Man, we were living like rock
stars this year AGAIN! Five straight days of riding Road America
in the most beautiful weather we could have possibly desired.
We headed up to Road America on Thursday night and setup camp
for the CCS weekend and then stayed over for the NESBA day on
Monday and Tuesday. Our good buddy Dave Darcy brought up his
toy hauler and provided us bed and board for the whole five
days. We were feeling like rock stars I tell ya!
Hix racing has grown a bit this
year with the official addition of two riders to the team. In
addition to Ron Hix, Brian Blume is contending a 2008 Suzuki
GSXR 1000 in the Expert ranks and Ian Flaws is riding Ron's
bike from last year (2006 Suzuki GSXR 1000) in the Amateur class.
We picked up the 2008 GSXR's from Mark Junge and the bikes did
not disappoint.
This was our first race weekend
on the new 2008 bikes and right out of the gate these new bikes
were very fast with the GPS units showing a legit 180MPH. It
took us several practice sessions and several more races before
we got the bikes to handle and feel like we wanted, but once
we got them dialed in they were very confidence inspiring. By
the end of the 3 day CCS event we were consistently competing
for podiums in our races.
Since we were in bad need of
some track time, Brian and Ron entered the Team Challenge in
hopes of knocking off some rust from a long winter. Ron was
so jacked up to finally be racing again that he completely destroyed
the tires in 20 laps before handing the bike over to Brian.
During the pit stop, Brian asked Ron how the tires were and
Ron told him, "Done, don't be a hero. Just bring it home."
Thankfully, Ron had built up a good lead and Brian was a good
sport and just nussed it home for the team's first win of the
season. Hix Racing won the overall with a 57 second margin,
picked up a big trophy and a nice write-up on Roadracing World,
pretty sweet.
Brian Blume has really picked
up a lot of speed from last season and this was Ian's first
race weekend. Brian dropped almost 10 seconds and Ian stepped
up to the plate and swung for the fences right off the bat getting
his first win!
Overall, the whole team an excellent
job.
RACERs
RACEs
RESULTs
Ron Hix / Brian Blume
Team Challenge
1st
Ron Hix
GTO
2nd
Ron Hix
Unlimited GP (Race #2)
3rd
Ron Hix
Unlimited Supersport (Race
#2)
4th
Ron Hix
Unlimited Superbike (Race
#2)
3rd
Brian Blume
Unlimited GP (Race #2)
6th
Brian Blume
Unlimited Superbike (Race
#1)
3rd
Brian Blume
Unlimited Supersport (Race
#1)
6th
Brian Blume
Unlimited Superbike (Race
#2)
5th
Brian Blume
Unlimited Supersport (Race
#2)
8th
Ian Flaws
Unlimited Supersport (Race
#2)
2nd
Ian Flaws
Unlimited Superbike (Race
#2)
1st
ONBOARD RACE VIDEO:
Unlimited Superbike, Race 2:
Unlimited GP, Race 2:
Video Credit to Jeff Little of
www.TraqmateRental.com
