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How to read a track before you ride it

Reading the Track

How to read a track before you ride it

September 1, 2026
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Reading the Track

A rider walking the inside of a corner on foot, crouching to touch the surface with one hand, tire marks fanning out across the entry behind them

Read relay

The marks that decide a corner are read in reading track conditions.
What the markers and flags repeat is set out in course markers and flags.
The line itself is taken up in riding lines and lap time.

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