Commerce, GA After a lengthy dyno session with Brian at Livengood Motor Sports in Loganville on Friday, I felt as if I was finally at a point to start racing without worrying about the bike.

The air/fuel mixture was off the chart on the rich side, which was no surprise, when we started. After talking with Barry Henson at Velocity turbo we proceeded to make adjustments to get the bike in 11.7 - 11.8 to 1 range. It resulted in a significant horsepower gain. 258 hp was the highest we hit. We finished tuning at 252 hp.

I highly recommend anyone looking to tune their bike to see Brian. He has a vast amount of sport bike knowledge. His pride and joy is building engines, head work, and tuning on the dyno. He has practical knowledge from road racing and a hands on engine building background. You will not be disappointed.

As for the track results. They were what I have been hoping for. My first run was a 6.5 in the 1/8th. On that run I missed my shift points because I was trying to keep the front end down. On the second run I ran an effortless 6.279 at 120mph. My best 1/8th mile ever.  The funny thing is I had a slow 1.7 60ft time.

At race time I dialed in at a 6.20. Unfortunately, I lost the race by a margin of .0102.  I thought I was going to breakout and actually let off the throttle. Bad move.

I bought back in for another try and lost by .0803. I did the same thing and let off. It is going to take more runs to see what the bike will do consistently.

The bottom line is... it is ready to be ridden.

Next race is August 4ht in Indianapolis, IN. That race will be 1/4 mile so it will be interesting to see what happens then.

Loganville, GA Friday I have scheduled some time for a long needed Dyno run. The turbo is almost dialed in but it still needs some tweaking. I also have to have it on a dyno to get my second stage of boost set.

This weekend I have a points race at Atlanta Dragway and I cannot afford to screw around anymore. I am in 4th place and I am 60 points behind the 1st place rider. A couple of wins can narrow that down.

Also the first weekend in August I have the Indianapolis, IN Prostar race. I have dropped from 4th in Street ET to 8th. I need a couple of more wins to take this points race.

Time to get serious again...

Hebron, OH This trip turned out to be nothing like it was planned.

Originally I planned to leave on 6/30 to go to Chicago for our yearly 4th of July family reunion. From Chicago I would head over to Ohio for the Prostar race and then home to Georgia. The game plan looked good on paper.

Here is what actually happened:

I left on 6/30 as planned. One hour later the rear inside, driver side tire blew. In the process it tore out my propane line to my stove, all of the 12 volt wiring for my auxiliary battery powered items and destroyed 2 of my lower storage compartments.

I spent all day on 7/1 repairing the wiring and propane lines.

On 7/2 I took the RV to McDaniel’s Collision Center where James repaired all of the structural damage.

On 7/3 I took my cat Quark, who has been with me for 16 years to be put to sleep, due to cancer. Then decided I needed to get away from everything and go racing, so I left with Stephanie to go to Ohio.

Now you all may be thinking... What the hell does any of this have to do with racing? The short answer is nothing. I am just setting up the ambiance for what happened at the races.

On Saturday I ran my time passes which predictably were all over the board. Out of 4 runs I had 2 that were 10.1 so this is what I decided my dial in would be. I do not recommend adding a Turbo to any race bike in which there are no intentions of going all the way and adding, boost controllers, two-step clutches, extensive stretching of the swing arm and 30,000.00 worth of other equipment.

Saturday night in my first PRO ET race I was up against another Hayabusa. He dialed in at a 9.70 and I chose an embarrassing 10.1. (I still cringe when I look at that in writing.) I left the light with a .022 reaction time, he left with a .421. Needless to say I was way ahead of him. I looked over my shoulder about 2/3 rds of the way down the track and he was nowhere close to me, I knew I was on a good run and would have to back off so I hit the brakes and backed off the throttle. Here is the funny part; the people in the tower messed up my dial in and put me down for a 10.01 instead of the 10.1. I caught this before I went to the line and asked them to correct it. The guy at the line said that the fixed it. When I got my time slip it was not fixed. It did not matter in the end because I ran a 9.997 and still broke out. So my first race was history.

Sunday in my 2^nd PRO ET race I drew Andy Baumbach who was last years champion in PRO ET. He cut a .005 light to my .175. To make matters worse my bike broke up all the way down the track due to my fuel map.

The next race I had was the Street ET division which I am trying to win. I cut those odds short by a -.006 reaction time. The guy I was racing appreciated the gesture.

The next race is in Indianapolis Aug. 4^th. It would be nice if everything works for that race.