I think the Woodlands circuit will be great fun. Very close racing I suspect and for the first round with so many novices it'll be a hoot - it will certainly favour the brave. Anyone with race experience will have a big advantage here. Power will only be good for the start/stop straight, but you'll need good brakes for the hairpin. The first corner away from the lights will be brilliant and for the first corner of your racing career, a superb one. It will almost certainly sort out who's going to win - the first few into this corner will have a massive advantage as it's so slow and it's almost single file for the next section unless you're brave, so the gap between the leaders and the backmarkers will be huge by the time you're through, with little chance of catching up as you're all on the same bikes(!?!). I know where I'm going to watch from for sure.
Overtaking points a plenty - biggest one will be on the brakes underneath people into the hairpin at the end of the straight. Then if someone has gone in too quickly and overshot the line, there will be a slim chance of taking them on the power on the way out into the left of the Mountain - I can see people three abreast here. Over the Mountain on the power if the bike next to you backs off if he doesn't like his front wheel in the air. Into the righthander at Hall bends, but you have to be brave and take someones line away from them, then if you're given any light going onto the hairpin, if not take it anyway and block pass, then another block pass into Barn, then it's possible, (just) to catch someone by the line if you're a lot earlier on the gas than they are coming out of Barn. There will be a lot of fairing bashing me thinks. Practice riding with your elbows out
Very exciting, wish I could come and play.
WeeJohnyB