RACING
2003 SEASON
Loudon, August
31, 2003
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TEAM
SPEEDBIKE RACING 2003 ENDURANCE BIKE
Honda CBR600
F4i
 Endurance
2003: The annual 3-hour endurance race.
With
the same enthusiasm as previous years and essentially the same team, we
had a whole different set up for our team.
We
counted with the addition of rider Carlos Toledo, a fast Brazilian rider,
working through the Amateur classes in 2003 and promising to be very strong
in the Expert classes for 2004 season.
We
raced the GTU class with a CBR600F4i, a nicely prepared racebike by Carlos
Toledo.
The
riders were, in order of riding position: Carlos Toledo, Edgard
Velloso, Edgar Muller, David Kaskoun and Carlos again to receive the
checkered flag.
Matt
Guilbault was schedule to race the MBNA 250 Grand Prix at Virginia International
Raceway, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing on the very same weekend. So, his
presence was not confirmed.
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 Chris
Cramer not racing in 2003 unfortunately could not make for the endurance.
So we did our best with Carlos getting the computer working. It did work...
most of the time...
 Team
Speedbike was backed up by outstanding crew, with Milda Muller
taking care of registering the event with awesome pictures as they can
be seen in these pages. They were over 300 pictures taken and the work
to sort them out was something overwhelming.
Jeannine
Kaskoun made sure riders were riding in their correct timing, with
precise coordination of riders time on the track, change of riders, logging
and recording times to track officials and keeping our computer in working
conditions. Also responsible for making sure if the bike caught on fire
(or one of us for that matter), the fire extinguisher would be ready to
be used.
Janet
Velloso made sure riders' pit stops were as smooth as possible, providing
essential visual information to riders while getting in and out of the
hot pits.
The
team work provided by the Speedbike ladies was essencial for the sucess
of our endurance race. Thank you Ladies !!! :-) |
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 Experience
from previous endurance races, allowed us to improve pit setup and riding
coordination. We had amazing fast pit stops for refueling and riders
changing of about 20 seconds.
We
proudly finished in third place in GTU - 600’s class and we had so much
fun !!!!!
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TEAM SPEEDBIKE
3rd
Place in GTU Class
126
laps in 3 Hours. Brilliant performance by riders and crew.
Fast
and precise pit stops for fuel and rider change done in less than 22 seconds.
Bike:
Honda F4i prepared by Carlos Toledo
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Speedbike
riders for the Podium.
...for
the rider's speech ...
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and the Trophy...
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Edgar Muller
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David Kaskoun
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Great Team Work and
Coordination.
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Edgard Velloso
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Carlos Toledo
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Carlos Toledo final
sprint for the checkered flag...
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Carlos Toledo
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THE RIDERS
AND THE CREW
Edgar Muller
Rider
& Team Captain
Expert
Class
Racing:
Kawasaki EX500
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David Kaskoun
Rider
& Crew Chief
Junior
Expert Class
Racing:
Suzuki SV650
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Edgard Velloso
Rider
& Mechanic-Bike repair
Expert
Class
Racing:
Suzuki SV650
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Carlos Toledo
Rider
& Bike Setup-Tires&Fuel
Amateur
Class
Racing:
Honda CBR600 F4i
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Milda Muller
Awesome
Professional Photography & Pit Setup Assistance
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Jeannine
Kaskoun
Timing
Coordination, Rider's log control, Computer Management, Fire Extinguisher
& Pit setup
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Janet Velloso
Pit
Stop board, Rider's pit out coordination & Pit setup
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Priscilla
Muller
Keeping
things under control in the trailer & garage while the endurance took
place.
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Matt Guilbault
AMA
Rider
Expert Class
Racing: Yamaha
TZ250
AMA Pro RoadRacer
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Chris Cramer
Computer
Specialist
Expert
Class
Racing:
n/a
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SPEEDBIKE ENDURANCE BIKE FOR 2003
2001 HONDA F4i
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