MM Drag Day @ MIR - 7/14/06

[G.Irish]

At the strip there is no where for other cars, people, or animals to cross your path and the road is perfectly straight

You're right, and I dont go 130 on the street either.

My problem with the dragstrip is the proximity of the concrete. Would you do a trackday at Lowes Motor Speedway?

Rovals are different because you're turning. There's a nice long wall of concrete along the front straight of every road course we go to too, but I've never seen anyone on a bike hit one of those. The bike actually gets more stable as it goes faster because of greater gyroscopic force. I wouldn't be worried about hitting one of the walls at a strip at all.

Can they be scary? Sure, I wouldn't fault anyone for feeling apprehension. Can you get hurt? Hell yeah. We've been at the track more than once and seen a bike guy get helicoptered out or sent to a hospital in an ambulance. But doing a couple of passes at the strip is not even as dangerous as doing a track day, especially at a place like Summit.