The Corvette Z06—which rides on nearly identical dampers—had a similar issue. I learned that using more rear brake took the load off of the front so the front felt planted when approaching the apex. Circuit of the Americas - 183 lap times , 5.5 km / 3.4 miles. Turkington nearly fell off the bike, standing up with one foot on the pegs while the other foot was dangling off the side of the bike. I was pretty much bagged once arriving at Marianne’s so working on the bike didn’t seem like a good idea. By comparison, the Team Hammer Formula USA Suzuki GSXR1100s are estimated by builder Keith Perry to make 158 horsepower. All of this, however, begs the question: What’s in it for Alpinestars? Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. When we first heard about the GT2 RS, it was under the guise of setting the production car lap record on the Nürburgring Nordschleife with a time of 6:47.25 with Lars Kern at the wheel, smashing the Lamborghini Huracan Performante's previous record of 6:52.01. Okay so now it’s time to get down to business. From that point I settled into a conservative pace to get a feel for the tire grip and gauge the how the setup was performing. I'd also bet that the SVJ's magnetorheological dampers were freaked out by Big Willow's notoriously awful (meaning rough and bumpy) surface. That new record stood for at least 20 minutes. Almost every rider took his turn leading the race, and there was a lot of horseplay going on, such as riders leaning on each other, tapping one another as they went by, etc. Not at all! Once we arrived at the track, I downed a can of NOS energy drink to keep me awake. If I could only do that every lap of every turn I’d be World Champion! ( Log Out /  ( Log Out /  Next up, sedans. And yes the 1125R delivered just as expected and pulled me from the 3rd row start up to about 4th place before turn one. Gray, Burke and Sadowski occupied the front row. Occasionally I’d lift the rear wheel or otherwise just backing it in a bit and laying black marks going into one. A few laps from the finish, Nobles tried driving around the outside of Turkington between turn eight and nine, coming up on the lee side and getting hit by a gist of wind as his front wheel came past Turkington’s. Friday was complete now and only had Saturday to prepare the bike for the track. On the second row were Hall and Stevens. For months and months I'd been begging/bugging Lamborghini to let our test team have a crack at both the Urus and Aventador SVJ. Ended up 5th in F1, not bad for a stock 1125, yet can’t wait till Will and the guys at Bartels’ pump this engine up so we run head to head for the win. Behind Graves and Smith young up-and-comer Tripp Nobles also had an exciting experience in the A Superstock race. Finally Adams’ “worm-walk” ended when he was tossed over the handlebars and race officials instantly threw the red flag. I practiced running it into the turn harder and harder until losing the front. That was one of those situations where nine out of 10 times you crash,” said Stevens later. But Adams gave his GSXR1100 a little too much throttle and got sideways, and when he backed off the throttle the bike snapped back into a set of full-lock left-right-left-right slides, Adams hanging onto the bars with his legs flapping behind him. Partly because of the scarcity of Michelin racing rubber in this country, most riders were running with Dunlops. Finally, the email showed up. Turkington repassed on the outside of turn one. Oliver was back in a lonely seventh. As it turned out, two other things were happening that fateful week.