[Hawkeye]

Jeff,

You raise a good point about taking different lines than what other riders have burned in. One thing I find myself messing up when racing with another rider on a grass track is the tendency to get in a drag race out of the corner. That leads to blowing the line into the next corner and losing momentum. One has to be patient and try to force the other rider into overcommitting.
20 years ago, I was at a race with a long grass track section. Sir Jeff Smith passed by on his Can Am, and just disappeared. He was so smooth it looked like he should have had two ski poles in his hand rather than handlebar grips. Really cool to watch a former World 500cc champion's form even 20 years after his race days.