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| 1992 Season 1/11 Test 3/2 350GP Daytona 24th (swingarm pin came out! Had to pit). 3/2 Premier Daytona 14th (flat rear tire with 1/2 lap to go!) 5/20 Test Sears Point 7/5 350GP Willow Springs First 7/5 Premier Willow Springs DNF (bad handling, frame cracked) 9/16 350GP Steamboat First (raining!) 9/16 Premier Steamboat 4th (not raining, still geared for it though) |
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| 1992 started out with high hopes, but again sponsorship cash, known as traveling money, was what we needed to compete on a national level. We tested the bikes in January, then prepared the bikes for Daytona. In 350GP we had hopes of winning it, but as with racing, things always don't go as planned. We had a new crankshaft and new special pistons this season, our aim being to smoke those AJS'. The 350GP races started out on a high note, on the banking we could real in anyone we pleased, sadly the handling went a bit south, the swing-arm pin having come adrift and hitting Mike's right foot! At midway Green had to pit, and lost a lap making repairs, thus finishing 24th. In 500 Premier things went a better, the 350 was up to third place when the white flag came out... but in the infield portion we picked up a 530 master link clip in the rear tire, which went flat in the second horseshoe, this resulted in a 14th place. Not what we wanted. |
| In May we again tested at Sears Point, the results were positive. At Willow Springs in July the 350 and Mike handly won the 350GP race and was clocked on radar at over 129 mph (on a 350!) three out of four laps! The down side of the weekend was a DNF in the Premier race when the frames cracked and nearly sent Green desert racing in turn-8. We arrived at Steamboat Springs with a new sponsor. Our aim, as always, was win, win, win! Practice was, for the most part, done in the dry. As the riders meeting took place the sky opened up and poured rain. We had been listen to the local weather reports since 5:00am, and had already set the 250 & 350 up for racing in the wet. Having won the 250GP race earlier, we were stoked up for the 350 event. Craig McLean was first away on his CRTT, Roper about fourth. By turn-5, the concrete section, Green had passed everyone but Craig, and he was overhauled at the right hander at the bottom of the hill. Green then motored off into the distance to take a convincing win in the wet. The problem with the weather in Colorado is, it's not always the same. For the 500 Premier race the rain had stopped, but the track was still damp in places. Gambling that the rain would return, we left the 350 as it was. The down side is that the rain never did return until the races were over. Being caught out with gearing and suspension and tire pressures for the wet, we could only manage 4th in the Premier event. There was always next year. |