For the first time, I signed up in intermediate and was able to hold my own. Spent the morning sessions improving my lines, tried working on corner 4a/b as well as corner 6 as they are a little difficult for me to get just right. With help and instruction from Dave Walker from 3 Walker Racing after lunch, I managed to get the hang of them. And spend the rest of the day improving my body position and lines and the result was a 2 second drop from my previous best. Still have a lot to work and improve on but it's all about seat time from this point on. Might be going back on the 12th at another SMP hosted event, but I'm not 100% sure about that just yet.
Track map for reference:
The good new is, Rider's Choice will be hosting another 2 days at SMP before the season is done. It was supposed to be one day left but one of their previous days got rained out, which I have no problem with as I didn't get out as much as I wanted to this year.
Aside from losing a couple of fairing bolts, the bike was an absolute blast to ride. I can't believe how much of a different the wheels made. It accelerated better, handled better and with the new tires mounted it was definitely confidence inspiring.
I'll post a video some time later today or tomorrow following a friend of mine, not sure if I'll get any decent pictures from that day or not but I'll definitely post them if I get them!
Here's a video chasing Sean around for a few laps:
No decent photos came about, so the video will do for now. If all the stars align, I should be out there again this Friday (12th of September) at another SMP hosted event, hopefully it's not as bad of a mess as it was the last time out.
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