Back from Jennings finally. Almost wadded up the truck and trailer trying to stay awake... lol
I have NEVER had an incident trailering/driving my race equipment around for 5 seasons. last season I drove 39k race weekend miles alone, not including the 20k personal.

So my day started at 4:30am. Was in bed before the Superbowl was even over, lol. COuld not sleep to well, I have not for almost a year now, crazy. As my alarm sounded I just slwoly started my day and loading everything I laid out the night before. I knew it owuld be cold down there in jennings, Fl. and a high of only 52 today actually. I rolled into the track around 10:30am. said hello to the track manager Paul and owner of the facility, as they are always very welcoming of me and the BMW. Once back at the truck I took out my gear bag and threw it in the back of the truck bed and proceeded to take my boots off and roll up my coat into a pillow and sleep in the back seat. For only an hour I could shut my eyes. I sat up and looked out the back window in a panic for some reason, just to find 5 guys standing around the BMW R1200S I was to practice on today still on the trailer.

I then noticed a very familiar site through the group. A lone R1100S BMW motorcycle was directly across from me. Knowing I was alone, which really is not the safest way to go practicing/racing/at the track period when riding, so was this other BMW rider. With his R1100S side bags off the bike, lenses all taped up on the bike, and a foldout lawn chair, lol, he was ready for business with his heated grips on! LOL As I sat there watching this fellow BMW rider freeze his cojones off, I just slipped on my boots and staggered out of the trcuk and over to min in the 40 degree morning. "Dude nice bike.." I think I said stupidly, lol. The rider sticks out his hand and says "Jim Moore", I greabbed his hand and said "Nate, nice to meet you"
Jim went on to say "Nate Kern..?!" I just said laughing "Nope just Nate!"
We went to go sit in the truck and out of the cold. It was a really cool to see another BMW rider come out of his shell and to get the ackowledgement/recognition of our efforts over the past 2 seasons.

SO i finally suited up and go ton track around like 1:15. Quickly the tires did what I expected... slipped, slid, and spun everywhere. I accounted for tire pressure to decrease through rapidly losing heat from the warmers. So I just rode the 20 minutes like Cinderella on ice and spooked more people than I thought, lol. Had 3 guys come up tp me after that first practice and were all fraking out about how I kept it on two wheels.... it was not that bad! :)

SO I rode the second 20 minutes and pitted in after 3 laps and had a fiend form my old Hooter's Suzuki team come and set my pressures on hot pit. As I rolled out, the sun came out and we were on pace of a 70+ degree day sliding and spinning, had a blast actually! Then came the last session. There were a few guys down from Canada practicing, which I thought was cool until they let it get the best of them a BMW WAS PASSING THEIR CANADIAN NATIONAL 600 SS R6's.... This cannot be, their body language and shaking of their helmets in disgust as the motor by me, just to get out braked deep and pulled on off the corner's by the seemingly overweight, long, underpowered R1200S I was on, they thought...

So I ended the session early to get ready to go out and show Jim Moore around on his R1200S in the Novice/Intermediate group. Jim rode really well and learned quickly!

AS I was leaving, the animoscity did not stop there. A couple of guys were BS'ing in the can "What he just shows up on the Bimmer, rides 3 sessions, taers it up and leaves..." LOL I was just laughing, um, in my own little office overhearing them!

Now I am really wooped, again had a really hard time staying awake driving back. Thank goodness for otehr people horns and those rumble thingees on both median and shoulder that make noise when you drift 3 lanes!

N8!