Race Blog - Doghouse Racing

Well boys and girls, this past July was the AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days held at the beautiful Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, OH. This road racing at this event had traditionally been run by AHRMA, but this year WERA wasa putting on the show. All in all, I think everything went very well.

Saturday, well what can we say about Saturday. It rained………a lot!!! Luckily, I got the last set of 125 rain tires off the tire truck. Now Mid-Ohio is notoriously slippery in the wet, this was my first time on this bike in the rain, and my first time using rain tires. So really there wasn’t too much to worry about. Race time comes, and it’s still raining, but not nearly as hard as it was earlier in the day. Needless to say, I took it pretty easy out of respect for the conditions. I was able to bring it home for a third place! My first time on the box with the 125! Actually, it was and all C-Bus rostrum, with Jordan “Tuna Boat” Reid on the top step and Marcus “M-Dog” Matthews in second.

Sunday turned out much better as far as the weather was concerned, it was warm and sunny for race time. Jordan pretty much ran away with the race and that left me, M-Dog, and a nice guy named Scott from Canada with some close racing for 2nd and 3rd. M-Dog unfortunately pulled off on the last lap with a mechanical problem and I got caught up in traffic, allowing Scott to take second place. A big congrats to both Jordan and Scott for a great race!

Based on the results of these two races, Jordan was crowned National Champ!! Good work Tuna!

Next up is the Road Race Grand Championship and USGPRU race at Mid-Ohio on September 12-13. You should come check it out! The other half of the Doghouse crew, Marc “The Mantis” Purslow, will also be in action at this event. Look for us in one of the garages.

There are some great pictures of the racing action in the media gallery. (link)

There are also some videos of the close racing on Sunday. (link)

Thanks for reading,

-The Captain