Team 60

Kudos to Walter, Nancy and the CMRA staff for pulling the inaugural Team-60 race! This was a really unique event that turned out to be tremendous fun and great racing. What a great event to have on Saturday!

Despite a mechanical during my stint that cut it short, I still had a fantastic time in the race. The format is a hoot, and the LeMans start was surprisingly sane. I think everyone enjoyed the race, and certainly the spectators were treated to something unique and special in terms of race format.

Looking forward to the next one!

I watched a few videos of the start and I hate that I missed it! Looked like it was a ton of fun.

+1 to everything Jim stated above. It was fun to participate in such a unique format, and the Brownie that I taped to the windscreen, really helped my teammate get to his bike like Flash Gordon. Can't wait for the next T60 at Hallett!

MikeD's video footage of the start.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kneRssnFFbY

I was able to get up close and watch the start from the wall... Very cool, what looked to be total chaos, got off w/t a hitch.. Well done folks...:hail:

My video, now in HD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o1ec8GX3Q0&hd=1

It went too smoothly and drama free. Cut the change-over window in half.

Ok, going to post on here as well. It was me that jumped the start. I was watching Walter go through the numbers after he got to 1/2 I took off and did not wait for the horn because I wasn't sure they were synched. My mistake. Had issues getting started anyways. Truly sorry everyone.

Not a big deal, Zach. It was the first T60 for everyone and probably the first LeMans start for everyone running. Throw in a fairly new system requiring two signals to start, and someone is bound to jump :burnout:

I'm just sitting here in Monday with a huge smile on my face about that Team 60. What a fun format and what a great race.

Roger -- why less pit time? Pit was about half crazy! Of course, I was there fumbling with that darn transponder in race gloves...

A view of the start from turn 11...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=HL8G4dk69gg

From a spectators standpoint...with regards to safety issues. The start is very dramatic and cool, but I could see how a potential collision could easily occur. Not sure many other tracks will be that much different, so...how about two or three cones set-up that you must ride outside of, to help reduce the risk. Many cones would be difficult fro track staff to pick-up, but two or three shouldn't be. Maybe riding the outside of the track was discsussed in a riders meeting about the race. It just seemed that as I was standing by the wall by start jumping Zach B...;), the bikes were coming by, not really close, but were going pretty fast! Just a thought. The particiapants put on a great show, hated to see those crashes in the downhill double left hander with the water seepage...hope you guys are OK. But was a good show for the first race.

Derek

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Man that guy in 29th out of 30 starters made it up to bout 5th in turn 1!!! On an sv! Yeah yeah, thats my boy!!! The t60 race is awesome! If your a racer and watching it, STOP IT! Get out there its a blast!

my hole shot lasted all of halfway into turn 1 :lol:

It was a bit scketchy when all those bikes funneled out, it's only a matter of time. A lesser angle for the start was suggested that may help, say 25 degrees rather than 45.

It was fun until turn 3 :/

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Originally Posted by Dean Dufrene

It was fun until turn 3 :/

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I saw the video taken from a rider behind you, You shot across the track for what seemed no reason. What happened? throttle stick or something?


Good thing you weren't hurt any worse than a clavicle with a superman flying stunt like that. How was the bike?

That was awesome to watch, Like i was watching and living a old race from the 60's


Thank you CMRA for a great experience.

Hats off to everyone in the CMRA who helped make this happen. I know we brainstormed up an idea or two last year, but there was an informal focus group that spent a LOT of time thinking through the details of how to make this new race work! I loved seeing the novelty of the entire activity and everyone having a good time trying something new. Great stuff!!

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Originally Posted by John Orchard

Hats off to everyone in the CMRA who helped make this happen. I know we brainstormed up an idea or two last year, but there was an informal focus group that spent a LOT of time thinking through the details of how to make this new race work! I loved seeing the novelty of the entire activity and everyone having a good time trying something new. Great stuff!!

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the new format was alot of fun!
thanks to everyone that made it happen.
i didnt see alot of guys look to the left before taking off,so they may not look behind themselves if we lessen the angle of takeoff. i'd like it to be a subject of discussion with the godfathers though. thats a tough call but guthrie may have a good point. this is definitely the area we need to pay attention to the most.
i plan on doing the rest of them just because it was so much fun.
we set up minimal pits, didnt have to start on brand new tires, the entry fees were priced at a really good value, and i personally got to do practice and race sessions with guys i normally dont race with in other formats. and that helps me keep learning more which keeps me coming back to the track more.
fun stuff and i think the whole idea is progressive and, as we all know, we needed to make some kind of change for saturday anyways.
i hated to see the endurance rounds cut back cuz im an endurance freak but this was a trade ill be glad to make.