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still had a lot of the quick-change
parts needed for the pit stops and
offered some insight on how they went
about it.
A few others, Melneciuc included,
recommended Brian Livengood, who
built the engine and did all the map-
ping and tuning for May's R6. And
jumping on board to be his crew chief
for the event was William Myers, who
worked with Celtic Racing and just re-
turned stateside after a two-year stint
with Paul Bird's MotoGP effort.
While his year in World Superbike
with the struggling EBR team was
rough, May learned something from it.
"I've always, my entire career, tried
to walk away from every weekend
and learn something," May said. "The
big thing in racing World Superbike
I learned is—stay positive and do the
best you can with what you have;
and never give up. Grind it out 'til the
job is done. It
really helped my
skill set. I know it
didn't show in the
results, but I feel
like I'm a much
sharper, better
racer.
"It was tough
showing up to
racetracks that
you've never seen
before, in a World
Superbike field
and missing practice sometimes.
The first session is part of qualifying
in World Superbike—you have to go
right away. There's no, 'hey, let me
figure out which way this track goes,
you have to go instantly. So coming
to Daytona, a track I've been to for 16
years, for me it feels like a cakewalk. It
feels really, really easy and confidence
inspiring."
For May, without a title sponsor to
run a MotoAmerica campaign, it looks
as though he'll have to sit out a year
in racing unless some good fortune
comes his way.
There were so many lead changes at this year's Daytona, that it was easy to lose count.
Geoff May celebrates pole postion
with his Project Mayday team.
