The Good: It was a beautiful day, sunny, hot, met up with Marc, his friend Keith(?) and Big Gar and his wife. I haven't seen Marc since last August for the L.A. ride. I was in the intermediate group with Marc and Gar and we were doing our first laps around the track to warm up and get used to the track, (my first time). One the third lap I came out of turn 9 which get deceptly sharp right at the end.
The Bad: I saw a cloud of dust, looked to go inside to get past it and I see the front of Marc's bike poke through the dust NOOO!!!! where is he?!! There he is tumbling in the dirt on the side. (turns out he's ok, bumps and bruises and a small cut below his eye) I'm thinking tumbling is NOT good. Track Rule: Do NOT stop to help a fellow rider. How hard is that? We pull into the pits and go to check how he's doing. He's walking (whew!) he's OK. Thank God.
The Ugly: The bikes a mess. I didn't see how it happened but a witness told me he high-sided after going into the dirt and the bike tumbled too.
It was my first track day ever so I was pretty excited about it and it took me more than a few laps to get used to the track and pushing the 'Busa to my limits. I got a Ton of advice from anyone I asked. Go wide here, cut it tight here, brake hard here, wide open here. I got faster as the day went on. I probably sounded like I was complaining because I was saying things like, "I couldn't get turn 3 down", (never did), "how many times do you get lapped before they drop you down to beginner?", (the whole field passed me at least once), but I had a fantastic time. I got to push my limits and the 'Busa handled it very well. Didn't scrape anything, but I did scrub a little rubber off.
The Bad: I saw a cloud of dust, looked to go inside to get past it and I see the front of Marc's bike poke through the dust NOOO!!!! where is he?!! There he is tumbling in the dirt on the side. (turns out he's ok, bumps and bruises and a small cut below his eye) I'm thinking tumbling is NOT good. Track Rule: Do NOT stop to help a fellow rider. How hard is that? We pull into the pits and go to check how he's doing. He's walking (whew!) he's OK. Thank God.
The Ugly: The bikes a mess. I didn't see how it happened but a witness told me he high-sided after going into the dirt and the bike tumbled too.
It was my first track day ever so I was pretty excited about it and it took me more than a few laps to get used to the track and pushing the 'Busa to my limits. I got a Ton of advice from anyone I asked. Go wide here, cut it tight here, brake hard here, wide open here. I got faster as the day went on. I probably sounded like I was complaining because I was saying things like, "I couldn't get turn 3 down", (never did), "how many times do you get lapped before they drop you down to beginner?", (the whole field passed me at least once), but I had a fantastic time. I got to push my limits and the 'Busa handled it very well. Didn't scrape anything, but I did scrub a little rubber off.
