FEATURE
TEXAS TORNADO BOOT CAMP
P74
about midday and 3:00 pm. By that stage the
mercury is hitting north of 110-degrees, so you
grab some lunch, ditch the riding gear and go
shooting. Here you'll have a go at clay pigeon
shooting, as well as fire a couple of handguns
and a long distance rifle. The nuances of hitting
the clay pigeon strangely coincide with the hand-
eye coordination skills the instructors hammer
home during the riding drills, and by the end of
the day almost all the riders who opted for a shot
were nailing the clay pigeons.
The day's riding is concluded with your second
Superpole lap where you can measure your pro-
gression and get bragging rights over your buddy.
By nighttime you've got some great food to get
stuck into like slow cooked Bolognese or chicken
and salad, plus a few beers in a circle listening to
Colin's stories of MotoGP madness that won't be
printed here.
Day three is a continuation of the second day's
drills, reinforcing what the instructors drilled into
you on the previous day. Thrown in for good mea-
sure is one of my favorite drills, where you have to
ride the track with your left hand on the gas cap.
This drill hammers home the need to be smooth
If you want to see how to really do dirt track, watch AMA
Champion Jake Johnson do his Superpole lap on the little
TT-R125:
The inside of
the saloon has
some pretty rare
memorabilia on
display.
