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@ananichoola
So I reckon that drop bars are faster, but it was a track for trick riders, so thats why the riser bars were faster, cos the sorta people that do tricks ride those sorta bikes. Who was that dude who wasnt racing but kept on checking the track? He was super fast and on drops. Keeping centre of gravity low into the corners, trusting the lean and not steering, makes sense to me.
I also reckon keeping low was the fastest way to go and the reason the fast dudes were sometimes high was simply that they couldnt fight the upwards forces created by their own speeds. I kept my eye on the red line and just hoped my bike would follow. In the end, it didn't! ;-)