Series: OMRRA
Date: July 26th

Classes raced and results
600 Supersport - 2nd
600 Superbike - 1st
Formula Ultra- 2nd

Oh yeah! I needed this weekend more than words alone can describe. A win eluded us for several races and I'm feeling fantastic as our hard work and never-give-up mind-set finally paid off.

Thank you's
Don Beck - Don, the more I extend trust to you the better we do. Thanks for persisting with me and calling me out on my B.S.
Tom Young & Pirelli Tires. - Tom, thanks for your patience in us getting to the top step again. The tires are phenomenal and we truly appreciate the support.
Mike Sullivan - You've been more than generous with the use of your ZX10 - Thanks doesn't seem enough.
Francie LaMarche - Francie, you're such an amazing person. I can't tell you how grateful we are to have you on the team.
Brian Moe, Kevin Pinkstaff, Brent Prindle and the whole "clan" - thanks for the support, laughs and good times.
Dan Zlock - thanks for all you do even as you go through a tough time.

Notes on practice.
I came into this weekend more confident than ever. After our improvement at the last WMRRA round I couldn't wait to throw my leg over the 600 and get to work. Practice went quite well as we worked from our standard setting to dial the bike into the conditions.

Race 1 - 600 Supersport
I did alright off the line and slotted into second place going into turn one. It looked like it was going to be another good battle between Chris Ancien and I for the win. Chris was riding well and although I was able to make ground in certain sections of the track, I wasn't able to mount a serious enough challenge for the win. I felt we had the package to win this race, but I didn't get it done.

Race 2 - 600 Superbike
After the first race on Saturday Don looked at me and candidly asked if I was finally tired of this second place bullshit? He has a way with words. A few choice words later and we had a plan to get us to the front of the field and the work began. I was able to slot into second again off the start but I had a different mindset for this race. I'll leave it at the word determined and let you imagine the rest. The result was probably one of the best races of my career, passing on every lap, two to three times, if not more. Timing lapped riders to the tenth of a second and relentlessly pushing as hard as possible every second of every lap. In the end I was just able to hold off Chris Ancien for the win!

Race 3 - Formula Ultra
Again I was on Mike Sullivan's borrowed ZX10R. The bike's an absolute missile and riding it has been an exciting challenge for sure. I did well off the start and managed to nip in behind Alan Schmidt. From here I wanted to latch onto Al and see what happened. At first the pace was decent enough where I didn't feel as though we were really on the edge. Then by the third lap Al was pushing harder and in my attempt to keep on him I almost crashed in turn three. VERY close! That reality check made me slow down a little as I didn't want to owe Mike more than I already do. :o) I notched it down a few tenths and took a relatively conservative second. Congrats go out to Tony Porter for getting a well deserved third in this race!

Thanks again to everyone involved in this race program and all my friends and family for their support.

Stay tuned.

Oliver