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Kevin Schwantz - Journal Entry: Second Test, Red Bull AMA U.S. Rookies Cup

postdateiconThursday, 10 April 2008 06:13

Kevin Schwantz - Journal Entry: Second Test, Red Bull AMA U.S. Rookies Cup

At the state of the art Barber Motorsports Park it was a much different test than our fist test at Laguna because all the kids had been to Barber which was where we had the selection test last September.

We started with the kids in two-groups until after lunch when we put them all out together. Our thought is that they will all be racing together out there so we should get them all out there together and get accustomed to it. In the two afternoon sessions, both Mark Cernicky and Steve Atlas rode my bike. In the first afternoon session we had more scratched-up motorcycles and scuffed-up leathers than we had in our previous two and a half days of testing. After that there were a lot of long stares at their coach so I sat them down and gave them a quick speech.. Even when the bikes aren't exactly right, you have to be able to compensate whether it's tires or suspension. Great racers are the guys who can overcome adversity. After this quick discussion the last session of the day ran without incident.

I continue to ask the kids to make the best notes they possibly can about their testing, lap-by-lap-by-lap or at the end of the day make sure to write down everything that sticks in their head.

Day two started off at 7am with a meeting with the riders and their parents and this was also where I informed them of their sponsorship opportunity to wear a Kevin Schwantz School patch on their leathers and a schwantzschool.com decal on their visor for $1,000.00 for the season. Hopefully this will offset some of their expenses throughout the season. After that, at 7:30am, we did a track walk. It was 25 degrees that morning, for a low so the first half of the track walk was very cold! Having said that, the track walk was a great opportunity for the kids who don't speak English to have their translators ask questions. I try and make it a point to ask all the kids if they have any other questions but I think the language barrier makes it difficult for the foreign speaking kids. We started riding at 9:30am. I rode with the kids the first session and then turned my bike over to Mark Gardiner for the second session. In the last two sessions of the day we just practiced.. the sighting lap and warm-up lap and starts, which we did three-times in one session. In the last session we did a simulated race. They pulled out from the truck and did a sighting lap and warm-up lap and came around to stage. We then did a 15-lap race. All the kids did an amazing job, we had three pull into pit lane to have their mechanics remove tape from the radiator because the temperature had gone above the recommended 65 degrees. To be that excited about racing for the first time, even though it was only mock-race, the maturity the kids showed was just amazing.

All in all the test went exceptionally well. The spread in timing from top to bottom is getting closer and closer all the time. If their coach has his way about things, the spread will be in the three second range.

Good job kids…From your new sponsor!

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Last Updated (Thursday, 24 October 2013 20:07)

 

Kevin Schwantz–Journal Entry: Red Bull AMA U.S. Rookies Cup

postdateiconMonday, 31 March 2008 05:34

FIRST RED BULL AMA U.S. ROOKIES CUP TEST FEBRUARY 26-27, 2008

Tuesday morning the kids arrived at the track to find two transporters and one large tent, you could tell the kids were so just full of excitement and anticipation to look at the bikes. The excitement was like I remember as a kid waiting at the top of the stairs on Christmas morning!! The sheer excitement on their faces, as they looked down the row and found their bikes with their number as well as their leathers…. and then having them turn back around and giving me hi-five’s, was really cool. I shared with them that is what it’s going to feel like when you become a factory racer, with everything immaculate and brand new and perfectly prepared.

For our first AMA US Red Bull Rookies Cup test at Laguna Seca we were really lucky and had two very nice days of weather. We started around 10am with two groups of 12 riders, with fairly short sessions to get the bikes broke in. Mechanically, the bikes performed flawlessly over the two days for being our first test together…. 25 new bikes, 24 kids and myself and only one mechanical problem over the two days. We had some kids that went out and immediately went really fast to the opposite extreme we had some kids go really slow and work their way up to speed. Once a few kids asked questions early on the first day and my reponses helped them with their lap times the other kids started to ask questions as well. Once I had built a bit of a rapport with them they asked a lot of questions, especially the first day. There were numerous questions about the line through the corkscrew, as far as I know none of the kids had been around Laguna Seca. Try to imagine for a kid, somewhere between 12 – 16 years old, a private two-day test on a factory prepared KTM motorcycle at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway… what an opportunity!

