I will say this... I was behind him, and it was late in the day, and I had already backed off click and given up riding mikes pace, since I was pushing earlier enough to spin the rear up a few times and had it wiggle under braking in a weird way I didn't like. and still couldn't quite hang with mike and his boy, over about a lap and a half they would get away from me far enough I would back off since I was already over my head abit.
so I don't think he entered the corner much faster if any than mike was most of the day, just missed the line. to just ride it out would have had to happen on the turn in point, not mid way thru where he bailed on the corner and stood it up. but without a doubt if he would have just put the bike on the line without the extra speed bringing the pucker factor causing the late turn in. the bike would have made the corner.




for a split sec just before my braking for the corner, I was like wow that's a wide line he's taking, and then ohh he's crashing.... wow. and then me watching him run off the road, kick up some dirt and then oh yeah, I'm in a corner too lol. looked back, made sure I wasn't going to follow him off, then look back in time to see the bike about 4 foot off the ground and fall on its side.