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To: "landspeed@autox.team.net" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Fw: Fast Lane
From: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:44:01 -0600
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: Fast Lane


> It all boils down to man power,lots more equipment and most of all the 
> real estate to handle additional courses and do it safely. We have had 
> cars, bikes and push vehicles turn out and cross over the other courses. 
> So far we have been lucky, why add to the chance of something going wrong. 
> The system of two courses works well. It's something we have to deal with.
>
> Glen
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> To: "Skip Higginbotham" <Saltrat@lubricationdynamics.com>; "Tom Bryant" 
> <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; "Sparky" <wmtsmith@landracing.com>; 
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 3:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Fast Lane
>
>
>> Guys... are we thinking in the wrong direction?  Could we focus our 
>> thoughts on Slower vehicles and the Second course,  or set of courses 
>> with the Pit's in the middle?
>>
>> Think of it as the same thing we have now... Plus another timing tower 
>> set up for a slower course....
>>
>> Then the standard would be....
>>
>> 1.  Over 125 you move to the second course ( 1 mile course )
>> 2.  Over 175 allows you to move to the Long courses ( 2 mile course )
>>
>> Then you go to our current system with cars set up to run on the two long 
>> courses both 5 miles...  to qualify for the longest course you have to 
>> run over say.... 225 at the   1/4
>>
>> I'm with Tom... there wouldn't be a position that would allow me to favor 
>> anyone who's car goes to the front because it's faster....  The riot 
>> would be justified...
>>
>> K




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