Not much to write up since as most of you know I wrecked right after lunch. Morning sessions were going good, I could really feel myself getting back into the groove when I was focusing on my body position and getting my shoulder/head where it needed to me. Made everything feel smoother and a little less effortless. Was really looking forward to the afternoon because I felt I was really getting back to "A" pace.
I had new tires mounted at lunch and since I got them on late and needed the warmers to sit on them for a little I went to the 1 PM seminar NESBA was holding with Lenny about body position (which I was planning on attending anyway).
After the seminar Lenny told me he'd follow me around and give me feedback since we didn't get much of an opportunity at Summit. The whole time Lenny would ride up next to me going into braking zones or out of corners to show me where I could be faster and to also take a look at my body position. It was no big deal and from working with Lenny I knew exactly what he was doing. So when on lap 5 or 6 coming through the long carousel I hear a bike come up the outside of me just as it starts turning in for the decreasing radius right hander at the end of the carousel, I assumed it was Lenny just showing me I could go deeper in that area. So I stick to my line, turn in as I would have and next thing I know this bike shoots across my front end and took out my front wheel. I have no idea how the guy thought he was going to make that turn around me, there was no room at all and he had to see me. My guess is he had committed to passing me around the outside and when we got in to deep he didn't want to run off track so he just turned in taking us both out.
That is one of the slowest corners, so the front end just tucked under and low sided out. I was thankful Lenny didn't run me over as I tumbled in the middle of the corner for a little bit. I have to say I was pretty pissed at the guy after we get up and he asks me why I hit him mid-corner. I never did get a real apology from him even after both the corner worker told him he made a bad move and then Lenny chewed him when we got back to the tech garage. Plus to add insult to that he was able to re-tech and ride the whole afternoon.
I'm just sour about the whole thing. This is the 2nd endurance day that I've wrecked right after lunch costing me most of the day, and the fact that I had nothing to do with this one made it worse. Plus in my opinion the guy wasn't a real stand up person after it initially blaming me and then never really apologizing for ruining my day. Oh well, guess you'll have this.
The bike is actually still on the trailer since it was raining when I got home last night and I have no front brakes to unload it. The initial look over is that the only major thing wrong is I need a new clip that holds on the front brake reservoir as well as a lid and screw/bracket for the reservoir. Everything else was just cosmetic (even though it ruined my pretty blue paint job and dented my tank
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Anyway, I'm just really frustrated right now with this whole sport and I'm not having as much fun as I used to right now, so I need to consider my options, but I'll do that in a few days.
