Out of Track

The only reason that i would get up at 7am on a Sunday morning is because i am OFFICIALLY broke as of this week, and Kevin promised to pay me $50 to take photos of him at Pasir Gudang circuit. It's a win-win situation for me cause a)i need money, b)i need practice with my DSLR so i agreed to go with him. At the last minute he managed to persuade dad to join us on the track as well, a bad decision as he would later discover (read on..)

It was pretty fun being a photographer but as expected my skills sucked. Good thing the weather was alternating between cloudy and very mildy sunny because as you know, i hate the sun.

Left: Kevin on his Honda CBR600; Right: Dad on his Suzuki K6

The track session ended with a unoffical race for 2 classes of bikes, 400cc and below and 400cc and above. Kevin and dad took part in the 400cc and above race. It is at this point that i want to mention that dad was riding a 2nd hand Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 that he JUST bought yesterday. And he crashed it on the first lap of the fun race. Ouch.

I didn't see the crash but i suspected something when i didn't see him with the front runners at the start of the 2nd lap. Kevin saw him walking around in the sand trap on lap 2 and was debating whether to stop or not. He decided 'not' and went on to finish 6th. I believe i would have done the same.

Dad plans to repair his bike this week so he can ride again next Sunday..

Thankfully all the damages were really 'minor' (he reckons a $500-700 repair bill) and only injuries sustained was a big chunk of skin scraped off his right shoulder. He still managed to ride back to Singapore (and we stopped for KFC on the way too), amazingly in a good mood. I think the track medic injected some 'mood' drug into him while treating his wounds.

"I crashed! Weeee!"

And of course all this just had to happen on Father's Day. What a perfect gift to receive. Happy Father's Day dad!