Paul @ CLASS Summer 1996

During the summer of 1996 I attended Reg Pridmore's CLASS at NHIS New Hampshire International Speedway. The following pictures were taken by my parents. I have arranged them in roughly the turn order that one goes around the track. The grey squigly track is the road course at NHIS.

CLASS at NHIS is always right after the AMA Superbike weekend, Sunday: Watch Miguel DuHammel win the superbike race. Monday & Tuesday: ride the same track.

I'm riding my 1993 Yamaha GTS1000AEC. This 550+ lb. "water buffalo" has a catalytic converter, anti lock brakes, and electronic fuel injection. It also has the "RADD" forkless front suspension. This suspension is relatively immune to front end dive under braking. This allows you to easily trail brake into turns, especially Turn #5 the "bowl". With new MEZ1 and MEZ2 tires the GTS handled the fairly tight NHIS track well. I rode in the "B" group both days, the B group didn't push the envelope all of the way round the track.

CLASS June 1996 at NHIS

CLASS Picture #1 Coming off the front straight CLASS Picture #2 Turn 1 CLASS Picture #3
CLASS Picture #4 CLASS Picture #5 Turn 1A CLASS Picture #6
CLASS Picture #7 Turn 2 CLASS Picture #8
I would usually scrape the left peg on this turn		 CLASS Picture #9
CLASS Picture #10 Heading to turn 3 CLASS Picture #11 CLASS Picture #12
CLASS Picture #13 CLASS Picture #14 Going up the hill CLASS Picture #15 My buddy Joe on his '95 900RR
CLASS Picture #16 Comin' round the mountain CLASS Picture #17 CLASS Picture #18 That's a Yamaha Venture that I'm working on getting around
CLASS Picture #19 Zoomin up turn 3 behind the GS
Joe is right behind me		 CLASS Picture #20 Passed them all in the bowl
Joe must have gotten stuck		 CLASS Picture #21
CLASS Picture #22 In the classroom with Reg CLASS Picture #23 CLASS Picture #24 Empty stands, I guess that we aren't good enough for a crowd