Wouldn't a pace car solve the problems? Touring laps are just that, speeds
are kept low and are fun anyway. This is what was done at Roebling Road, and
I enjoyed it immensely.
Bob Kramer
TR4, TR4A, TR6, 2.5 Saloon
rgk@flash.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark J Bradakis <mjb@cs.utah.edu>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: Touring school - was Re: What Is Th...
> Gee, touring the track at Mead? A few folks on this list no doubt
remember
> 100 AYI from the 1990 Boulder VTR meet.
>
> At our IVR events, I limit the cars on track to 3 or 4 per toruing
session.
> With a 1 mile track, and 4 cars running laps around 60 seconds, this gives
> them 15 seconds if their relative speeds are quite close, in practice it
> varies more like 5 to 25 seconds gap between any two vehicles. Those
who've
> been out before we have a good idea of their average lap times, and can
group
> accordingly. Trouble comes when we get some newbie in a Cobra replica or
> pony car or something and starts out with 70 second laps, and is turning
55
> second laps at the end of the 15 minute session.
>
> Geez, rambling on again, all I was going to say was that reducing the cars
> on track for any given touring session can make it a more enjoyable
experience
> all around, though it does take longer to run multiple groups. But a
dozen
> drivers running 15 minute touring sessions can take just over an hour, if
> there is little down time between groups. At our Wendover events, the
track
> is often idle for an hour or two at a time, while the handful of entrants
> rest and regroup! If you want more seat time than you can handle, have I
> got some events for you!
>
> Gee, I want to go racing, staying home sick is no fun.
>
> mjb.
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