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@@YoungL_rd Pitt is a long track, so once everyone spreads out it isn't too bad. Though it can make the start of a session fairly exciting!

You would think that, but they oversold novice a month later. There were about 50 riders on track. With varying degrees of experience from first track day to advanced pace. I’m an I group rider and I’m fine with people passing me, but this shit was a madhouse. 11 red flags and a life flight at the end of the day. Take that for what you will.

@@gtas1000rr I don't mind having some traffic to dice up every once in a while. I was working on expanding my bag of passing tricks this weekend, so the train of traffic was a good learning opportunity.

Yeah, unfortunately I couldn't find a good spot to mount it where it would be level, so it's canted at ~10 degrees. I could add in a few knuckles to straighten it out, but I've had issues with camera vibration if the mounting arm is too long.

@@colinvanoort4057 understood 👌🏾

Sure thing, I had a good time riding with you at NJMP! I'm heading to PittRace with N2 6/13-15, then I'm not sure where my next one will be. I'm planning to do NJMP Lightning with EvolveGT July 13+14, but I might try to do something between those if I can figure out the scheduling.

@colinvanoort4057 Cool I'll be there too see you there but Im in N2s intermediate group so won't be able to ride together.

@@riderxtrackdays3418 I'm actually taking the race school on Saturday, so I'll be in intermediate for half the day I think.

@colinvanoort4057 maybe will get to ride some then. I plan to stay in intermediate with n2 so I can ride with my other friends who aren't advanced pace yet.

That's my buddy, Michael Goze. We were riding together on and off all day, but in the last session I was just chilling and taking some video of him, till the crash happened. The tar snake definitely didn't help him out, but he was also being pretty rough on the throttle all day (particularly in that session) and he's on an MT-10 (which has plenty of power to spin up the rear on demand). I figured that things were about to get spicy when I saw his rear start to step out to the left, so I was already backing off and drifting to the outside. Wasn't really expecting him to try to get under my tires quite so hard though. Thankfully there's lots of run off around T1-2 and it's decently flat.

Yeah, the exit of 5 has dirt in it pretty regularly. I think it has to do with the drainage there, though I've heard some people blame the car guys for potentially hanging their inside tire over the dirt there and pulling it onto the track. I've been playing around with my braking strategy in T1 this season. The last time I was there I was intentionally braking longer and lighter than my normal and it allowed my to carry more corner speed up to the apex. I think overall it was pretty similar timing wise though. I'll definitely try braking later next time. I think that my biggest area to gain time is in 6-10 though. There's so much room to tighten up my line through there and carry more speed.

@@colinvanoort4057 yeah, cool. I've been there in wet conditions, I believe it's a drainage problem, which could actually be fixed, if they wanted to spend a little money. Yup, turns 6-10 are tricky, like the way you short shift thru there. Have you tried not doing that... I get what you're saying about turn one, that's usually the safe way and it has its benefits, like you said he takes the panic out of the braking area and gives you a cool head to hit the apex and carry your speed. In general that's good advice, but you're not going to win races that way. Think of it this way, it's just a matter of mind set and what feels routine. Routine makes you feel comfortable and non-paniced. So with time and getting pissed off, for the 20th time, that you got block passed, has a tendency to expand your willingness. Then once you do it a couple of times, you have a new normal... Awesome, keep it up and the rubber down....

Thanks! Yeah, this session I got eval-ed and I got to ride in advanced for the last session of the day. Unfortunately, my GoPro battery died so I didn't get video from that last session. I was running ~1:34s in intermediate, but with less traffic to deal with in advanced I had 3 1:31s and some 1:32s. Sure thing, hopefully I'll see you around!

@@colinvanoort4057 Awesome man! Yeah, those times are freakin' moving. 🤙