Monterey Challenge. Jeremy had reporters sticking microphones in his
face then he was whisked away to the upper decks to stand on the
podium - where the likes of greats from the MotoGP from years gone by
have stood before him - and trophies were handed out by dignitaries.
Then he got to shoot champagne over the railing to the crowd below -
including me while I stood holding the bike for the photographers.
But the lap times didn't make the team happy. 1:28.998 is at least 2
seconds off where we would like to be. Jason and Jody poured over the
laptop to analyze the collected data and found that the front and rear
shocks were out of sync, especially in turn 6. They decided to change
out the spring on the rear shock. After doing that we headed to the
practice session for the AMA Superbike.
The session opened well and the lap times were an improvement, but
Jeremy came in with some feedback and Jody made some more changes.
Back out again and the lap times dropped again to a 14th fastest
1:27.998 - a full second faster than the laps of the Monterey
Challenge - and a 5th fastest trap speed of 133 mph.
After this the tires started to go off and no further improvement
trackside could be made. Back in the pits, Jason and Jody set out to
make some more adjustments to find those extra 2 seconds we need for a
top 5 finish.
Tomorrow is 2 rounds of Qualifying.
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