Why is the 200 Group such a Hot Mess? | OPRT Trackday The Ridge Motorsports Park
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
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I decided to switch things up last weekend and dropped down from the Advanced (300) group to the Intermediate (200) group at the last trackday at the Ridge Motorsports Park, and boy did it get weird. Huge differences in skill level/speed, unexpectable lines (and riders going off course), and rider crashes. Watch this Mic'd up session where I attempt to talk through the explanation for all this rider behavior.
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It’s fucked because it’s filled with first timers who are more comfortable at speed than the other 100’s, and idiots blasting around like me who are too comfortable at speed but have absolutely horrible technique.
Part of me believes that 200 will always be this way. You have so many riders who are “comfortable at speed” but learning that specific track or learning to ride on the track in general. It just seems like it shouldn’t be so crazy. Like riders should be able to mitigate some of this risky behavior.
The only solution I can come up with is other riders coaching them up between heats. After I saw an instructor on an R1M I chatted him up and he basically gave me a chiding about how bad my technique was, but after that he offered to ride me around the track and show me his lines.
You don’t know what you don’t know, and most these people aren’t gonna pick up and read twist of the wrist so you gotta spoon feed it to them if you want it to change.
@@SquidTips I think that’s a good call. First time track riders should have to have a mentor, coach or instructor.
Before I moved up to my club's equivalent to 200, I watched the group at a turn that's part of a sequence (not at the end of a straight). It was ... educational. People perfectly on line but slow, people way off line but fast, a few people both on line and fast. Those people can trade places from turn to turn (I raced years ago so I'm generally competent but currently hopeless in one particular section). Mix in bikes ranging from 60-200hp and you have a nice party going on.
@@TysonMoto you should really be in 300 anyways
I would run my sr500 in the slow group only, safer for me, med and fast is noob section, lol. lots passing practice and laughing. I have raced against some of blue shirts. So in slow group kinda had free hand.
Everybody knows it's a free for all quit complaining slow poke.
Was this 7/25/2022? I found myself having a lot of slow people getting in my way but then again I was on a Kawasaki 300 first time out on the track in lvl 1. Lots of people all over the track nearly crashing into me a few times, I stuck with the same line the instructors gave me for the ideal lines. Dudes in r1s and 600/650s were not happy I was passing them but they were hitting turns like turn one at 60, when I’d fly by them at 100 and would brake late for turn two. Just like in your video ppl going 60 when you can go much faster over that small crest. I find myself to be in a in between lvl of 1 and 2. Still have plenty to learn with only 4 tracks days so far. Just surprised how slow some ppl are.
Should rename it slumming in the 200 group.
How long did it take you to get to 300? Just curious
Once my lap times were getting up to a good pace. I did at least 3 seasons in the 200 group.
@@TysonMoto Hah - two more to go then, assuming I pick things up as quickly
@@anselherz837 300 group you need to hit around a 2min lap time or under. With chicane.
@@terrycherington8533 I did 2:10 last year so got some work to do. Thx
@@anselherz837 your real close. You could probably move up and gain some time because you won't have anyone to block you.