Well, I was expecting lights, grandstands, etc. Butch Brandon talked Houston Raceway Park into letting him build a short track/TT track at the back of the property. They were running a drag race today, so at least the concessions were open, though I didn't waste any money on concessions. It was just sorta out in the dirt, no porta potties even, LOL. I suppose it'll grow. Participation was decent for a first time, actually I think it was the second race run there. The infield course and the jump were a major hoot! I'd gain ground there and lose it on the sweeper around the short track section.
Heck, I was outjumping everybody.
Danged tires are old. I need to find something better. They're pretty worthless. Also, I gotta ask around for sag figures on suspension. the big slides and front end push might be suspension, but it sure felt like tires. I lowered pressure from 17 to 15 and it got WAY worse for the main. I managed second in the qualifier, but wound up third in the main cause I couldn't keep the blasted thing under me on the sweeper and use the throttle.
Track was pretty rutted up on the entrance and exit to the infield portion, but all in all, I finished pretty close so I've got some fine tuning to do and I should be up there on that track. There is no groove at all, yet, though. Probably just cause it's so new. I'm sure hopin' a grove develops there. But, it may be the soil, cause the big half mile there has a very narrow groove and it's really rough usually. All the AMA guys I've talked to about Baytown hate the track surface there.
Anyway, it's good to know flat track is alive in the Houston area, still. There's another TT scheduled next month and a short track in November. I suddenly would rather run the TT!
But, I'm quite looking forward to this. I then can say, "Yes, I've raced a TT!" I hope there are other Mad Dawgers that show. Over at Waller, the local saturday night races that got real popular for a while, we'd get over a dozen mad dawgers out. Lots of road racers looking to play would show up, friends. It made for a familiar atmosphere even though everyone had a steel shoe on. 
