Learning to Lean - Getting Licensed!

I flew down to Miami late in November to get away from the cold weather and to take my Basic track license test.  The class were held at Homestead Motor Speedway and it was a blast.  I took my Basic course with the folks from Penguin Racing and it was really awesome having folks I knew there at the track to chat with.  I rented nearly everything down there including a Ducati 748.  The 748 was quite a bit heavier than my 848 Corse and didn't nearly the pep but that was less important for getting through the classes.

Homestead was awesome!!  The track was pretty wide and the paint through the Apex was perfect.  As you can see from the above pic, I wasn't afraid to really get down in the turns and even touched my knees several times during the day.

I've attended the 'Track Experience' days at Louden NH and if there's one gripe I have it's that the Apex markers are not easy to spot.  They call Louden a technical course which I suppose comes down the the fact that the turns don't flow as nicely together as other tracks do.  Hometsead was a really fast track, once I started to memorize my lines and hit my marks I was easily getting more confident braking pretty late.

The written test was really easy and I scored a 100% on it.  I've since sent in my certificate of completion and my CCS license should be here pretty soon.

Totally getting excited about my Amateur season coming up in April!!