At the end of the first day there were lots of smiles, and it didn’t seem like anyone wanted to go home they all wanted to stay with their motorcycles. We had a meeting about the program for the second day and you could almost see the disappointment on their faces that we weren’t going to get to ride anymore until the next day. I remember the excitement when I was a kid, how much fun riding and racing motorcycles… I never wanted to stop and it’s great to see that enthusiasm in the kids.

We stayed with the two group sessions through lunch the second day. After lunch we started back with all the kids on track for the last two sessions of the day. I think all the kids did a great job, they worked themselves in. We had a couple tip-overs the middle of the second day, fortunately with no injuries.

With the first test completed, I think I have a better idea of what all the kids need. Some need a bit more direction than the others. Now the challenge will be for their coach to try and remember what all their needs are and help them accordingly! I asked all the kids to write down anything that came to mind about the track, everything they struggled with. It’s so nice to be able to look back through your notes about a track we’re going to go back and race at and remember where you struggled, what was the most difficult part of the track etc. Trust me, as their Coach I will be seeing if they’ve done their homework! Great job guys, see you at Barber!

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Last Updated (Saturday, 18 May 2013 14:57)

 

Kevin Schwantz: Journal – Spain and Italy November 2007

postdateiconTuesday, 20 November 2007 11:53

Kevin Schwantz: Journal – Spain and Italy November 2007

 

Tuesday, 30 October: We arrived in Barcelona, Spain and had lunch with Sergi Sendra from Dorna.

Wednesday, 31 October: I went riding with Adam Raga just west of Barcelona near Jordi Torres’ house. It was quite nice, I showed up at Jordi’s house, had breakfast, and went riding until about 2pm. I ran almost two tanks of gas through my borrowed Gas-Gas trials bike. For me it’s always difficult to ride with Adam because I want to watch everything he does but I know I am not getting any better unless I go and practice myself.

Thursday, 1 November: We drove to Girona to watch Adam compete in the Spanish Championship-indoor trials event. Much to my delight, and the delight of the crowd Mr. Raga was on top of the podium that evening. It is always seems to me that the battle between Raga and Bou is elevating every time I watch them compete. They remind me a lot of myself and Wayne… riding every competition like it’s the last… constantly trying to get into the other riders head. Raga leads Bou in both championships, indoor and outdoor. It should be an interesting World Championship in 2008, both indoor and outdoor. After the event we drove to Valencia for the 18th round of the MotoGP Championships.
Friday, 2 November – Saturday, 3 November: It was kind of a sad event as it was Nicky’s last race with the #1 plate but there will be more Americans to won the World Championship and carry the plate and it was John’s last race with Suzuki. The weather was nice for practice, fairly cool in the mornings and about 70 in the afternoons. The track temperature didn’t seem like it was going to be an issue as far as grip goes but with the elevating pace, grip is always an issue. Suzuki seemed to be working well with Chris and john in the top 10 with Chris being a tick faster in all the practice sessions. John reversed the order in qualifying outrunning Chris by almost 3/10ths and giving himself a third row starting position at 7th where Chris was fourth row at 11th. At the lunch-break there was a press conference to unveil the new MotoGP World Championship trophy, the trophy is a “Champion’s Tower” of plaques for each of the 58 past winners.
         

