| I had a good day out although had to be careful on the throttle in the end cos the Michelin rear was triangular on the right hand side...
Seeing Nelly with such a grin, shaving off a second at every session was quite cool as well.
I think that the policing of the groups appeared well done. It is always tricky at trackdays. I have been at previous DSC TD where there was some slow guys in fast and this time the group was well balanced.
Believe me if you get scared by some guys overtaking you fast, it is a hell a lot more scary when you hammer it at the end of a straight just to realise that the guy in front brakes 50m earlier than you when you did not expect it! The reference should not necessarily be the slowest rider. Pushing too many novice into inters and inters into fast could actually create quite dangerous situations in other groups as well.
I have no idea about the lap times. If somebody checked me out or somebody I was scraping with had their lap taken I would be curious to know (Ducati 916 with Joe Bar stickers - slow in the straight, fast in Surtees). I think that I may have broken the 55sec barrier just about.
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