AFM 2016 Round 6, Thunderhill

Miles was so excited to get back on the track after a longer-than-expected hiatus. Unfortunately, the weekend was over before it really started. In his first practice session, the back end stepped waaaaaay out on the back side of the Cyclone. Miles gathered himself back up and just figured that the track was still cold, not thinking much of it. Then on the exit of turn 6 his temperature light went on and Miles saw that the bike was running HOT. Turns out, the back end stepped out on him because his rear tire had been hosed down with hot water when the bike started boiling over. Miles limped it in and evaluated the situation. First of all, the stock overflow tube location isn’t the best. That was easy to fix—the rest, not so much. Miles tried to get it fixed up and went out in practice 4, but the bike started getting hot again after a few laps, so he had to pull in.

Miles was bummed, but it was a fun weekend to be a spectator, at least. AFM race direction did an excellent job of dealing with changing weather conditions, and it was quite a spectacle to see 100 tow vehicles and cars circulating Thunderhill to dry off the track. Thanks to everyone for helping Miles try to fix his bike. Time to get it in the garage and get it ready for Buttonwillow!