Fukken Racing kicks butt at Homestead-Miami Speedway
With the bikes tuned in and the weather working with us, we were able to place 3rd and 4th this weekend in Miami. The Fukken race Bikes were running like champs and shining like rock stars.
We got to the track at 8am Saturday morning. Out team was already there and setting up our pits. Once we picked up our tech papers and teched the bikes we went straight to tunning the bikes. The day was beautiful and track was in great shape. It started out a little green, but with a few sessions in it was ready to help put our bikes to their paces.
The first couple of practice sessions went well. We were well into our normal race pace with plenty of room for improvement. With the new parts and adjustments made to the bikes over the past month, we felt we had a great chance to put Fukken Wax Racing back on the podium. The other racers were all looking fast with a couple cherry picking AMA stars trying to swoop in for the low hanging fruit. With the cherry pickers having at least 25rwhp on us we knew we had our work cut out for the weekend. We opted to place some new rubber on the back of one of the race bikes to give us that extra confidence to make up for missing hp. This turned into causing us a set back and some practice time. The rear axle stripped out on us during the tire swap. We went on a mad hunt for a spare shaft. After an hour or so of looking, asking, and testing, none could be found at the track. We had to put on our "McGuiver" hat and pull something out of our %$# to make it work. With a drill, some safteywire and a pin from our reese hitch we were able to secure the rear axle enough to race. This took a few sessions to get confidence in, but once we were sure it would hold we put our "Big Girl Panties" on and took our grid position.
The races Sunday were heated. Some great exchanges were made. We were able to hold off a last lap challenge to hold on our 3rd place finish in the first race. The pace helped us beat our personal best time ever. The second race was fast, but so was our competitors. We managed to keep a top 5 finish against the fastest guys in the SE. It was a great weekend and something to definitely build on for our next race. We made some great improvements in Set Up. We are looking forward to applying what we found in our next race.
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As always, Fukken Racing was the best looking winners at the track.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 July 2010 05:44
Yamaha "All In"
Yamaha: Deal Us In
Rumors surfaced earlier today that Yamaha may now be considering pulling out of the US Superbike series for 2009, but a call to Cypress nipped that rumor in the bud.
"We're going racing," Yamaha US Communications Manager Bob Starr said late today. "The bikes are almost complete and the guys will be working on finishing them throughout the Thanksgiving holiday. Then the truck will leave for Daytona."
"I walked through the race shop and watched them button up one of the new American Superbike-spec R1s in all black bodywork and it just looked bitchin', Starr said."The new R1 is going to sound awesome on the banking at Daytona."
Fukken Waxing it at JenningsGP 4/5/2009
Waxing the Comp at Jennings GP 2009
It was a beautiful day at Jennings. The weather had us set for some great racing and we were loaded up and ready to go.
We were able to get a load of Fukken shirts and had a few beautiful women hang out in the pits to keep us company. The bikes were shining and running like champs. All we needed to do was ride. We were feilding 3 bikes and need to get some seat time to make it a great weekend. The 2009 R1 was broke in and we needed some time in it's saddle to get her up to speed.
Saturday was practice all day and we took advantage of it 100%. First we shook down the 04 and 06 models. They were running like scolded dogs and felt like they were riding on rails. After a few sessions on the old bike it was time to get up to speed on the new one.
It took about 3 sessions before I felt up to speed. i was only able to get there down in the 1:25 range. That put us about 4 seconds off a podium finish. But time was running out. We tried to make a few adjustments, but ran out of time due to qualifying We were forced to let it ride and shake it down on the morning practice.
Come Race day i was feeling a vertigo issues. Not sure what it was, but I was dizzy as hell. This cut out my practice and pushed me right into feeling it out during the race. The other Fukken rider was good to go and running strong. However we were still off pace due to some tire issues.
We were able to make a strong a showing and represent the Fukken brand well. We may not have brought home the gold but the we did manage to give out about 25 shirts and have a great time all weekend.
Stay tuned for the Pics. they should be up tomorrow.
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P.B.I.R Memorial Day
P.B.I.R. Memorial Day.
After having a few weeks off the Fukken race team is headed back to P.B.I.R. on Memorial Day for some holiday fun in the sun.
The new track is quickly becoming our favorite stop on the circuit to race, With a new track surface which has awsome grip, A very wide track area which provides plenty of oppertunity for some great side by side racing , And a back straight away that is over 1/2 mile long allowing the speeds up around 180 MPH. Whats not to love!
The Fukken team spent most of this last weekend going thru the bikes , Preparing them for the upcoming weekend.The Fukken #41 bike has made several changes to the setup of the bike after going thru the notes taken from the last race. Alot was learned and alot has been changed so we are looking for a great run out of the new bike.
The Fukken #441 bike went through a complete overhaul, It almost seems like we changed everything on the bike except the rider.
While on the outside it looks pretty much the same , Under the plastics is almost a completely new bike.
I am very excited about trying out the bike with the new overhaul. Hoping that with not to much tweaking the new changes will prove to be well worth the time invested , And helping us to shave some more time off our lap times.
As always the bikes are looking sharp and ready for action.
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on Memorial Day for some holiday fun in the sun.
