Breaking News
July 2, 2009
I’ll tell you; running six classes in a day always makes for a big crazy day, but combining that with some changing weather conditions and some bikes that were being a little temperamental..... and little did I know but I was in for a real ride. read more>>
June 30, 2009
A lot of people were talking about being tired from the previous day's racing. Maybe winning my races helped give me a boost of energy? I was just excited to get the next round of racing going again. After the two wins from the day before I'd edged my way right in with the leaders of the points race, and was hopeful that another positive day or racing might put me into the lead. read more>>
June 30, 2009
Rounds 4 and 5 of the WMRC championship came as a double header. After having missed the first round of the series I’d been chipping away at the leaders ever since. I was excited that we’d get two full days of racing in back to back, for a total of 4 premier Pro Superbike events. read more>>
June 3, 2009
I was really stoked for the upcoming OMRRA event down in Portland, Oregon. My GSXR 1000 runs really strong, even though the motor in it is bone stock, and I finally knew which way to go with the forks! I was confident that getting it sorted out would result in a lap record pace, and I couldn’t wait to get it on the track. read more>>
May 27, 2009
I wasn’t happy about the results from the races the day before, but at least because it was a double header weekend I only had to wait overnight for my chance at redemption. read more>>
May 27, 2009
It was exciting to show up at the Westwood races at Mission, B.C. this past weekend. It’s been a fairly long off-season for this series and I was looking forward to seeing all the people again. Plus, I’d been riding my dirtbike a few times the week before and was feeling like a champ – so I wanted to see some green flags! read more>>
May 6, 2009
It was a weird deal showing up in Portland for the races last weekend. Although there’s hardly anything I look forward to more than seeing the green flag, I hadn’t thought about the upcoming races for two seconds. I picked up a new 2009 GSXR-1000 just a short while earlier – and was scrambling to put the pieces in place to get it on the track. read more>>
Archived News
April 19, 2009
It felt great to show up for the first round of the OMRRA races. Aside from the typical “no sleep, drive all night” program, things were fairly well in line and I was jazzed to hit the track. Unfortunately, “hitting the track” didn’t take me long as during the winter they’d been doing some construction and tracked dirt all over the track with machinery. read more>>
April 9, 2009
I’m not a big fan of bowl tracks. Overall Fontana isn’t all that bad of a facility, but let’s just say that it’s a good thing it has such nice garages. read more>>
March 16, 2009
So we show up in Daytona Beach, FL about as prepared as we can expect to be. Daytona is one of those places though – where you just never really know how prepared you actually are. We were to find out. read more>>
March 16, 2009
Well, 2009 is turning out to be a year of much unexpected change – but I’m pretty excited about it all, and quite looking forward to a fun filled year. read more>>
November 13, 2008
Never mind making you wait till the end of the report to learn: I won the Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association overall championship (and number 1 plate) for the fifth consecutive year. This win tied me for the record with Shawn Roberti for the most consecutive championships ever. The association has been in operation since 1972 (the year I was born), and it’s something special to me to hold a record like that. read more>>
November 5, 2008
The last day of WMRC racing was looking to be interesting. It poured nearly all day the day before, at night, and somehow defied the forecasts to be a sunny morning (with a very wet racing surface). During rider’s meeting we talked about what to do about the missed races from the previous day. When we were asked how many of us were interested in having make-up races, since we had time in the schedule, my hand shot up immediately. read more>>
October 31, 2008
I’ve been putting off and putting off writing my report for the last weekend of WMRC racing in Mission to let my jets cool off. It’s not working. I’m thinking now that instead what I need to do is get it off my chest. read more>>
September 24, 2008
After a long summer break away from racing I was more than eager to run the GSXR’s once again. I try to keep my skills sharp dirtbiking and keeping the wind in my face however I can, but it just doesn’t quite prepare you for 180mph the way you need. Luckily we had a Cascade Track Time event the Friday before the OMRRA races to blow some cobwebs out at. read more>>
August 19, 2008
It's been a long time coming, but now the wait is over ... NEW pictures posted to the gallery for 2008. Thanks to all the great photographers, especially Kent Regan from OnSight Productions.
