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Just been led in the bath thinking about Oulton TD last Saturday. Anyway it was time for the (extremely wet) 3rd session and in my haste to get out there I ended up at the front of the queue with the Mr " I'm on wets with tyre warmers, Japanese, 300BHP, I'm fast as fook", Carl Fogarty types.

So as we are sat waiting the guy in front of me to the right looks round (as you do) and glances down at my front wheel. He then leans over to his mate, taps him on the shoulder and points down at said wheel. Over my ear plugs I hear him grunt "he's on road tyres" and then the laughter starts, only to be joined my the guy on a wet tyre clad green presumably Kasawaki pocket rocket next to me.

The nice man says away you go boys so Fu Man Chu and his buddys set off down casscades like the police (not the group) are in hot pursuit.

On the second lap under braking at Shell Oils I pass Mr Kasawaki on the outside and disappear into the distance after his comedy partners.

I wonder if he still thinks my "road tyres" are so funny.
It did make me smile though.


Then I fell off.
Track day god to gimp in a matter of hours.

Love it.