Dumbest thing you've ever done on the track

[seth399]

wait what? wouldn't inside the new turn1 be inside the curb on grass?

[OreoGaborio]

Oh man... that's awesome!

Seth, naw, there's no grass on the inside of the new T1.

[seth399]

o ya there is curbing but more pavement...holyshit! ahaha

[Doc]

Inside the cones? Bahahahahahahaha!!!

[bdawkins20]

That was you?!? Holy shit...I was standing at T1 watching and noticed you take the old T1. I looked over at my friend and both were like

Sorry man but that shit was

I know....I don't know what to tell ya. Going at speed past the turn 1 marshall stand everything looked normal. I didn't make out the curbing of the new turn 1. the cones were laying down for the apex and I followed it. I said-how are people thrown off by this new corner? it seems exactly the same? You can't imagine my surprise when the guy on the motard on the last lap of practice overtakes me and I see him take the new turn 1. Total shock.....

1-because I am now......."THAT GUY"
2-I missed the 1st practice and now I don't have any experience at all going into the new turn 1

[lrrs313]

I did a track day 4 years ago and on the last session I tried to follow jeff wood on my 99 cbr 900rr. I crashed bad in turn 6 and just this year i finished putting my 900rr back together.

Personally I think this one might be better than the old turn 1. Trying to follow Jeff, Eric, or any of the top experts can definitely be one of the stupidest things done on track. I've done it a few times, and never with good results.

[bdawkins20]

Like I said.....It took 4 years to put my street bike back together... finding good parts for that thing was f-ing hard... never want to do that again. As for following jeff-he roared past at turn 4 and I was trying to follow his line. Believe me-it was a long ride home asking myself why I would do that...

[CEO]

Old turn 1... that really takes the cake... christ!

Luck you didn't collide with someone rounding the new 1a when you came out on the other side

[OreoGaborio]

Wirelessly posted (Samsung Lube.... Er, Glyde: Mozilla/5.0 440x240 Samsung SCH-U940 NetFront/3.4)

Wel if there were someone rounding 1a he woulda seen em take the new 1.

[lrrs699]

i def like the new turn 1-1a better then the old 1

[seth399]

i def like the new turn 1-1a better then the old 1

[eboos]

I almost turned into the old turn 1 durring a cool down lap in practice last weekend.

[Paul_E_D]

i def like the new turn 1-1a better then the old 1

Blech, it eliminates one of the 2 flowing section of the track. Might as well add a chicane in 8 and kak the whole place up at this point. (OK, that's a bit of hyperbole, but you get the idea)

[CEO]

On saturday in the rain, I was going alright but got passed by two guys... they are having a good battle and I"m trying to reel them in but I just can't quite hang. I almost highside the shit out of myself coming out of 12 (will look back at the video and post it if it's as spectacular as I think it was) so I settle in and just try to click off some more nice smooth laps.

On lap 7 I'm coming out of 12 and Corey Hildebrand (EX leader from first wave) drives out next to me and we're heading for the line. I look ahead and I can see the two leaders have a gap on me that I can't possibly recover in one lap, they are half the straight ahead of me. I hesitate EVER so slightly on my drive (why give away a 3rd place by crashing when I can't catch the front two) and Corey gets me at the line by a tenth or less. Thus, he gets the checkers and so do I. I go on with my cool down per normal.

As I'm pitting in and thanking the CW's I notice something weird over near 12. It turns out both the leaders crashed in 12, have picked up their bikes, and have managed to still cross the line for their 8th laps (running like a 2:30 lap for the final lap). Since I only finished 7 laps, they get 1 and 2 and I get 3rd.

So I would have gotten my first AM win... I have plenty of 2nds and 3rds but no AM 1sts yet. It would have been a cheap win, but a win nonetheless...

Lesson: Even in the rain, down by 5 seconds, on your last lap, don't back down 1 millisecond. You never know what could happen.

