Manual Shifter Sticking/Locked Up in Neutral

loufitness

Experienced issue with Manual Gear Shifter not moving well from gate to gate after track session where I missed a gear shift and grinded twice before successful engagement. Anyone had issues or heard of cases where gear shifter was sticky or near locked-up in neutral where you could not get into any gear?

Further details:
During a 30 minute track session I was down shifting from 5th to 3rd around 70 MPH...but missed and was apparently pushing into 1st. Obviously I grinded..forced again (by mistake into 1st) with more grind...then realized I missed. It went into 3rd fine...and ran the rest of the session with no issue. Upon pitting I noticed that the gear shifter felt tight and not smooth. Got into 2nd and continued off the track. Once stopped...the gear shifter would barely move within neutral and struggled to get into any gate/gear. Finally got into reverse to pull into parking spot. With engine off...and on...both exhibited something wrong with gear shifter (very very tight and not allowing full range of motion. After a few minutes...I was able to get into first but still not right....starting driving around...and it freed up. All back to normal with smooth operation. I went back out for 2 more 30 minute track sessions with no issues. No issues ever since.

Any thoughts / insights?

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