The penultimate round of the Motorcycle Roadracing Association season was held on a beautiful fall weekend in Pueblo. With the points situation being stable and no Kawasaki contingency, Ricky was anticipating a causal, consistent race weekend.

For Saturday’s 600 supersport race, Ricky had mounted a set of Dunlop soft compound N-tec’s. The Rocky Mountain Kawasaki ZX-6 really seemed to be happy on that set up. With a front row grid, he nailed the start. By the time the pack had reached turn one, Ricky was in fifth place. It seems like the ZX-6 is getting very tired! Out-braking most of the riders in front, he emerged out of turn one in third. Stalking second place, he could see the leader was not pulling away. Trying a brave pass going into turn one did not work, the first time. Next lap same move but with success this time. Ricky immediately closed in on the leader. With three laps to go, Ricky took the lead in his favorite spot, exiting turn one. Winning the race, clinching the championship and setting a new lap record for the class made it a perfect day.

The 600 Superbike race was first on Sunday’s schedule. Another front row grid, another good start. Into third place on the first lap Ricky was immediately trying to make a pass on second place. Making Ricky’s life easy the rider ran wide allowing a quick pass. Now trying to get into the lead, Ricky put his head down. Closing up the gap through the infield only to see the leader take it back on the front straight was very frustrating. As this cat and mouse game was taking place, third place was making the most of it and closed the gap and made a pass on Ricky up the front straight. With two laps left he could not get back into second, finishing third.
Race of the Rockies was called to the grid and Ricky was on the front row again. With a strong start he was running close on the leader in second. Not running a new tire proved to be a bad decision as he could not get his Kawasaki to hook up. As the leader was pulling away Ricky was trying to fend off the third place rider. A red flag was displayed less then half way through the race bringing the riders into the pits. Ricky only had time to mount a used Dunlop dot he had won on yesterday. On the restart Ricky was trying to get a feel for the tire and was running in third. He was putting a wheel on the second place rider repeatedly but could not make it stick. Noticing that the bike was running extremely hot and no one was close, Ricky backed off the pace to finish a comfortable third, for another podium position.