Hey Everyone!
It's been awhile since I've updated my website, so I decided that
now is the time to do that. As most of you may know, I tried out
for the RedBullRookiesCup back in October of last year. I ended
up making the team but it got cancelled in January. Fortunately,
Kawasaki called us just a couple months later and wanted me back
on their team, and boy, was I excited to ride for them again!
Now so far this year I've competed on my 2008 Kawasaki ZX-6R twice,
one weekend with AFM and the other with WERA West. The first event
was at Buttonwillow with AFM and it was my first time back to that
track after my get off there last year. With conditions not being
the greatest and with having to start on the 4th and 5th rows in
my two races, I ended up pulling out two wins and beating Lenny
Hale! One of the two wins was taken away from me because I had an
illegal throttle housing, but oh well, things happen. I was just
there for the experience and to get more time in race situations.
The next event was at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with WERA. That was
another great weekend with two victories and a second to the seasoned
racer Jeremy Toye!
Another really cool special event I got to participate in was the
filming of the new Kawasaki SPEEDtv show called Kawasaki Test Drive
and it's all about the 2009 Ninja ZX-6R. The riding part was filmed
at Barber, which was the part I got to participate in. It was awesome
because not only was the bike awesome but I got to ride with some
pretty awesome people too including: Jamie Hacking, Jason Britton
and Rickey Gadsen! The show, I believe will be airing at the end
of May. I fell in love with the new bike, even though it was completely
stock! I can't wait to ride mine at the next event!
That brings up another exciting event taking place at Miller Motorsports
Park and that is the WERA Nationals on the 22nd-24th of May, as
well as the World Superbike weekend on the 29th-31st of May! At
the WSB races I will be participating in the GTU filler class, that
is being put on by the Utah Sportbike Assoc.. I am super stoked
to be racing in front of such a huge crowd and in front of the top
racers in the world!
I'll write in again soon.
-Elena 21
Here are the quick stats for my year so far
AFM at Buttonwillow California
600 Superbike-1st place
600 Production-1st place
WERA West at Fontana California
B Superbike-3rd place (on a 250)
WERA West at Las Vegas Nevada
C Superbike-2nd place
C Superstock-1st place
Solo 20 (20 lap race) 1st place
Be sure to check out my Promo video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CpOAODZbz8
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