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Racing how ever if much safer cause you are out there with people of about the same skills and pace.
So Yes I do think racing is safer.. Especially in the A class, but not so much in the C class cause you will get a noob who thinks he if Guy Cooper.
The Shop
Maybe it's time on the track, maybe it's practicing at the end of the day when I'm worn out but don't want to stop riding.
For vet guys when you race you’re with like minded individuals that most likely have to work on Monday.
With practice you really don’t know who’s out there with you.
Rider A is young and fast and mildly retarded from watching too many banger video clips on Instagram. Rider A goes full throttle everywhere in even traffic and scrubs everything no matter what.
Rider B is older but decently fast. Rider B can hang with rider A but B doesn’t like hanging it out during practice.
Rider C goes “Ok” but shouldn’t be out there with the A/B riders but he thinks the C practice group is too dangerous. Rider C can’t really hang with either rider A or B.
Here’s a scenario that I see a lot:
Rider B is putting laps in when he comes up on a group of Rider C’s. B is patiently waiting for opportunity to pass the C guys but All of a sudden out of no where 2 Rider A’s catch up to rider B and the group of Rider C’s. Rider A is always in full blown race mode and can’t wait for a safe passing opportunity. So the Rider A’s decided to pass everyone on a jump. The C’s are not jumping that jump, Rider B jumps it in a safe area away from the C’s and the Rider A’s try to scrub past everyone on that jump.
You can use your imagination to what happens.
I’m rider B and I avoid this scenario by showing up a hour or 2 before the track closes. Rider A or C usually don’t like riding the rough track at the end of the day.
I think racing is safer to a point, but I’m getting older and my opinion is jaded.
But some idiot's treat practice like it's a race and they are going for the track lap record. Those are the ones who are the dangerous. Block passing whipping past multiple people over jumps 9 times out 10 got like a gopro too.
In racing, there is 40+ riders all riding on edge, I've seen a lot more airlifts and ambulances at races. As soon as it gets competitive you're pushing yourself to the max
In practice I don't really know how Johnny Youngblood is going to ride so I tend to try to be more aware of those around me.
Pit Row
ANY practice or race where there is a decent (say 10 year) age difference is sketchy. The more the difference, the worse it gets. I still see stupid $hit from old guys that are getting back into moto, but they either get smart fast. or are gone quickly.
Hammer 663s
Edit - In many cases I am the problem when I'm forced to ride Big Bike Fast cause there's no Vet class. Big Bike Slow is way too sketchy, and I'm in the way of the really fast guys in Big Bike Fast.
Practice allows a rider to determine if the track looks clear before hitting it, unlike a race where the riders are all in the same vicinity after the start. Practice allows riders to spread out around the track.
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