeated.
"Hunh?"
"Do you want an AMA bike tomorrow or not?"
I paused, trying to wrap my head around what he was saying.
"I suppose I should put on some pants, then."


Fast forward to 7 am, Sunday morning: I was wide awake and had been for half an hour, eagerly anticipating the truck that was just then pulling...

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