Daytona down. The season end is here. Just when the excitement of Daytona's 8 Hour race is slowly fizzling, I realize that the BMW community and others who share in this genuine interest.

From the beginning the 8 Hours of Daytona was going to be a slugfest. The whole rider lineup was strong. Team Roadracingworld.com's two entries and ours were just slugging it out, professionally. It was just pure fun. Strategy from the pits and the actual action on the track showed what an amazing series this can be, especially with te right announcer portraying the events!

In an even more close to home hit that I received, that has had me and # of people beyond puzzled, an unbeleivabley bizarre twist has happened. Behind the scenes. The few of us know. Sorry for the suspense. All I can say is the heartfelt sincere response I receieved has opened up my eyes and others. Growing has been the biggest challenge for myself and many others at times. Things are said, but what is heard then acted upon are what matters.

There are many that say with suuccess comes hatred and jealousy. I never knew what I was getting into with this sport. From bad decisions and way way bad miscommunications full circle many have been changed, inculding myself. I strive to be as serious about my offtrack professionalism as I do when I am ridng. Funny thing is the folks that make me a daily target on their radar's and say what they feel they know or heard.... they will never change.

Only people with direct contact with me, people that know my passion and what this has doen to change my life will understand. I cannot change anyone's mind who does not know me.
What we take is only what we earn.

I cannot thank BMW Motorcycles of Atlanta enough for their beleif in me and knowledge of how to "GET IT DONE!"

San Jose BMW, the biggest and best learning year of my life on and off the track. This past weekend proved to all of us that we have what it takes to get the BMW motorcycle to the front, not by ourselves, but as a team.

Morton's BMW has stepped up at every chance to share in the ability to run upfront and show that they stand behind their brand.


Nate

Good morning everyone. Today we set out or Daytona Intl. Speedway, with Todd "The Peanut Farmer" Cutchins driving. This is the last round of the season and for sure a good one. With a revised Turn 3 "Intl. Horseshoe" as it is called, I look forward to getting there and learning it the best I can.

This past weekend I enjoyed Morton's BMW's open house in Fredericksburg, VA. It was a huge turnout and the weather was perfect! Afterwards we went clay pigeon shooting and watched some football. Just a great day all around. After Daytona is BMW Motorcycles of Atlanta's open house. They have a great customer base and this will be my first one finally since I have moved here. So now it is time to get my race face on. Besides a sprint race or two, we have the Natl. Pro Thunderbike race and the Sun Trust MotoST 8 Hours of Daytona on Saturday, inot the night.

OK, well here we go, closing down the laptop, and 7 hours of running laps in my head on our way
to Daytona. Thank you BMW motorcycle owners everywhere for your amazing and awesome support.

N8!

Alrightee then, where were we. So hey, the season is winding down in regards to racing, but the trackdays and involvement of our BMW riders is just getting started. This Monday we will be at Jennings GP for a personal training trackday with some BMW riders here in the southeast. I would like to do more of these days this off season, please contact Bill at BMW MC of Atlanta for more info.

VIR 2 weeks ago reinforced just how much more the R1200S has in it. The bike just keeps amazing me. With the direction I would like to go in racing and the opportunites next season, we are pushing the R1200S to the limits. Two 1st place finishes were great, but the 3rd in the 600 class and the 4th in the Unlimited Grand Prix, racing against the latest litre bikes the rising sun has to offer, we found another 2 + seconds inthe BMW R1200S (a little over 4 seconds @ VIR since accident!). The bike has not changed an ioda, we just pushed ourselves as a team in the pits, in practice, and during the sprint races to see where we can make progress. That momentum from the awesome race weekend, our BMW riders were able to take with them back to their local dealers and clubs as a victory of their own. Everyone was hanging over the front straight wall and with each pass to start a new lap, peripherally I could see everyone's excitement!

This past Monday was Morton's BMW's trackday at VIR. IT was in conjunction with Team Pro Motion track day club, and the sold out event for Morton's gave such a refreshing look at how excited BMW riders are! From F800's, RT's and K/R S's everyone was focused and wanted to learn. I have to say I was most impressed with a gentlemen from VA. on a new RT. Francois (sp?) was just so fluid and smooth and with this made him go go really good around VIR.
Got Road?(PP) and our other R1100S rider excelled alot in just that one 20 minute session alone.



With Daytona aproaching and then the WERA race for BMW MC's of Las Vegas Nov.3/4, we will be running up front as a team and enjoy the momentum going into the off season. IMS shows are a high priority and I hope to see everyone there.

Cheers,

N8!