As is seen in the video, Goodwood features a LeMans start. Riders dash across the track and hop aboard the already running bikes. However it appears as though there was a hiccup and the R57 was near last getting away from the pit wall. Corser, none-the-less caught up quickly, eventually taking the lead away from the Manx Norton.
Timing and scoring lists the bike as an R5SS, but it's in fact an OHV R57 with Kompressor. Much more primitive a chassis as compared to the R5. While both machines are hard tails, the R57 is much less rigid and utilizes a leaf spring suspension up front, and simple coil springs under the saddle at the rear. You can see just how squirrelly the bike is at speed from the video below. On top of that, its HAND SHIFT, not foot shift. You can see Corser reaching across the tank with his left hand to downshift as he makes his way into to the pit for the rider change. A practical update on the bike is a twist throttle instead of the lever throttle as originally equipped on the road going R57.
And Corser put in fastest lap of the race, topping 130mph. As fellow Goodwood competitor Sebastian Gutsch said, "Corser is incredible!"
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