Track Day at Inde Motorsports Park - Wilcox, AZ

It was a fairly clear day when I left Tucson. The ride to Wilcox took about 80 minutes. There were some cumulus clouds to the northeast, but nothing seemed to be threatening a day at the motor sports track in Wilcox, Az. The track is for members and the public to use, it  you pay the track fees. The track incorporates a section of old airfield that still handles a few private aircraft. I saw a single-engine turboprop land as I was walking the track.

I was invited by a friend to watch him ride his BMW S1000RR and take some pictures. His bike is basically a street-legal roadracer. Very fast with all or the goodies that make it handle and accelerate like a competition motorcycle. The riders here don't actually race, but do get onto the track in groups of 6 or more. There were six riders there today, as well as a few automobiles driving separately.

Then the clouds showed up. Big dark clouds from monsoon season, typical of July here in Tucson started to roll in from the north. I told my fried I was heading back to Tucson to try to beat the storm, and packed up my camera. I rode right into the leading edge of the storm and donned my rain suit. I rode for 15 minutes back east toward Tucson and was able to get east of the storm.