Toyota 200

I had the great pleasure of being the pit crew for my good friend Armen. He is an amazing rider and racer. He races with WSMC at the track called Willow Springs. Once a year Willow Springs AKA "the fastest track in the west" holds the Toyota 200. This race is a crazy race. It's 200 miles that is equal to 80 laps of the track. This track is not one to be taken lightly. The riders go well over 100 MPH. And when I say "well over", I mean it.
Armen is one of the few that qualified for this race. They only allow 40 riders to take part of this race. Some racers are pro riders so you can imagen how fast you have to be to race in this race. Most races are 6 laps; this is 80 laps of exhaustion. That means 3 sets of tires and 3 tanks of gas total. Motorcycles are not made to change tires fast. Nor are they made to fill with gas quickly. Armen spared no expense in giving himself any advantage he could. He was even able to get a gas tank and quick gas filler from the pros. One of a kind things.
Miles and I along with other Turn2 friends/riders were the weekend pit crew. We had amazingly fast pit stops for normal people and with only a few practices the day before the race.
Here are the pictures of the race. Please check out the links with the video clips. It shows everyone in action. Armen came in 20th out of 40 riders. He did all that with a broken hand. He had a crashed a few months before in a race and broke his hand. It did not heal and was causing him major pain. His hand was a big puffball at the end of the race. How he did the race at all is beyond me. Like I said, he is an amazing rider. Congrats to Armen! It was a wonderful experience and I had a blast.