Finally back from Las Vegas.

So...me & taka left home around 6:30am on Thur...and this time, we took 2 cars cuz it is hard to park @ Vegas hotel w/ pick up.




We got there around 1pm...and it was already HOT!





We stayed @ Vegas Club Casino Hotel in downtown. It was kinda old hotel, but it was OK. And...on the way to the venue...there were many tents on the street for homeless people.




***Pit Report on Fri.**


Anyway, again...we got mechanical problems @ Las Vegas.


On Thur., the oil cooler was cracked again that just had replaced before New Jersey cuz of the vibration/tension/location (?) of the oil cooler. But it was lucky that didn't happen when he was running.

So Fri., we got a new oil cooler & Taka made temporary brackets before the practice started.

Then x 1, just before Taka was @ 2nd qualify run, he found out the primary throttle return spring was broken probably cuz of metal fatigue (?)... But he didn't have time to fix it...and luckily, he managed to finish the course w/out fixing the problem.


Then x 2, after the qualify...Taka found a big oil leak from the Wiggins Clamp @ pit. It took a while to fix the leak, so...he lost the practice time like Atlanta and New Jersey events...




***Event Report on Fri.***



O...BTW, Taka qualified 18th place on Fri. Not the best, but better than last 2 events! I hope he does better next time!



Qualify Run #1




Qualify Run #2





@ Spotter Station, there was Mr. Orido cheering Mr. Miki.

He just got to the venue and started sleeping @ Spotter Station. And his head was all over falling asleep sitting on the chair. It was sooo funny that everyone there was laughing so hard!!






***Pit Report on Sat.***

Our team mate, Hiro, came to support Taka! Thank you very much, Hiro!


The first round, Taka was running against Ryan T. and unfortunately, he lost. So...we finished our day pretty early...



So I decided to go back to the pit.
I found a girl on the left wearing weave tights (?)...and I was...imagining...




Like..."What if she didn't put sun block...and get burnt w/ that kinda pattern"...I guess I was hungry.






Next to our pit...w/ Matt P.'s crews...They are drifters and drifter's friends...not rockers!!

Somehow they multiplied to 9 or 11 or something like that during the event...
And...somehow, they lost 1...somewhere in the end of the day .






Of course, Taka's Pit...Thank you very much for your support!!





On the way back to LA...the space on the 2nd bottom @ right...there was a black circle missing some logo...



I only came up w/...our favorite, Starbucks!!
O, BTW...I had bad headaches on Thur. & Fri. And looks like it was caused by lack of caffeine. Yeah, me & Taka are...caffeine addict.






There was an accident that made bad traffic jam. And the afternoon sun was pretty bad. I guess people got blind and got an accident.

BTW, one of the car's bumper was kinda pushed in/messed up...but I guess I got used to "Drifter's Accidents (?) " too much, so it didn't look bad at all...

Sometimes, being used to...is kinda scary.






Yoshie