Sunday, 4 November: The temperatures were really cool for the morning warm-up. With the new rules about limited tires, most riders chose to use a tire from either practice or qualifying to see how well the tires would hold-up. The ambient temperature was 8 degrees and by far the coolest of all the mornings. Chris and John finally, in the last five minutes, got the tires warmed up and got some good laps in and looked like both Suzuki’s had a fighting chance to be on the podium. At the change of the lights, John made an awesome start from his 7th qualifying position to be in the top five into the second turn. Chris, on the other hand, at the end of the first lap was 12th. John made an early pass on Melandri, I believe it was, and Nicky to get clear into 3rd position and with that put his head down and did some outstanding lap times. Chris continued to battle just outside of the top ten until just about half-distance. As other guys tires and race set-ups began to fade Chris just continued to get stronger and stronger climbing up to 10th position less than a 1/10th of a second behind Loris Capirossi in 5th. John was able to maintain 1.33 second lap times but was never able to make any impression on the leaders, Pedrosa and Stoner. He held on to 3rd position quite comfortably in his 81st start for Suzuki in MotoGP.

Earlier in the day, the 125 Championship was won by Team Aspar and rider Gabor Talmacsi in a hard fought 125 Gran Prix race.

Congratulations to Casey Stoner and team Marlboro Ducati on an outstanding season and winning both of their first World Championships.

Congratulations to Jorge Lorenzo and Gabor Talmacsi and their teams for the 250 and 125 Championships.
   

Monday, 5 November: It was nice to get to ride the modern day MotoGP bikes again. First up was the Honda. With so many journalists there to ride, we were only allowed three laps, an out-flying and in lap. Not very long to try and assess a motorcycle of that capability, but was still nice to get the opportunity to sit on it and ride. I rode Nicky’s bike and what stood out to me the most was the lack of edge grip on the rear and unbelievably sensitive front brakes.

Next up was the Kawasaki where my close friend and former Kayaba suspension man at Lucky Strike Suzuki, “Beefy” is the Chief Engineer on Randy de Puniet’s bike. Of course I got a brand new set of Bridgestone tires before I went out and I got five fast laps on the bike. The Kawasaki seems a much easier bike to ride than last year.

Next up was the Suzuki…. Back to work with my dear friend Stuart Shenton because I got to ride the #21 ex-John Hopkins Suzuki. Spies had just come into the pits when I walked into the garage and it looked like he and I would be going to on the bikes at the same time. My bike was ready just a little bit before his. Once again with brand new Bridgestone tires and Stu told me he would send Ben out once I got some laps on the new rubber. Next thing I know, I’ve done four laps and no Ben so I slow-down and notice Ben on the other side of the track. I have to do almost one complete lap at a really slow pace waiting for Ben. Once we get together it takes a few laps for the brakes and tires to get to temp on my bike. Ben is behind me because I can hear his engine so I know he’s close. After two laps leading him around I take my left foot off the peg and signal him to come-by-me on the front straight-away. We ride together pretty close for the next two laps until he starts just pulling away from me. About that time we catch another journalist going much slower than us and we both have to slow down. It’s always fun riding with someone who is better than and/or faster than you and try to learn from them. I think Ben did a great job on the Suzuki GSV-R.

 


Next up was Jorge Lorenzo’s Aprilia 250. I was in the garage with Wayne Gardner before I rode Lorenzo’s bike and we were talking about how much fun I had riding the KTM250 last year and how much it reminded me of a 500cc Gran Prix bike… only a little lighter and not quite as fast. With that said, Gardner informed me he was scared. I patted him on the back and reminded him about how much fun the 500 was to race and that the 250 was really enjoyable to ride. The Aprilia was the highlight of the day for me. Riding with Spies was fun, but for me here is nothing like the feel of a 2-stroke Gran Prix motorcycle. I saw Wayne on Tuesday and he said the most fun he had on Monday was riding the 250!
   

Tuesday, 6 November: The day started with the Ducati at 10:30. Four laps on Casey Stoner’s Championship winning Ducati. It was nice, light, neutral handling and fast. It was my favorite bike.

At 12:15 I got two five lap stints on Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha M1. It was not as nice of a motorcycle to ride as I remember it being in 2006, but it is still in my top three. The one thing that stood out is that it is a very nervous feeling motorcycle.

