April 2008

Our first weekend where our family was going in separate directions to go racing.

Red Bull Rookies Cup Race 1: Barber Motorsports Park 4/19-20- Travis Wyman

“My Mom and I arrived at Barber Motorsports Park for my first Red Bull Race. I could not believe the intensity and greatness of a professional road race. It was much more than I expected, and the fact that I was to be competing among this wasn’t helping my nerves one bit. Saturday morning was the time set for us to first practice. I went out and came back in the 9^th fastest position. I was real happy to be in the top 10 and was looking forward to putting in some good lap times during qualifying in the afternoon session. So I went out in qualifying and couldn’t get a good rhythm of laps together and qualified 13^th. It was a little disappointing but I could still work with it. Sunday morning the 20^th we had a warm-up session at 8:30 in the morning to just get back into the groove of things until my race at 11:00am. So the race time was coming nearer and nearer and the amount of fans and people at this race really started to sink in. I knew this was going to be a tough thing to overcome. Going out for my warm up lap before the race I just blocked out all of the outside distractions and just focused on getting a good start. The green light turns on and I get an amazing start running in the 10^th position. But from there on my luck started to turn for the worst. I was running consistent lap times but couldn’t seem to get any quicker. I ended up finishing 17^th which is a start. Thanks to Dave LaFrance, Jim and Jason Disalvo, My Family, Grandma Lucy, and Grandpa and Charlotte for all their encouragement to not let this race get to me and to look forward to my future races.”

- Travis Wyman

Summit Point West Virginia (4/19-20)

Kyle

Saturday- Medium Weight Novice- Brakes Failed

Sunday- C Superstock Novice- 7^th

Sunday- B Superstock Novice- 5^th

^Cody

^{Saturday- Lightweight Solo Novice- 5th}

^{May 2008}

“May 16-18 called for Round 2 of the Red Bull AMA US Rookies Cup being held in Sonoma, CA at Infineon Raceway. Travis struggled in qualifying ending up 20^th for his starting position. He was able to work his way through the pack somewhat during the race and was able to finish in 15^th place.

May 23-24^th – Springfield TT

Memorial Day weekend for us was a long drive down to Springfield, Illinois for the AMA Flat Track GNC Singles Series at the Springfield TT. Travis was scheduled to run a pro-sport event Friday night before the national, but it was rained out. Saturday looked like rain as well, but the weather held out for us and we were able to complete the program. I ended up qualifying 17^th overall out of 96 entries. I felt decent in practice but still felt like the bike could be handling better. Going into the heat race I had confidence and got a very good start, but fell back to 10^th place after the 10 lap heat race. My semi consisted of some very fast company, and with a second row starting position, there was little I could do to work my way to the front. I ended up 10^th but gained a lot of experience along the way.” – Kyle Wyman

May 31^st – Vernon Downs GNC Twins

“Vernon Downs was a track that I had been looking forward to riding all spring. I felt very good at the test day, and had confidence going into the Basic Expert Twins class at this race. At the test day, Travis was riding our C&J 450 and blew up our mile motor, so we put another motor in the frame with hopes of better luck, but again broke a valve spring, breaking another motor and taking away his ability to compete for the rest of the night. As far as my night, I qualified well, in 2^nd place, and then the skies opened up. We were on a 3 hour delay for rain, but once we got the track back in shape we were back in action. We were told that since we were delayed, they would skip our heat race and just run the main event for us, so we put our main event tires on the bike and got ready to go. Just as we were near pulling up for the main, they announce that they would actually be running the heat race, and we did not have enough time to put on a different tire to save our good rubber for the main. Regardless, I went out and won the heat race by a margin of 3 seconds in a 5 lap race. The only remaining tire we had left that would last the entire 12 laps of the main event was a brand new tire. New tires work very poorly until they have a heat cycle in them, especially on a grooved track. I had the holeshot and led the first three laps, but one rider passed me and then another rider passed me with two laps to go which put me back in 3^rd for the finish. I had higher expectations, but I felt as though I performed to my ability, and I had a blast out there wide open on the cushion in the heat race.” – Kyle Wyman

I’d like to thank my sponsors:

Harv’s Harley-Davidson, Long Pond Autobody, American SuperCamp, Schwantz School, Chickenhawk Racing, Cayuga Wooden Boatworks, SuperSeal Sealcoating, Chromeglow, Motul, Red Bull, KTM, Alpinestars, and all the employees from Harv’s Harley-Davidson, Wayne County H.O.G. members, and all my friends that came out to Vernon to support our racing!