Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Dale Johnson makes name in official press release

Ok, the article isn't about me. In fact it covers a 12 year old girl from California who won the respect and hearts of all the volunteers and racers - well maybe except the points leader of her class ;-)

Elena was impressive to watch both from on the track and off.
For her first weekend, she learned the track quickly and made perfect, friendly passes, and graduated the same weekend.

My glory is much less impressive, but just the same, it feels great to make it onto a press release. My ranking in the 600 SB and SS Senior (bikes at least 5 years old) and riders (well we won't go there, I'm still living my youth a decade or two late) has placed me on a racing magazine news release found here at RoadRacing World online.

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=23468

Happy reading, and congratulations Elena. Your riding was superb!

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

OMRRA Posts June 26th Results

I received word that OMRRA posted the results from June's races.
On my first weekend in expert, and my first time using race fuel, I finished 5th in 600SS Senior putting me 5th in points and 2nd in 600SB Senior putting me 4th in points. My goal is to continue to improve, be consistent, and not crash. I've identified areas of improvement and will be working on them on this next trackday prior to the July race.
My post crash confidence is coming back slowly. There are some areas I didn't feel as comfortable committing to, but it was satisfying to learn that I could place while running at a comfortable pace. Now that I can see third place however, I'm hungry to go faster. My goal is to podium this year and take home a season trophy. Exciting times!
Look for more news from 737Racing.

See you at the track!

-Dale