August 8, 2008
Round 5 of the WMRC series had us show up on a lovely hot “BC Day” long weekend. Given the fact I’d ridden 3 of the previous 4 days, then spent the fourth driving between Portland and Vancouver (after several celebratory beers the night before of course), I was feeling pretty knackered. The heat and lack of sleep were almost certainly going to play a role today. read more>>
August 6, 2008
So last time I showed up in Portland to do some racing I was good and ready for a weekend to go my way. I felt chinced out by the weather, but ended up wrecking and then having a motor squeak on me, so this time I was more than ready to start throwing down! read more>>
August 5, 2008
Round 4 of the WMRC had us all show up to Mission Raceway Park for what looked to be a perfect day of racing. Unfortunately bad luck was the phrase of the day, and not just for me. read more>>
July 30, 2008
After the crap weekend we had the last time out I was stoked for a full day of racing at my favourite track in perfect weather conditions! I was feeling on my game, going blisteringly fast in practice. Nothing could go wrong! Let’s get ‘er done!! read more>>
July 29, 2008
OK, all you schmidtastic junkies: my apologies for keeping you waiting so long. You were probably wondering if I’d fallen off the face (I know my web guy did!). But no, alas, I’m simply late as all get-out on the reports, but determined to make a valiant comeback!! I’ll take you WAAAYYYY back to May: read more>>
April 30, 2008
Well, since the bike was working just fine (and something needed to go wrong leading up to the weekend) I got sick. I had a pretty good case of the sniffles come on during Saturday practice and was NOT looking forward to wrenching my bike around the physically demanding Mission Raceway Park the following day. read more>>
April 16, 2008
Here we are again. The first schmidty report of the year, and it’s a doosey. Typically I give a short intro and get right into the racing…..this situation proves to be quite different. The intro is the story, the racing is the conclusion. read more>>
September 23, 2007
Coming into the last day I had a pretzel in my head. For years you get used to putting your brain into ‘race winning’ mode coming into the day or before you take to the track. And then getting yourself prepped for a race that you need to take it easy and finish safely is a whole different deal. read more>>
September 22, 2007
At Mission Raceway Park this past weekend we had a double header – with a full program race day on both the Saturday and Sunday. Since before that we only had three race days, this weekend made up the last 2/3rds of the entire season points. I had a pretty good lead in all three classes going in ... read more>>
August 13, 2007
You’d think after such a dominating weekend my last time out at Portland International Raceway that I’d be at my keyboard typing up the details faster than ever. Well, I’ve been thrashing away at every facet of my life hard enough to keep me away – but you shall wait no more ….. read more>>
July 23, 2007
Well, the longest and probably most important race weekend of the OMRRA season was upon us. I was excited about the event, and determined to make the best of it. For me it was quite the up and down and back up again adventure. read more>>
July 5, 2007
Man, I tell you, racing can sometimes wear a guy out like almost nothing else. It’s a good thing that waking up at 4:30am, driving to the track, racing all day, driving home and not being showered and unloaded until 11:00pm is much easier to deal with when you have such a successful day. read more>>
June 28, 2007
I’m starting to think that the races in Portland should be run on Saturdays instead of Sundays. The weather just doesn’t want to cooperate with us on Sundays. After a nice little practice on Saturday morning, and a little rest time to get caught up on the bikes during the afternoon we had the forecast of hail and thunderstorms the next day to look forward to. Sweet. read more>>
June 27, 2007
It’s catch up time in the race report department for me. So for those of you ‘Jones’ing for a super saturated schmidtastic experience: get yourself sat down with your favourite form of relaxation and get ready for some fun of the wet and wild variation. read more>>
May 31, 2007
The Gallery section of the website has been updated with some awesome pictures from 2006 and 2007 as well as a new viewing style. Check it all out here
May 29, 2007
We were greeted with a dry, but cold track on Sunday morning for round 2 of the WMRC roadraces in Mission. I started getting my stuff all unpacked and prepped for the day of racing. It was looking to be a fairly well organized day. My help hadn’t shown up yet, but that’s OK, I’m used to taking care of myself a bit; or so I thought. read more>>
May 28, 2007
I’m pulling another one of my famously late race reports. In fact this time I’ve got three to catch up on, so if you’re in the mood – you can fill your boots with some serious updating.
I’ve got to back it up quite some time back to my PNWMA off-road race in Kamloops, B.C. It was the first one of the season as far as the series goes, as well as for me. I had been able to blow my cobwebs out on the roadrace bike, and doing some recreational off-roading, but this was my first green flag on the dirty bike. read more>>
April 18, 2007
Well, I’ve been on a few winning streaks during the course of my racing career, but I can’t say that I’ve started the season quite like this one until now. Eight main event starts and eight wins. It always feels good to start the year strong. I set the stage down in Portland the other weekend winning all four classes by decisive margins, but was pretty sure that I’d have my work cut out for me at Mission. read more>>
April 10, 2007
First off: Welcome back to schmidtastic.com. We’ve been down for a bit now, but back up and running now thanks to my trusted wrench – Andy Nelson - for donating some hosting services. Shake and Bake, Andy (Oh yeah, and CrystalTech hosting blows). It’s felt like a very long off-season this winter, and I’m happy to be back on the bikes. read more>>
April 09, 2007
We're back online .... finally. After experiencing a number of issues with our [old] host, we're now back online thanks to a former OMRRA racer, and fulltime schmidtastic.com fan and pit junkie, Andy Nelson. After such a long hibernation, the site is in need of some graphical tweaks and we hope to be rolling out some new features [or at least revise some of the existing features], so keep us bookmarked. We may even get back our listing on Google now that they've all dropped off. The season has just begun!!
