Mike,
In the Washington DC area, the designers are constrained to relatively small
lots, and the courses usually fold over themselves quite a few times. Don't
know what yours will be like, but I have a little advice:
I like to memorize the course in sections and name them. e.g. "Left sweeper
into skidpad left, then right slalom into big "L", then figure 8..." or
whatever. Put the course in your own words.
Then go through the course in your mind about ten times while you're strapped
in and waiting for your run. You should see every gate, or at least the
important ones.
Sometimes double cones are used to indicate an important gate, like entering
and exiting a skidpad element, or a gate that you use more than once at
different times.
Concentrate, and try not to let others distract you as you near the start of
your run.
John
Mike Healy wrote:
> Thanks, Lee. I appreciate the information. Now, if only I could somehow
> avoid driving to Naperville with 4 dirty rims piled in my space-challenged
> car.
>
> Autox related content: I've run at a total of 4 events over the last year.
> All of them have been at a Kart track. This weekend I'm trying a
> "cone-field" for the first time. I am apprehensive, to say the least. Any
> advice? Or should I just resign myself to getting lost a few times?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
> >I had a wheel which was slightly bent. I took it to:
> >Chicago Wheel Service, Inc.
> >
> >The charged $125 to recondition it. When I got it back, it looked like
> >new. I'm very satisfied with their work.
> >
> >Lee Witkowski
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John Crooke
HS Honda Accord
Silver Spring MD
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