Gerhard Berger and Michael Schumacher were there riding as well. Gerhard was testing for Gunter Weisinger and not getting many laps on the bikes. He seemed to be having fun but not enjoying himself as much as he could. Schumacher rode all day on the Ducati in and out of the pits, close to 60-laps. I think he impressed quite a few people.

All in all, a really enjoyable five days in Valencia…. Maybe a place I get to call home in the not so distant future….

For my full riding report, see both MotoSprint and Cycle News publications with an expected release date of 20 November.

Wednesday, 7 November: Spent the day in Barcelona as our original flight to Italy had been cancelled so we were rebooked for later in the day, we finally arrived to the hotel in Venice at about 10pm.

Thursday, 8 November: Spent the day at Dainese headquarters in Vincenza to discuss our continued partnership with KSSS, and then spent a few hours roaming around Venice that evening.

Friday, 9 November: Had a 7:30 flight out of Venice on Friday morning to return home via JFK, and it was sure good to be back home and see my dog!


 

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Last Updated (Friday, 25 October 2013 22:55)

 

Kevin Schwantz: Journal - Tour de France, Sachsenring and Indy MotoGP Press Conf

postdateiconMonday, 13 August 2007 09:42

Kevin Schwantz: Journal – Tour de France, Sachsenring and Indy MotoGP Press Conference

Saturday, 7 July 2007: I left Austin for Brussels with a connection in Chicago.
Sunday, 8 July: I arrived in Brussels about 8:30am and was met by Bart Demuzere of AFAM and went to the hotel. Bart et me back at lunch and then we went riding for 90km. It was nice and sunny. We went to Italian for dinner.

Monday, 9 July: We went to AFAM for a visit and them to watch the Tour de France from a hospitality area set-up for Innergetic by Latexco. I met Luc Maes the President of Latexco. It was a nice day with lunch and about 4:30pm the Tour came by. We went outside in the rain and watched the riders come by. It was amazing. We went back to the hotel and Bart went home and I went back to the Italian for dinner!

Tuesday, 10 July: We went to watch the start of the Tour in Bart’s hometown. We then went back to his house and loaded the bikes and went to meet his friend Deter to go riding. We did a 55km ride and a bit on Tour of Flanders course. There was lots of cobbles, yuk! I don’t like cobbles. After the ride we watched the finish on TV at Deter’s house and then took Bart’s wife to dinner.

Wednesday, 11 July: Had breakfast at the hotel with Bart and then drove to the Suzuki MX shop to meet Sylvain Geobers. We had lunch with Sylvain and jan, my KYB Suspension guy when I raced and then carried on to Dusseldorf. Bart dropped me off at my hotel as I had a flight to Dresden at 7am the next morning.

Thursday, 12 July: I arrived in Drsden at 8:30am and got my rental car and drove to Sachsenring. I was greeted by the news that John Hopkins was leaving Suzuki for Kawasaki. Yes, I am disappointed but it’s not the end of the world. Good luck John. I met Bryan Lilley and Jeff Medders later that afternoon to discuss our CBS show. Daryl Beattie and Channel 10 from Australia were there covering the GP as well. Had dionner at the Suzuki hospitality for pizza night and was back to the hotel about 9pm.

Friday, 13 July: I arrived at the track early and had a meeting with Henny Ray Abrams to discuss the Rossi interview for Cycle News. I had a noon interview with a magazine from Poland. Later that afternoon was me interviewing Rossi. I quite enjoyed talking to Vale about life and what he does besides race. Maybe journalism is my next calling. Had dinner at the track and then followed Beattie back to their hotel to catch-up for a bit. It is great to see Daryl doing so well. We always have a great time when we get together. I was back to the hotel by 10:30pm.

