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FIWOP Racing 2023 Races 1-2 + track day. A frustrating series of stupid mistakes
Weather forecasts suck. FIWOP Racing 2023 Races 1-2: My first set of mistakes for the seasonFIWOP Racing 2023 Races 1-2: Too bummed for a real race recap Weather forecasts suck. I have never been so damned tired of looking at a weather forecast in my entire life. But...
The best places to watch motorcycle racing in 2023
Want to come out and watch FIWOP Racing in action? I would love to see y’all out there (as would all the other racers)! Here are the best places to watch motorcycle racing with WERA in the southeast. Club motorcycle racing is an absolute blast to watch. Other than...
Motorcycle race preparation: Anxious with 1 week to go.
We’re less than a week out from the first race and my motorcycle race preparation seems woefully inadequate. I’ve not turned a wheel in anger since the last race of the 2022 season in November. Luckily, Sportbike Track Time has a practice day on that Friday, so I’ll...
The big surprise from my 2022 motorcycle racing season recap
Well, it's all over for this year. Must be time for the official 2022 motorcycle racing season recap for FIWOP Racing, as well as our vision for the future. First, the last motorcycle race recap The last race weekend at Roebling Road was pretty uneventful, to be...
Motorcycle Race Recap: WERA Grand National Finals
If you've been following our progress, you might be wondering why this race wasn't on the schedule originally. It wasn't originally included because the Grand National Finals are an invitational, and going into this season I wasn't confident that I'd get invited....
Motorcycle Race Recap: Race 13
Going into this weekend, I had two things on my mind. One was I was two points behind Sarah in the championship, having lost my near-constant 5th place spot to my DNF at Tally. The other was the weather. Here's the motorcycle race recap that tells all about it. Luck...
Motorcycle Race Recap: Races 11-12, where I get stupid
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities In this motorcycle race recap, we were back at Talladega GP this past weekend for races 11 and 12. Kinda hard to...
Motorcycle Race Recap: Race 10, where I accomplish a goal but finish last
I had unfinished business at Roebling. This motorcycle race recap focuses on that unfinished business. If you've been following this season's motorcycle race recaps, you'll remember that my last race at Roebling was an unmitigated disaster. I crashed in practice and...
Motorcycle Race Recap: Races 8-9
Take a golf course, drop an exceptional racetrack on it, and fill every imaginable space with art. That's Barber Motorsports Park. Oh, and there's a truly stunning museum, too. But that's not why we're here. We're here for a motorcycle race recap. It's summer in the...