I gotta say this is one of the coolest things I¹ve ever done and it¹s all because my success on my bike. I flew out to California to get race certification at willow springs speedway in early march. They basically gave us brand new scion tc, and said “go drive it as fast as you can² on a race track with john elway, martina navratalova, vinnie jones, bucky lasek, and
will shatner to name a few. Priceless.

We practiced for four days at willow at it was ridiculous. We we¹re like little kids in a candy store. the instructors said ³start slow and work your way up”, yeah right. everytime we got on the track it was mash the gas. bucky tried to pass me and we crashed. buck¹s car out of commission. They gave him a new one. Will shatner flew off the track several times and blew an engine. martina was smooth, xzibit was loose and everytime I saw elway he was smiling. Practice was amazing and I got to hang out with a lot of really cool people.

A week later I flew back out to l.a. for press day on the actual race track in long beach. This was more intense because it was lined with cement walls and that meant you had to be a lot smoother because if you over shot a corner you were totaling a car. We would hit over a hundred mph on the straight long straight. this was racing and if I remember correctly will shatner totaled his car in the first session. It was a little wet and he went too fast in to the fountain S corner and went straight into the wall.

I flew back to l.a. for the race. this was intense. bucky qualifies first and I qualify second. that¹s pretty cool, representing action sports and we got the pole. To make a long story short bucky won, my accelerator sensor failed causing my car to quit on the first straight. that was a bummer. The cool part is they invited me back next year to give me another chance. all in all I had the time of my life getting to meet celebrities I would¹ve never got to meet and I learned they are all real people.

Posted by Dave, June 20, 2006

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