MAM Turn 12

Look at the map. Turn 12 is a lot less tight than it appears from eye level. You can take this turn at a very high rate of speed. Once you turn in, you scrub substantial speed running on the smaller perimeter of the outside of your tires. Listen to the pros take this turn. The revs go way up. There is not braking, and the fast guys are still picking up speed at the turn in point. Following Jim Milroy around yesterday I noticed he took a wider line before turning into 12. This drastically straightens the turns and allows you to bring an immense amount of speed into the turn with you. On a smaller bike, with a less forgiving power band, hitting turn 12 right can keep your bike in the power band through the next few turns and end up saving you well over a second by turn 15.