October 09, 2006
Things at the OMRRA races are shaping up just fine indeed. Every event since the first I’ve continued to win and win races, extending my lead in the overall championship at every race meet along the way. Going into the last race of the season this weekend I’ve got a substantial lead. read more>>
September 26, 2006
The weather was set to be good, the bikes have been working awesome all year, and I even had some new tires to use for the weekend (I forgot to grab some for the previous event and had to use take-off’s the whole day!). Aside from getting over a slight case of the sniffles, I was set to rip. read more>>
September 23, 2006
One of these days I’m going to get my paperwork and bike through tech in time to get my name in for when they’re making the qualifier grid at the WMRC races. Until then though, I guess I’m going to have to keep starting from the last row for the Q’s. read more>>
August 25, 2006
The day’s set to be hot, there’s no practice, and it’s “double points” day. I can’t say that I fully support the “double points” race concept in any way, but if I was going to assign the weekend to do it on, it wouldn’t be one without practice of any kind before hand. read more>>
August 24, 2006
I’m not used to waking up at my house, then racing that same day. I can say that it’s something that I could probably get used to, it would just be nice that if I wanted to do it, it wouldn’t have to be at 4:00am. read more>>
August 23, 2006
You know, it’s funny. You’d think that whenever I have a tremendously successful race weekend I’d be all over top of the report, getting it out the very next day even. Well, to prove that I’m a non-conformist – here I am – typing away more than a month after the fact. read more>>
July 19, 2006
Up until the July event at Mission the weather had been bad enough that I hadn’t even turned a wheel in anger yet there this year. Canada Day long weekend had stellar weather, and the racing proved to be quite similar. read more>>
July 19, 2006
With everything being as dramatic as it’s been all season I was really hoping for sanity. It really felt like I was going to get the weekend I was looking for all along, right up until the end of it.
I attended a Cascade Tracktime day the Thursday before the race to try to blow some of the cobwebs out and get some seat time before the event on Sunday. Truth be told, I actually had such a great time racing at Miller a couple weekends before that I just couldn’t wait to get back on the GSXR’s. read more>>
June 15, 2006
Miller Motorsports Park is the sort of place that the North American racing community can be very pleased to have access too. Not only is the racing surface top notch, but the run-off is more than excellent, and there’s been no spared expense in erecting the facility at all. It was really special to be a part of the first competitive event to be held at the track, and the piece of hardware they gave me to remember it by must have cost hundreds of dollars to make. read more>>
June 12, 2006
I’m finding the life of being a home-owner to be quite a bit more of a time commitment than I had originally intended. I’m not complaining, because my life has taken a lot of interesting turns and changes in the last year, and I feel as though I’ve come out in excellent shape – just with very little time to spare. Yes, it is my excuse for my tardy race reports, but as long as I keep winning races I seem to be forgiven… read more>>
May 8, 2006
Man, did it ever feel good to finally get to Portland to begin the real season of racing. The bikes were far from ready (the 600 bodywork, frame, motor, and wheels were all in different locations of the city as I rolled into town around 2am), but what do you expect? read more>>
May 5, 2006
The first race of the year is always such a scramble. No matter how good the components of a motorcycle are, and no matter how perfect and pretty it can look before it ever takes to the track, it’s always a pile of garbage the first session. You can stare at the bike and not find a single thing wrong with it in any way, not able to find a single thing that could possible be improved on, and when you come off the track be busy for an hour just to try to inch it closer to the way it’s supposed to be. read more>>
October 28, 2005
OK, so I’ve reached an all time low with regards to my delinquency on my race reports. My reasons are many, and I’m sure you’re not interested in them, so I’ll spare us both. I’ll make up for it now though, so grab a coffee ... In the end, what really matters is that I was out there giving it my all, my friends and family looked after me through the most challenging season I’ve ever gone through ... read more>>
August 24, 2005
You know, sometimes I think that my life used to be so much more simple. All that really mattered to me was my racing, and anything else in my life was so insignificant that it didn’t really matter what else happened. For you faithful readers, you’ll know that I went through quite a personal experience earlier this year. read more>>
August 8, 2005
