Routine.
Listen, as silly as it sounds, having a routine in my opinion is the most important part of the race. You need to find what routine works best for you. Listed below is my routine:
- I find my pair
- Usually I wait until i am 5 pairs from the front of the line and I put on my jacket
- At 3 pairs back I put on my helmet
- After putting on my helmet I put on my right glove and zip my sleeve
- I then put on my left glove and zip my sleeve
- Once Im the pair on deck I put on my kill tether
- I fist bump the guy next to me
- I lean my bike to the right and start it
- I rev my bike and pump my clutch 5 times
- I pull around the waterbox and back in
- I spin it real quick then I pull forward to where I want to start my burnout
- I wait for the other racer then give a nod to start burnouts
- Once I start my burnout I lean it to the right for 3 seconds then back to the left for 3 seconds I bring it straight for 3 seconds then throttle out. (If the track is cold I will run a burnout through the starting line to put some fresh hot rubber down)
- I rev my bike twice to check my two step on/off depending on the class
- I always try to pre stage first
- Once I prestage I put my visor down
- As soon as the other guy prestages I go full stage
