WERA Regional, Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia, March 23 and 24 1996.

Made a quick trip down to Road Atlanta this past weekend. Worked on
Friday and drove to the South Carolina/Georgia border after work (~8
hours). Finished the trip Saturday morning. Made both practice
sessions, and they went well despite cool temps.  It was beginning to
look like one of those weekends where I wouldn't touch the tool box. I
safety wired my exhaust springs as per the tech inspectors
instructions, set my tire pressures and added gas, and thats all I did
to the bike all weekend.

I entered Vintage 4, Vintage 5 and the LightWeight Endurance race. In
Vintage 4 this year they now score the 4 strokes separately from the 2
strokes, good for me. I came in 7th overall, but 2nd in the 4 Stroke
class. An old fellow Dr. Levine on an SRX (now legal for V4) beat me.
We will have to see if his bikes running gear (Marvics and 4 piston
brakes) stands up to legal scrutiny later in the year!  In Vintage 5 I
came in 6th after being balked by someone pulling off onto pit road
from the racing line.  2 folks got past me in that incident. Although
its not clear that they wouldn't have come past anyway.  And finally in
the last race of the day, LightWeight Endurance I came in 9th.  This
was good race as I was just about the first non-4 cylinder Japanese
bike. I left the track not knowing how I finished as I was in a hurry
to get to my sisters house and chat with her husband before he had to
go to work. I was beginning to feel run down, work had been kicking my
butt for the past 2 weeks and my racing life style also is quite
draining.  I was beginning to feel a slight cold coming on.

Saturday night I relaxed in their hot tub soothing those aches and pain
that a good day at the track brings. Then later I did some star gazing
and viewed the comet with some binoculars.

Sunday came around and I woke up with a sore throat.  My original plan
was to run two races Sunday and split, getting home around mid-night
and working a regular schedule Monday at work, I knew that would be
tough since I wasn't in perfect health.  I got to the track, and ran
morning practice, no surprises there, there was however only one
session, because Road Atlanta has a locally mandated 2.5 hour quite
time between 10am and 12:30 on Sundays.  I wasn't too keen on waiting 5
hours for a couple of 15 minute races later in the afternoon, arriving
home all burned out.  I went up to registration to find out how far
back in the finishing order they were paying the purse for the
Endurance race. I was told I had won $50 for my 9th place finish. At
that point I decided to quit while I was ahead.  I packed up and split
and made it home at a decent hour without making my cold any worse. It
was a good weekend, I got some valuable points, didn't spend a ton of
money, got quality track time and got to see some family. My little
Guzzi ran like a top, my plan is to install my Lario motor before my
next race in three weeks. See you at the track.