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Passed the NRS (New Racers School) – 10.07.2009
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October 9, 2009 at 3:27 am #3494megaspazParticipant
Passed the new racers school. A fun experience. Passing drill session was intense and fun and the race start was totally nerve wracking. Will I race next year or hold off to 2011 or not bother racing at all? Can’t tell you.
Either way, here’s some pics from the day.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=118281&id=681678776&l=f200d8ee4f
October 9, 2009 at 8:53 pm #22753megaspazParticipantheck, you don’t need to win to get sponsers. you just have to do well enough.
October 9, 2009 at 10:25 pm #22758eternal05ParticipantLocal dealerships and the like might sponsor you, but a lot of the big companies just pay contingency money for wins. Contingency is what you’d think of as sponsorship, except the relationship is sort of reversed. Instead of “hey Michelin, pay me lots of $$$ give me tires and I’ll slather Michelin stickers all over,” contingency goes something like “hey racer, slather michelin decals all over your bike, put patches on your leathers, and on your transport vehicle, then win races and we might give you some pocketchange. Also we might give you a bit of a break on tires, but not much.”
Especially at the club level, from what I’ve heard from racer friends, sponsors don’t really care about wins. They care that a) you’re at the track a lot, b) you have lots of exposure to people, and that when you make a good impression and promote the brand. But what would I know.I dunno ‘Spaz…I really like racing in theory. I love the competition. The safety record of club racing really scares me though. Especially at Pacific Raceways, helicopter visits are not at all uncommon. Maybe once I’m out of grad school (i.e. next season) WMRRA will have a true superstock class. I’d consider that. Maybe.
Either way I’ll be jealous of you. When do the track days stop in Cali? They’re already through up here.
October 10, 2009 at 12:07 am #22767megaspazParticipantYeh, i’m totally aware of how sponsership and contigency money works at the club level. My racer friends are going through that right now as well. Contigency’s only good if you place in the top 4 or 5. Sponsership, you need to float around out there, hit the track and race, and mingle. Either way, I’m not counting on sponsership so if i do race, i’ll need to start saving up moniez… this could mean doing less trackdays…
which doesn’t quite seem right to me…>.<
trackdays run through early-mid december over here. Actually, i’m scheduled to run sears in dec 4 and 5. As long as the provider doesn’t cancel, i’ll still be riding there rain or shine… usually providers do have a run rain or shine policy though.
October 10, 2009 at 7:01 pm #22787owlieParticipantCongrats, Mega.
I think it is so awesome that you have done this.
October 11, 2009 at 3:00 am #22788okcponyParticipantCongratulations on the recent accomplishment! Those pictures are very nice….look like screensaver material!
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