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The Adventures of Ben Carlson in England
By:Glenn Curtiss
We just finished up our first day of riding
in the UK. Dave Lippett had us scheduled for a day of
testing at a track near Fleet which is southwest of
London. Small track but perfect for getting our US contingent
ready and familer with their prespective race bikes.
Casey Yarrow will be riding a familer Honda CRF450.
He took to that bike right away. He wasted very little
time in showing the rest that he could pitch and slide
a bike. Lap after lap, Casey painted dark lines on the
track into various different turns.
Steve Drew is on Leighton Haigh's backup bike. The
2001 British Supermoto champion provided Drew with a
KTM520 machine. Steve took some time to come to terms
with his machine but in the end, he also came away with
a good feeling about the weekend to come.
Ben Carlson will be aboard a brand new Husaberg FC650
which Dave Lippett will pilot in the rest of this seasons
races. Dave had spent many hours sorting out all the
details for this trip which we are all very gratefull.
One week before we left for the UK, Ben had broken
a bone in his hand and has had a hard time with the
clutch and the rough terrain. We all hope that he can
ride at his full potential this weekend. After some
fettling with the bike, he started running with the
fast group today, so things look good.
Mark Miller and Mike Metzger also made it today and
put in good rides. Mike is riding a CR250/500 hybrid
and really started to click off some impressive laps.
Mark will be riding the second Husaberg FC650 and was
putting on an exceptionally good show today.
Tomorrow evening (Thursday night) we will be making
the trip across the channel into France and to Belgium
to get ready for this weekend's running of the Superbiker
race. We are all revved up and looking to bring back
some good finishes.
More to come.
Glenn Curtiss
SuperBikers2,LLC
(920) 912-3009
www.superbikers2.com
glenn@superbikers2.com
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