1701 RF final
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40 RIDEFAST MAGAZINE JANUARY 2017<br />
Shez and myself did all the night sessions<br />
in-group A and B, letting Ricky and Shaun<br />
rest up so that they could do the remaining<br />
daytime sessions. Martinus and Mike would<br />
have to do all the group C and D sessions,<br />
so not much sleep for them.<br />
Heading into the <strong>final</strong> 4 hours all was<br />
going well. We suffered a broken right rear<br />
set, which was quickly fixed by the team. We<br />
did everything we could to catch the relay<br />
team of Team Honey Lotus, but with them<br />
not having to do big pit stops changing tyres<br />
and re-fueling, we had no real chance.<br />
The D group would be the <strong>final</strong> session<br />
out on track to finish the race off. Mike would<br />
bring the bike across the line for us to take<br />
the win and defend our title, 16 laps ahead of<br />
Team LLL & Q in 2nd place and Team Suzuki<br />
GB rounding out the top 3. The relay class<br />
was won by Team Honey Lotus, with Team<br />
Riot in 2nd and Team @Riders in 3rd.<br />
It was another incredible event and big<br />
thanks must go out to Jacques and his team<br />
from Redstar Raceway, and all the marshalls<br />
and medics who worked for 24 hours nonstop.<br />
Same must be said for our pit crew<br />
- Brandon Jay Heukelman, Paul Fernando<br />
Koch Pinheiro, Scheldon Schostar and Zenon<br />
Birkby, who all worked flat out throughout<br />
the entire 24-hour race. And to our 2016<br />
Kawasaki ZX10R machine, which despite a<br />
few niggly problems got us to the line looking<br />
splendid in our custom paint job by Syndicate<br />
Customs, proudly sporting the big #1.
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