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My name is Dan Lo and I am an aspiring motorsport photographer based in Chicago. I go to as many AMA Superbike, World Superbike, and MotoGP races as my credit limit allows, and maybe a couple more on top of that. Feel free to check out my many attempts at motorsport photography, read about my (mis)adventures on my blog, and/or contact me if you somehow feel inclined to drop me a message. Thanks for stopping by!

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Tommy Aquino - Mid-Ohio

A CornerSpeedPhoto column by Tommy Aquino




This year's race weekend at Mid-Ohio was exciting, and definately hot. Everyone was sweating out there own body weight on the track. Friday started well for me, getting in the groove of things, until I had a big highside coming out of turn 4 on the warm up lap of qualifying. It was strange because I was going very slow, so I must have hit a slippery spot because a few other riders crashed there as well.My ankle and neck were very very sore, but we managed to get on the second row in 6th.

Saturday was pretty rough for me. I woke up with my ankle swollen up and neck very stiff. I did some stretches and iced my ankle before the race and was as good as I could be, considering.
Saturday's race I got an average start and worked my way to 6th off the start. About half way through the race, I was at the back of the lead group when I hit a curb with my knee and knocked the knee puck off my leathers. So for the rest of the race, I had to use upper body strength to stay on the bike without my knee for support. I had a good battle with Steve Rapp who also had a minor problem with his speed shifter, and ended up 5th on that day. After the race, I put my ankle on ice until Sunday.

Sunday I felt a lot better and ready to race. I got a significantly better start and was in the lead group for the first half of the race. I stayed in 5th the rest of the race until Herrin made a big mistake and crashed on the last lap, so I picked up 4th. It was a good finish, but I really wanted a podium on Sunday. I tried my best, but couldn't make up the gap between myself and 3rd because everyone was doing such a similar time.

All in all, it was a fun weekend, and I'm really looking forward to next week's Laguna Seca round with MotoGP! Hope you can make it out ;)

-Tommy

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