Velocity Racing's 'Honey Badger' Blog

Sonoma Raceway was the setting for the 5 th AFM race round of 2015. One of the most technical tracks on our circuit, it is the one track we race on that used to host AMA racing as well as club level races. Historically this particular track has been my worst track that we ride, and even more so on my current bike. I hadn’t been here since our last round at Sonoma earlier in the year when I had finally broken my previous personal best by just a bit. I came into this weekend fairly hopeful, however, partially due to a few things happening over the summer break that I knew would help me improve in various ways. I had received some coaching at one of the PTT track days from one of our faster racers, and there were several take away pieces of information that I knew I could apply to any track I was on. Over the few weeks in between that track day and our races I sat down with a notebook, some videos, and a track map and tried to really apply some of the things we had gone over...

Laguna Seca. Anyone who’s ever watched motorcycle racing knows about Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. It’s an amazing track with history as being the only US Moto GP race for a rather long time, and it’s right here in our backyard. Pacific Track Time had a track day planned here for the middle of the week, so with some last minute prep the night before we woke up hella early to pick up a fellow BARFer and head down. Traffic, even at that time of day, was significantly worse than anticipated, and we ended up rolling in later than expected. It was the first track day ever for the rider who was catching a ride with us, and it was also going to be the first track day for one of my newest sponsors, Sy Nazif with RiderzLaw . It’s always exciting to see new riders get out on track, and I was pretty stoked to get to be there for their first experiences on a race track. The weather was perfect with a slight breeze and sunny skies, and this was stacking up to be my first time at Laguna...

“That’s what racing is all about” pretty much sums up my feelings on the AFM Round 4 at Thunderhill Raceway, our last round before a 2 month summer break. The weekend looked to be warm to hot, with very little cool to be had. I decided to head up Thursday night to take some time at Precision’s new “home” with Pacific Track Time at the pre-race track day. Heading into this weekend I was in a much better place mentally than I had been for the previous round, and I had a plan in place. Friday was going to be the day to be sure I was happy with the bike set up, bed in my new Galfer Race brake pads, and blow the dust off in general. Due to the expected heat over the weekend I didn’t intend on doing much pushing on Friday, but planned to save it up for the weekend. Friday went well, and I did exactly as I had planned. The new brake pads were VERY noticeably different than what I was used to though, in a good way, but this was going to adjust how I was riding, that was for sure. The...