VOL. 56 ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY 12, 2019 P91
It took a few laps to get heat into
the tires and once I did I had to work
pretty hard to catch the leaders. Mark
Hoyt and his 17-inch-shod Kawasaki
KZ750 and Darrin Gauvin on a Honda
CB900F with 17s as well, were vying
for position with Mark eventually bat-
tling for the lead.
A few laps in Gauvin started to fade,
leaving just the four of us to hash it
out. As the pace increased so did the
gap over the rest of the field and by
lap five, we had over four seconds
on them. It took me a few more laps
before I was close enough to try and
pass, but just then Hoyt's bike lost
its shifter, handing me the place. We
battled for a few more laps and I tried
to keep the pace of the leaders but in
