It’s been a while since round one but as soon as i jumped on the RG i felt confident in beeing able to ride it fast on Saturday. There weren’t many streetstocks this time which was a shame because it was most of the top riders that hadn’t entered. Tyler and I had decided to go out in the medium group for the practice day which was about right because I caught up to the lead rider in the first round then stayed on him for the hole next session. In the third session I tried the old trick of not coming up to a corner so fast and not slowing down so much in an effort to improve my speed through Dunlop, I think it helped but I just have to remember what I did for next time.
On Sunday the only time there was a dry race line was in qualifying where I set my fastest lap of the day. Our first race was after lunch. The first lap of the race was the most interesting lap I have had in a long time with the bike sliding through almost every corner. Usually in the dry I can pretty much crack the throttle wide open when exiting corners, but it took a lot of careful control to keep the bike upright during this wet race and with Tyler fighting for first as well it was a race that was challenging in every way but I kept Tyler behind and took the win. Race two was just as exiting with Tyler again pushing for number one. Coming into the last corner of the last lap I could hear Tyler behind me, I didn’t want to let him past but I didn’t want to bin my bike by letting him push me faster. I knew I hadn’t kept enough speed up so all I could do is hide behind the fairing and keep the throttle pinned and watch Ty slowly pass me before the finish line.
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