Saturday, 14 July: I arrived to the track at 8:30am and got grief from Dean and Howie for sleeping in so late! We had a meeting with the producers about the CBS tlevsiions how and decided to watch qualifying with Jeff in the commentary box. There are still lots of rumors flying around about riders as to who might replace John. I watched the Red Bull Rookie Cup race at the end of the day. What a great chance for those kids to compete on good equipment on some of the leading GP tracks. Had dinner at the track and was to the hotel by 9pm, where I saw Massimo Cappana, who was a mechanic for Suzuki when I raced.

Sunday, 15 July: I left the hotel by 6:30am and arrived at the track by 7am. Breakfast was in the Suzuki hospitality. I was into the commentary box by 10am to watch the warm-up with Jeff. We then had lunch and went back into the box to watch the 250 race and warm-up again. After the 250 race I ran over to try and and catch-up with Nicky, Colin, Vale, John, Casey, Loris and Chris V. After a quick chat with them I ran back to the commentary box to do the race. It wasn’t a great race for the win, but was a great late race charge by Colin and Nicky. A disaster for most Bridgestone guys. As well as a disaster for Vale. He said afterwards that he thought the front guys were going to get away. Oh well, he is human. I left the track at 4:30pm on a helicopter to drseden for a 6:30pm flight to Frankfurt. We stayed at the Sheraton Frankfurt Airport.

Monday, 16 July: We departed Frankfurt for Chicago at 8:30 and arrived Chicago at 10am. We cleared customs and got an IRL private plane to Indianapolis. The press confeernence at 3pm to announce the 2008 Red Bull Indianapolis GP. This will be great for MotoGP in the U.S. Two GP’s in America is awesome. The track at Indy will be great and I think the racing will be close. Left Indy at 7pm for San Francisco. Yes, this has been a long day. Do I really want to go work in GP’s again? I do not know!

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Assen MotoGP

Tuesday, 26 June 2007: I left Atlanta for Amsterdam

Wednesday, 27 June: I arrived in Amsterdam about 9am and cleared customs and got my rental car. There wasn’t much traffic getting to the circuit, so it was an easy two-hour drive. I had lunch and then Skip arrived about 5pm, we then had dinner and he rode with the Roberts team to the hotel . I went to the Hotel Erklens and saw Jan and his Dad who own the place. I left there about 9:30pm for my hotel which was about 30-minutes away.

Thursday, 28 June: I arrived at the track about 8am and before lunch, Skip and I met with the Dorna people to ask about some sponsorship questions. I watched the afternoon practice, and the weather was great all day.

Friday, 29 June: I arrived at the track just after 7am and met with the CBS personnel, Jeff Medders and J. Bryan Lilley, at 9am. I watched practice and qualifying and it pissed down rain all afternoon. We shot the CBS intro piece just after 5pm, and we got lucky as it wasn’t raining at the time. Once I was finished there I had dinner at the Suzuki hospitality and after dinner I went to the Red Bull Rookie Cup paddock to see the operation. Awesome! It is the best chance I have seen for a young kid to compete on good equipment with direction from experienced people. I spoke to a few of the kids competing and you can really see the excitement in their eyes. I left the track about 9:30pm for the hotel.

Saturday, 30 June: I arrived at the track about 6:20am and met with Jeff and J. Bryan for coffee at 9am. We went over the show and agreed to meet in the television box at 1:30pm. The morning warm-up was dry and sunny but windy and cool, with Hayden 1st and Hopper 2nd in the session. It was a great race, it was amazing that Rossi and Hayden came from so far back to do to do as well as they did. Stoner’s bike ran out of fuel on the cool-down lap… and there were some questions about why…? I did interviews with Rossi and Hayden from Park Ferme and then stayed on pit lane to watch the red Bull Rookie Cup race That was a great race as well, with six kids going for the win on the last lap. I presented the trophies, with the KTM boss, for the race. I left the track and drove to the Schiphl airport to spend the night.

Sunday, 1 July: I flew back to Atlanta and was met at the airport by a couple of my instructors who had arrived about the same time. We got to the track just in time to see the last race of the WERA Cycle Jam weekend. Had dinner with all the KSSS crew and had KSSS that following morning.

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