Man, it just seems like I can’t quite get things to run smoothly for me whenever I go racing at Mission. I can’t say that it’s my favourite track I’ve ever raced on, but I’m sure I’d feel a lot better about it if I could just put it all together for a weekend. read more>>
July 28, 2005
So often this year it seems that we’ve had wet weather (or at least the threat of) off and on for our race weekends. It was nice to have a race day where the rain tires could stay in the trailer – even if the trade off was stinking hot weather. read more>>
July 13, 2005
I’ve had some fairly bad luck in years past at the Calgary track. I’m not sure what it is with me and Alberta. We don’t really get along that well. Montana’s sort of the same way with me. Being the eternal optimist, I’m always expecting every year to be the one where it turns around for me. Is this the year? Hummmmm? read more>>
July 13, 2005
It was pretty nice having about 5 weeks off. Very strange of me to have that long of a break in the middle of the racing season, but if it was ever going to happen, the timing of it was almost perfect. During my time off I’ve almost re-formatted the hard drive of my life. I've got a new job, working in a completely new field with completely new people, in a new town. I’m moving into a new place with a new friend. I’ve got a new girl, and a new truck, I’m working with new people for my racing this year on new bikes in a new series…..I’ve pretty much started from scratch. read more>>
July 7, 2005
We've added some new pictures to the 2005 gallery from Infineon and from Calgary
June 2, 2005
Check out Alan's first Superbike Privateer article for MotorcycleUSA. Lots of overhaulin' down at Infineon. Article Link
June 1, 2005
I had a pretty good weekend at Mission, B.C. a couple weeks ago. It was nice to have a couple days to spend with my family before the weekend, and after the previous weekend at Infineon, I needed a little bit of down time. read more>>
May 22, 2005
My first instinct when I look back on my 2005 Infineon Superbike experience is to say that it would be a good weekend to forget about. But that's not true, 'cause then I wouldn't learn anything from it. Well, it's a good one to put behind me, but what doesn't kill me makes me stronger, and it came fairly close. read more>>
May 21, 2005
As my life has been swirling around in the never ending circle of travel, racing, and life lessons, I've been delinquent in my race reports. Catch up time I guess. read more>>
May 2, 2005
All those that know me, and were at the track this past weekend, know that I wasn't my usual self. In fact, it's debatable whether or not I even should have been there. I've been going through emotional distress for the past 3 weeks. I've lost 12 pounds because I have no appetite, I sleep approx. 3 to 5 hours per night, have anxiety attacks, the doctor ordered me away from work for 2 weeks, I'm on meds, and my heart is broken. I thought that going to the races would be an outlet, or therapy. read more>>
April 13, 2005
I’ve been strapped for time before race weekends lots of times. In fact, almost every time it seems. This was something else though. I won’t bother starting up listing my tasks, as that would take the whole report, but let’s just say I had two bikes that had never been run before. One was just a frame and wheels, the other was the same plus a motor. read more>>
March 30, 2005
Here's a link to some early season press from one of my local area newspapers. Article Link
March 29, 2005
I've officially launched into my next season of racing. Everything is new, but nothing has changed. I still scramble to be ready in time for the race weekend. I still don't get enough sleep the night before, and I'm still waiting for parts and support beyond the last minute. It also wouldn't be proper to start an AMA season at Daytona without running off the track, and blowing up a motor. read more>>
March 17, 2005
Welcome to the new and improved Schmidtastic.com website. We thought it was about time we refreshed the look and feel of the site, but things are still under development, so check back often for all the latest updates.
A lot of the sections are still being worked on, so don't be alarmed if certain pieces aren't operational yet (like the web form).
November 1, 2004
Writing these reports has been getting more and more enjoyable through the season. If you were to take a look back on some of my early 2004 experiences, bad luck was sort of having its way with me. I kept soldiering on though, knowing that it wasn't my riding that was dragging me down, and that I'd be dealt some good cards eventually. Last weekend I won the OMRRA championship for the #1 plate. read more>>
October 7, 2004
I've been bugged by a number of people trying to get me to race at Mission for quite a while now. I've had to answer all the questions of 'why not?' in many different ways. I was almost running out of reasons. After my bike blew up a couple races ago at Portland, Marbod from M-Speed Performance in Vancouver lent me one of his bikes to do a practice/track day they had there. read more>>