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1. Re: Course design and surface (score: 1): Author: Keith Hearn <khearn@Legato.COM>; Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:58:36 -0800; Most autocross courses I've seen have some sort of turn designed to slow people down right before the finish. This is a Good Thing for safety. I liked the S at the Oakland event a lot. But I can see; /html/ba-autox/2000-03/msg00277.html (10,494 bytes)
2. RE: Course design and surface (score: 1): Author: Carl Merritt <cmerritt@ati.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 15:30:35 -0800; It's those cones that were most often getting whacked, and the resetting of those cones that caused the most timing trips. I would think paper would just complicate things. A chalk line however woul; /html/ba-autox/2000-03/msg00278.html (8,627 bytes)
3. RE: Course design and surface (score: 1): Author: "Smith, Corey" <Corey.Smith@kla-tencor.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 16:43:18 -0800; An extraneous chalk line might be a good idea. You could use those drywall strips to chalk off a little "DO NOT ENTER" zone that is at least the width of the timing light box, and extends all the way; /html/ba-autox/2000-03/msg00282.html (10,510 bytes)
4. RE: Course design and surface (score: 1): Author: Kevin McCormick <ktm@unify.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 16:50:45 -0800; I wasn't there on Saturday, but I do know the timers, and they very easily deal with extra trips - you simply remove that trip (or trips) (even after the car has finished) to get the correct time. Be; /html/ba-autox/2000-03/msg00283.html (12,830 bytes)
5. RE: Course design and surface (score: 1): Author: Jim Ochi <jochi@ricochet.net>; Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 17:55:01 -0800; We've used the chalk line in the past - I remember seeing John Kelley chalking it at the Candlestick event. We just kind of overlooked it at this event. Also, one of the tricks that I picked up from; /html/ba-autox/2000-03/msg00284.html (10,072 bytes)
6. Re: Course design and surface (score: 1): Author: "Donald R McKenna" <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:26:34 -0800; This is a serious message. Carl, I notced you "stocking-up" on cones as I came off course after working the 5th group. It was obvious, from my working vantage point, that you were going to need the s; /html/ba-autox/2000-03/msg00286.html (10,276 bytes)
7. RE: Course design and surface (score: 1): Author: Scot Zediker <mx5_1991@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:53:02 -0800 (PST); Not a bad idea, but hopefully the course workers are not looking at the ground when chasing cones. If the "forbidden zone" is too narrow, it may be too late by the time the course workers realize the; /html/ba-autox/2000-03/msg00290.html (11,153 bytes)
8. Re: Course design and surface (score: 1): Author: Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>; Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 20:30:16 -0800; And then there was the guy who smacked a bunch of cones just before the finish lights, got out of his car and picked them up. Sort of an added dimension of scary as there was another car coming that; /html/ba-autox/2000-03/msg00292.html (11,083 bytes)
9. Re: Course design and surface (score: 1): Author: Dennis and Sherry Armstrong <Miata@pacbell.net>; Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 22:27:29 -0800; Oh cut the guy some slack. He was a rookie and it was his first event. -- finish of started out the working were before But to various area. design maneuvers spins and spun not develop use as finish; /html/ba-autox/2000-03/msg00297.html (11,840 bytes)
10. Re: Course design and surface (score: 1): Author: Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>; Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 08:29:36 -0800; I know he was a rookie, but it was the first time I've seen that happen in too many years of playing this game. I'm glad the folks upstream realized he had stopped and put out their red flags. --Pat; /html/ba-autox/2000-03/msg00298.html (12,608 bytes)
11. Re: Course design and surface (score: 1): Author: Smokerbros@aol.com; Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 08:33:00 EST; << Charlie's point is well taken, with the need to slow the cars down before the finish because there just isn't proper shutdown room at Oakland. But something about that finishing S was just brutall; /html/ba-autox/2000-03/msg00299.html (8,582 bytes)
12. Re: Course design and surface (score: 1): Author: Jeremy Bergsman <jeremybb@leland.Stanford.EDU>; Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 08:46:10 -0800; I'm new to all this, but if the point of the esses was to slow people down for the finish but there is a problem with lots of cones being knocked over near the timing lights, couldn't the esses (or w; /html/ba-autox/2000-03/msg00300.html (8,197 bytes)
13. Re: Course design and surface (score: 1): Author: Smokerbros@aol.com; Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 13:29:36 EST; << I'm new to all this, but if the point of the esses was to slow people down for the finish but there is a problem with lots of cones being knocked over near the timing lights, couldn't the esses (o; /html/ba-autox/2000-03/msg00305.html (8,346 bytes)
14. Re: Course design and surface (score: 1): Author: Jerry Brown <jerbrown@pacbell.net>; Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 10:32:21 -0800; I agree, Charlie. Regardless of course design, it is our responsibility as drivers to drive within the limits of our car and the course, and remain in control of the vehicle. Certainly we all make er; /html/ba-autox/2000-03/msg00306.html (8,308 bytes)
15. Re: Course design and surface (score: 1): Author: Alexander Komlik <apkom@crocodile.org>; Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 09:29:08 -0800; The visual clue would be very helpfull. On my very first autoX (1/31) I did not know where the timing lights were at all, both starting and finishing ;-); /html/ba-autox/2000-03/msg00307.html (8,406 bytes)

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