| Well, cracking day at sunny Croft. Met up with a few old faces and a few new ones.
The track is excellent, I really loved it and glad No Limits have it on the calendar now, (back there later in the year on 22 Sept, £99 less DSC 10% discount).
There are a couple of points where there is little run off and the famous bumps play havoc with the suspension, but there are some awesome bends round the back. The No Limits instructors had not been there before, so we arranged to go out at 9.00am before the track opens officially at 9.30, so we had a few laps to check if it went left or right at the end of the straight, before I had to lead the fast group out. I decided to be brave and stay out after the first two siting laps and not chicken out an come in. Glad I did though. I was passed pretty much immediately by a guy who raced on the KRC event at Snet the other day with the DD boys, then about half a lap before another two went past like I was standing still, so I tucked in behind them and stayed there for half a lap maybe before I decided I was trusting them too much and that they were clearly better riders than me, but after that, nobody else came past and I stayed out for about another 4 laps before coming in to get ready to lead the inters out. Just as I looked around to make sure it was clear to come into the pits, I couldn't help but notice there were about 10 bikes lining up behind me....oops. It took me until about lunchtime before I started to get the turn in and braking points and I had a great afternoon. Still a long way to go to get up to pace there though, it's a really a demanding track, but worth the journey. I would rather have Croft on my doorstep than Brands, Snet or Rocky that's for sure.
WeeJohnyB
[Edited on 2-7-2005 by WeeJohnyB]  |