World SBK, Miller ‘09

About two days before the World Superbike races were set to start in Utah, a good friend hooked Nita and I up with a couple of tickets and paddock passes. With little time to plan we prepped the bikes and got ready to ride the 4000km round trip from Calgary. The Revoluzione and Reel Rydes crew were also heading down so we planned to meet up with them in the evenings for some fun with some great folks.

We headed down through Sweetgrass and spent our first night in Great Falls, MT after about 7.5 hours on the road. The next day was a grueling 12.5 hours that had us pulling into Salt Lake City at about 10:30. We rewarded our long day with a couple of drinks and a great snooze at the Little America Hotel.

2 days of wandering SLC, finding a great microbrewery (Squatters) we found ourselves sitting at the exit of Bad Attitude at Miller Motorsports Park watching the likes of Haga, Fabrizio and a personal fave – Gary McCoy riding the Triumph 675 (with a reported 145hp!) during the Supersport race. Pretty freaking sweet.

Next day, we packed up and headed back to Calgary. It was a last minute trip that I’ll never forget.

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