Steve Stull (Driver) and Vince Ho (Passenger). RGM Kawasaki ZX10
Pictures of SRA-West Round 5 in Buttonwillow
Steve Stull (Driver) and Vince Ho (Passenger). RGM Kawasaki ZX10
Vince
Testing the clutch, we have already lost two practice sessions as the clutch refused to cooperate
Vince taking a last look of the track map
Push start
More clutch problems
Finally leaving the pits and onto the track
At speed on the main straight for another practice lap..I am about to hang
off left again for the first left hander.
Our chain broke at the restart...and we were negotiating for a towing
service with one of the marshalls
Being pushed back to the pits after the race..or rather I was pushing
the outfit by using the front bumper of the truck
With Team Subculture not competing in Buttonwillow, I hooked up with rookie driver Steve Stull from San Diego. Steve owns the RGM Kawasaki ZX10 formerly owned by his teammate Leon VanOrsdale. This rig was a regular top three finisher back in the early 1990s. It was built by Team RGM (Rick Murray).
All in all a disappointing day. We managed to get around the clutch problem, raced half a lap before the race had to be restarted because Team Dawg Pound was stuck in the starting grid, unable to start and the marshalls were unable to push it out of the way quickly. Then our chain failed us on the second start. A wasted fourth position on the starting grid. An entire day of work ended up as a DNS and zero points. That's racing...
Buttonwillow, CA. July 5-6 2003 SRA West Round 5
1 Riolo Frank/Crueger Dennis LCR Kawasaki ZX11
2 Becker Bill/Becker Eric K&K Drifter Suzuki 1100
3 Murray Rick/Paget Mark LCR Suzuki 1100
4 Dano Doug/Eckman Christine K&K Drifter Suzuki 1100
5 Puckett John/Puckett Nicole Sutherland Kawasaki ZX10
6 Woolf Gary/ Woolf Suzuki 1000
7 Quinn Dave/Bowden Jamie Taylor Kawasaki ZX10
8 Janes Roy/Bakken Shawn Windle Suzuki 750
DNF Gibson Michael/Whitley Brian Fiddiman Suzuki 1100
DNF Bell Kelly/Patterson CSR Yamaha 800
DNS Stull Steve/Ho Vincent Murray Kawasaki ZX10
DNS VanOrsdale Leon/Thomas Bernie Baker Honda 1100
All pictures taken by my assistant the Pink Hippo (Tara), who did an admirable job while filling in for Lu who is away digging ancient rocks...