For those wondering about the outcome of the gnarly crash in Pro Superbike race 1 at the end of the main straight (fastest possible place to crash on the fastest possible bikes to crash on), one of the Flyin' Banana's team members posted a photo of him giving us the finger from the hospital, and he has since been released. No major injuries.
His bike ghost-rode into the tire wall. It didn't do so well. The front fell off.
In our two-rider team of olde washed-up riders living the dream, we had one who turned lap times better than expectations on Thursday, qualified at the back (but qualified! for Pro Supersport), ran the two-lap warm-up for race 1 but retired with a badly slipping clutch. That turned out to be because the clutch hub nut came undone. It smoked the clutch plates and it needed replacement parts, and tools, that we didn't have trackside. The other finished Amateur Sportbike with the best lap times he's ever done. Still got lapped near the end of race 2 (race 1 didn't go full distance) but that's ok.
They're both riding relatively ancient equipment that's short 20 horsepower.
His bike ghost-rode into the tire wall. It didn't do so well. The front fell off.
In our two-rider team of olde washed-up riders living the dream, we had one who turned lap times better than expectations on Thursday, qualified at the back (but qualified! for Pro Supersport), ran the two-lap warm-up for race 1 but retired with a badly slipping clutch. That turned out to be because the clutch hub nut came undone. It smoked the clutch plates and it needed replacement parts, and tools, that we didn't have trackside. The other finished Amateur Sportbike with the best lap times he's ever done. Still got lapped near the end of race 2 (race 1 didn't go full distance) but that's ok.
They're both riding relatively ancient equipment that's short 20 horsepower.
