thanks! i finally got down to about consistent 1:06's on saturday between traffic and then during the sunday practice, I was trying to watch some quicker guys a few corners ahead of me and their lines and magically dropped another second (one of them i think was rocky balboa?). By the end of the morning practice sessions, I had gotten to low 5's (at this point, people were still buzzing by me like i was a construction cone). it definitely helped that running at the same pace i was on my PP2ct's, the Q2's still had another 1/2" of rear tire left unused. I was just flabbergasted that there was so much more lean angle to be had in a non-race tire. I think I'm gonna buy more of these once i figure out how long they'll last. They still like to spin a little on that downhill right hander (maybe it's corner #7?) if you get dumb with the throttle, but it takes more effort to get it to spin.