That would be the MODE2 track and you do need it. When you wrote "all is well except for track2," does that imply you are ripping it by Select Tracks? It's best to rip it as a Disc Image/Cuesheet as it would be easier to burn it back to CD-R later. Also, did you check the RAW reading option and set DATA Speed to 1X? If you did that and it's still giving you the same problem, then it may very well be that your disc is too severely scratched. In that case, you may want to use some kind of scratch remover on your disc.