Hello,
this month only one race and that's Stelpe, Latvia. Saturday afternoon with the ferry to Tallinn again and after our routine stop for stuffed pancakes we continued to our hotel for the evening. In Latvia it seems that all the weddings find place during the Summer months and we had to find this time a new location because other hotels nearer to Stelpe were fully booked. After sidecar racing I can start a tour guide for Estonian and Latvian hotels and restaurants ;-).
Also in this hotel a wedding party going on but still rooms available for travellers. We had a standard room with a whirlpool bath, I wonder how the premium room looks.
In the time training I surprised myself with a good lap time. With 19 entries we had the 15th spot. We are using our own rear shock again after training sessions the weeks before. With some adjustments the shock feels very good now.
For the start of the 1st heat we had the last front row position behind the gate, far to the outside. But our start wasn't bad and we held the 14th position after lap one. But only half way 2 teams passed us and we finished at the 17th position. Riding was good, especially at the first half of the heat, but I wasn't able to push till the finish line at the same tempo.
For the start of the 2nd heat we had a place at the inside behind the gate. Our start was even better this time and we held the 8th position after the first lap. We did lose some positions lap by lap as was to be expected but riding was going very good. At the end 14th position and for the veteran class third overall.
We drove back straight to Tallinn and only stopped for dinner. The next day back to Helsinki with the ferry.
Regards,
Stephan
Link for Mylaps (BV = sidecar): http://www.mylaps.com/en/events/910381
Link for our route: http://goo.gl/maps/NVCld
