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04-09-12

Heartland Park turned out to be a great weekend with great weather. I cringe at the thought of a race scheduled in March, but it turned out great and the racing gods pulled one out of the hat for us.

Woodcraft Brake lever Guard - a great new safety item

Before I headed to Topeka I added a nice new safety feature to my bike.. a Woodcraft Brake Lever Guard. It's purpose is to protect your brake lever from being pushed by accident from brushing or bumping into another rider. You will see these becoming more popular in the near future as they are actually required for bikes in MotoGP.

Friday March 30 was an all day practice day and it came in handy. Since I don't get much practice I usually end up having to race myself into shape the first couple of weekends. Practice days are also good for trying new setups and finding anything you may have missed over the winter break.

I ended up trying Michelins new slicks and found out they have made some nice improvements. I also changed up my gearing to see if I liked it any different. During practice I was able to get right back into the lap times I normally do at HPT, but with being a bit out of shape it was hard for me to stay as consistent as I would like to have been. It's definitely time to get back on the bicycle and pumping out some miles!

Milroy Racing Headquarters at HPT

A friend from Omaha came down with his daughter to watch the races and lend a hand on Saturday. They showed up first thing in the morning and just in time for some racing (Mike and Hanna). My first race was Solo GTU, a 25 minute timed sprint race. I got an awesome holeshot start. All those days of drag racing my buddy Troy 25 years ago have paid dividends for me over the years! I settled into a good pace and ended up 5th for my first race of the weekend.

After that was Middleweight Superbike. Once again a great start, but as I leveraged my bike over into turn four my left handlebar pulled in all the way to the frame. So I stood the bike up and ran wide and got off the racing line. I had had my forks off a couple weeks before to change my fork oil and I must not have gotten my bar completely tight. I made it through a full day of practice and didn't show up. Luckily it was an easy fix, and I went through and double checked everything else on the bike.

Next up was Middleweight GP. You can watch the first lap of this race right here----------------------->
I got a decent start, held my own, and brought it home in 4th place. Mike told me I looked like I meant business after that race. I think he was right because after missing out on the last one I was definitely ready to race.

For 2012 the Championship Cup Series split up the F40 racers into even more bike displacement groups. So I ended up in the Middleweight F40 class. Again holeshot! But I ended 2nd today as I was running out of steam after the long hot day of racing. I think we had to wait at least three hours for the F40 race at the end of the day. Sitting around like that in the heat takes a told on you. Not a bad start to the 2012 season though.

This first race weekend at HPT was a twin sprit weekend. That means double the the racing, and double the cost! With that in mind I only entered one race in the morning the next day Sunday, Middleweight F40 race two. Same as the day before, great start, finished 2nd. I should have won that race as I was riding nearly 2 seconds faster on Saturday. I was tired and am out of shape though and just did not have the will to do it. It was still a great weekend of racing! And I made it home in time to mow the lawn.. and I struggled with that too..LOL

next up is ROAD AMERICA!!!! YIPPEE! ---> jimmy

Gettin with it at Heartland Park 2012

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02-16-12

In 42 days I will be loaded up and getting ready to depart on the start my 23rd year of roadracing motorcycles. This year I have been split on what series I wanted to chase. Either spend my entire time in Minnesota racing with the CRA, or spend it with the CCS racing mostly in Illinois. Either way I would hit a couple extra race tracks that are not in the schedule. With the option to go to Daytona at the end of the season if I've got a good points chase going, I chose to spend most of 2012 with the CCS Midwest Region.

My bike is and has been ready to go since the end of 2011. There are a few last minute updates I plan on adding though before heading to Topeka. I'm a procrastinator usually, so I've got a couple more weeks to go..lol. Anyway, I'm ready to get back on track and race. Bring it on!

----> Jimmy



2012 Milroy Racing Tentative Schedule

Work schedule permitting I will also be racing BMX at Omaha BMX with my boy Kurtis weekly throughout the summer!