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Race report: PARTS Canada Honda CBR125R Challenge Rd 6

posted Jul 13, 2010, 7:09 PM by Statoni Racing   [ updated Jul 14, 2010, 3:03 AM ]
Practice: Having never raced at Mosport before, Stacey took advantage of a Pro 6 Cycle track day on Wednesday prior to the race weekend. Although no times were taken, the track time was valuable. Mosport history includes great motorcycle racers from past years such as Agostini and Hailwood to have graced the asphalt, but this was lost on both girls. Thursday morning saw the first official practice. Stacey ended up 11th fastest and Toni 25th. The heat wave continued into the afternoon with the temperature above 30 deg. Celsius. Stacey improved her lap time by 2 seconds to 2:08:575, being the biggest improver in the session. In fact, she held second place for most of the session, before dropping to 6th in the final few minutes, a fantastic achievement by all accounts. Toni would end the session 27th.
 
Qualifying: The thunder storms arrived as promised on Friday. It was decided by PMP that the Friday times would be used instead of qualifying if the track remained wet. So the girls sat out the morning practice session in the torrential rain as the forecast for the remainder of the weekend was to be sunny and dry. By lunchtime the track was beginning to dry, no matter how hard a rain dance we did to try to make it rain! So the girls prepared for qualifying. At the last minute, with a few drops of rain, PMP confirmed the Friday times would be used for the gird positions, thus securing Stacey a second row start from 6th place. However, during the now practice-only session; Stacey had a low side at the last turn. Not injured, she picked up the bike and returned to the pits. After a quick check over of the bike, she headed out onto the track again.

Race: The race was eventful to say the least. Stacey got off to a good start but dropped back a few places. Her confidence was shaken a little due to the previous day's crash. She was in 8th place when the race was red flagged after two laps when race leader Ryan McCormick crashed heavily at turn one. A quick trip to the hospital determined 3 fractures to his shoulder, so he was ruled out for the remainder of the weekend. The restart was regrided based on the positions when the race was stopped. So Stacey dropped back to the third row for the restart. She was far from happy with this, but that is racing. She got another good start, but the race was red flagged again after one lap for a near identical accident in turn one involving Kelsey Giacchetta. Kelsey suffered a broken shoulder. Best wishes to her and Ryan for a speedy recovery. So yet another restart. As the race had not completed one lap, Stacey was again in 8th position on the grid. The race was reduced to four laps. At the checkered flag Stacey crossed the line in 12th place. Toni had a steady run to eventually finish 23rd.

Pos No. Name Hometown Total distance Laps Best Tm In Lap Diff Make Model/Engine Total Tm Comment
1 9 Ryan R. Appenrodt Quesnel, BC 15.828 4 2:06.664 3   Honda CBR125R 8:28.454
2 22 Loic Viscasillas Laval, QC 15.828 4 2:05.837 4 0.075 Honda CBR125R 8:28.529
3 179 Cody Conrad Calgary, AB 15.828 4 2:06.232 3 0.662 Honda CBR125R 8:29.116
4 46 Sam McManus Calgary, AB 15.828 4 2:06.436 3 0.825 Honda CBR125R 8:29.279
5 100 Milan Jablan Saskatoon, SK 15.828 4 2:06.660 3 1.092 Honda CBR125R 8:29.546
6 228 Cedric Martineau Ste Catherine, QC 15.828 4 2:06.505 4 1.152 Honda CBR125R 8:29.606
7 99 Scott Lingelbach Wellesly, ON 15.828 4 2:06.839 4 1.572 Honda CBR125R 8:30.026
8 66 Chris Wilson Airdrie, AB 15.828 4 2:07.173 3 2.841 Honda CBR125R 8:31.295
9 25 Nicole Pilkington Blackstock, ON 15.828 4 2:06.799 4 3.132 Honda CBR125R 8:31.586
10 18 Robert Haynes Calgary, AB 15.828 4 2:06.247 3 3.204 Honda CBR125R 8:31.658
11 777 Jacob Snell Calgary, AB 15.828 4 2:07.509 2 4.298 Honda CBR125R 8:32.752
12 316 Stacey Nesbitt Saint-Lazare, QC 15.828 4 2:08.014 3 4.471 Honda CBR125R 8:32.925
13 64 Ian McWhirter Calgary, AB 15.828 4 2:06.302 3 4.828 Honda CBR125R 8:33.282
14 186 Young Jae Kim Mississauga, ON 15.828 4 2:06.363 3 5.063 Honda CBR125R 8:33.517
15 33 Leah Vignale Kemptville, ON 15.828 4 2:06.838 4 5.698 Honda CBR125R 8:34.152
16 08 Neil Graham Toronto, ON 15.828 4 2:06.333 3 5.702 Honda CBR125R 8:34.156
17 89 Will Hornblower Sarnia, ON 15.828 4 2:07.659 4 7.307 Honda CBR125R 8:35.761 Jump Start Penality
18 110 Austin Shaw-O'Leary Falmouth, NS 15.828 4 2:07.229 3 8.759 Honda CBR125R 8:37.213
19 16 Jay Fox Calgary, AB 15.828 4 2:09.059 2 17.634 Honda CBR125R 8:46.088
20 91 Karolina Pelc Guelph, ON 15.828 4 2:12.787 2 24.464 Honda CBR125R 8:52.918
21 12 Greg White Raleigh, NC 15.828 4 2:12.681 3 30.522 Honda CBR125R 8:58.976 Jump Start Penality
22 422 Shay Gauthier Petawawa, ON 15.828 4 2:12.653 4 24.183 Honda CBR125R 8:52.637 Penality - 2 Positions for passing under Yellow
23 821 Toni Nesbitt Saint-Lazare, QC 15.828 4 2:21.984 2 1:05.785 Honda CBR125R 9:34.239
24 120 Dana Wrigley Calgary, AB 15.828 4 2:22.141 3 1:06.818 Honda CBR125R 9:35.272
DNF 11 Eric Green Richmond, ON 15.828 4 2:06.913 3 DNF Honda CBR125R 9:23.259
DNF 87 Allyssa Fox Calgary, AB 7.914 2   0 DNF Honda CBR125R 5:23.652
DNS 97 Ryan McCormick St-Lazare, QC -     0 DNS Honda CBR125R  
DNS 36 Kelsey Giacchetta Calgary, AB -   0 DNS Honda CBR125R