650ss race... hail? snow?

[overdraft]

anyone know what the track conditions were like for the 650 supersport race?

i've got a 6 hour drive home so i decided to bail out when the hail started...

hope you guys got enough bikes on the grid without me to make your contingency numbers!

[smcnees]

It wasn't that bad except for the black ice in turn 5 that caused me to low side on the white flag lap. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! :eek: Actually, by the time the light went out to start the race, there wasn't anything falling out of the sky but the track was definitely wet. Still good times though!

[Mr Sunshine]

It started to hail right before the race. The front straight started to dry up towards the end of the race. I couldn't get cozy on the bike so I finished last but stayed up unlike two unfortunate people.

We got 8...so Michelin money was available.

Good seeing you out there.

[gazman]

black ice???? :rolleyes:

[Paddy]

The black ice you speak of was the minature river that was funnelling and flowing right into the race line in the apex of turn 5 from any and all the water on turns 5 and 6A.

I think it was 6 bikes in total we saw have an incident of some sort from that spot.

[gazman]

I didn't have any issues there but the straight was terrible. In the 600ss race, it poored down and by the 5th lap, the staight was a a pond. It was very slick.