Ambition exceeding Talent

Isle of man is 37 and a bit miles
I have more than 250 laps on my log. but never raced there, and with the roads open it is a very different place, I mean you have to go around the roundabout at quarter Bridge on the correct side, and you must enter and exit Bradden Bridge on the road legal side as well, (its a big S for those that don't know)  then there are traffic lights that go red, and up on the mountain you shit your pants, because going off the edge of the Veranda, means you will starve to death before you hit the bottom, that one is much the same for road riders as racers as there is no upper speed limit there outside of race fortnight, or during it for that matter, the cops do ruin it with eight million necessary traffic cones at junction however, but the road riders can still get done for dangerous driving. Lastly the race track uses the old road at Governors bridge and its approach, which is not available when the (new) roads are open to normal traffic.
CLEM
 
6 months in Europe in 2015 including IoM TT.
3 laps of Nordschleife in hot hatch with roll cage and big brembos and slicks...
By lap 3 I was really trying and got passed by another hot hatch at one stage - not far from the section above the cafe in Nurburgring - who then looped it twice and somehow managed to avoid the Armco, but scared the pants off me  The best part was learning from the first 2 laps and putting some good sequences together but it must take years to learn it all!

Have to say some of the riders in the video massively failed the rules which are outlined to all users of the track - keep right when faster vehicles are approaching. 
 
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