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@andypancake
The red line is the shortest line around and if you think about it the flattest route.
The black line is the guide line, you can stay on this line but you cannot go faster than say about 20mph simply because you cannot lean in as much to stop yourself flying off towards the blue line/edge.
It is hard to stay on the red line, but after you get your head around it. It becomes a lot easier. It just takes others more to get there head around!
That was what the whole event boiled down to.
Chris has a background in motor bike trials riding, which gives him a great advantage when it comes to adapting to the scenario, (whatever that may be) quicker than most.
I had been around that track so many times, he gets on it 1st time and gets just as fast a lap as what my average would be. If he had more practice I don't think anyone could beat him on that track, up a hill or doing trials on a fixed gear bike.