[strgt]

On saturday in the rain, I was going alright but got passed by two guys... they are having a good battle and I"m trying to reel them in but I just can't quite hang. I almost highside the shit out of myself coming out of 12 (will look back at the video and post it if it's as spectacular as I think it was) so I settle in and just try to click off some more nice smooth laps.

On lap 7 I'm coming out of 12 and Corey Hildebrand (EX leader from first wave) drives out next to me and we're heading for the line. I look ahead and I can see the two leaders have a gap on me that I can't possibly recover in one lap, they are half the straight ahead of me. I hesitate EVER so slightly on my drive (why give away a 3rd place by crashing when I can't catch the front two) and Corey gets me at the line by a tenth or less. Thus, he gets the checkers and so do I. I go on with my cool down per normal.

As I'm pitting in and thanking the CW's I notice something weird over near 12. It turns out both the leaders crashed in 12, have picked up their bikes, and have managed to still cross the line for their 8th laps (running like a 2:30 lap for the final lap). Since I only finished 7 laps, they get 1 and 2 and I get 3rd.

So I would have gotten my first AM win... I have plenty of 2nds and 3rds but no AM 1sts yet. It would have been a cheap win, but a win nonetheless...

Lesson: Even in the rain, down by 5 seconds, on your last lap, don't back down 1 millisecond. You never know what could happen.

Ahh that sucks! I remember hearing about how Justin #699 crashed in 12, picked the bike up and still won.

[CEO]

Ahh that sucks! I remember hearing about how Justin #699 crashed in 12, picked the bike up and still won.

Yeah it was him and Peter Ross 242, a recent bump

[lrrs699]

Ahh that sucks! I remember hearing about how Justin #699 crashed in 12, picked the bike up and still won.

Not exactly one of the best moments in my race "career" First time i had ever been on rains and didnt get to practice. anyway...I think we both had the same thought coming out of 12, i dropped down a gear to get alil more drive i assume pete did the same. I think pete went thru the grass (i was in front so i didnt know it happened) i came out of twelve and it was a slow-motion highside. Bike ended up perfectly lined up towards the finish line i ran to it droping every swear in the book, picked it up and limped it home. got lucky

[nt650hawk]

This could be a nice bump.


I crashed with cold tires.

[Jim]

i launched in the 2nd wave, when i was in the back of wave 3

[Pittenger5]

I blew a downshift into 1, assumed the novii (motard race) was a wave behind us. Learned quickly when Seth punted me off track that they launched the novii with us.

[RyanNicholson]

Totally forgot about this thread. There's some gold in here (and prob about to have a lot more w/ a bunch of newer racers around).

[Mr. Kurtz]

Destroyed my SV in T8, on the last lap, trying to come back to take second to last place in the pouring rain, on DOTs, after already having swapped ends on the first lap in T2.

I did get the holeshot in that race by about 1/4 mile, though, so if you only watch that part of the video, I look like a badass.

[Yknot]

My first time on rains, every time I went through a left hander the bike vibrated like crazy. I figured, huh must be how it feels with these rain tires. Rode hard all through practice and after Eric Shaw flagged me down to say the rear wheel was wobbling all over and to check it out. The rear wheel was from a different year and had a bit more material between bolt holes causing it to not sit flush. The run out was about an inch and lucky I didn't end up on my ass. Fun stuff.

[Svenny]

MX -- Wrong gear on the new double at Middleboro (yeah, a long time ago..) and stalled it right on the crest of the 2nd hill....during a practice lap. Well, the guy behind me landed ON me and I got a broken tailbone, 25 stitches on my ass, and lost a nut....

[Larry]

Dare I admit it......Rookie race, set up for an inside pass in T3, ran out of talent and was going to T-bone the bike in front that had already started to tip in(a bit early on the tip in, but still 100% my fault for going too fast). Stood the bike up and headed strait for the tires with rear binders locked then tried to continue the turn (rear still locked) and proceeded to dismount in a spectacular highside. Torn back muscles and a severe concussion. Took all season to gain confidence in T3 again.