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Re: Ayer NT: B course, first slalom

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Subject: Re: Ayer NT: B course, first slalom
From: Eric W Clements <ewc4@juno.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:47:43 -0400
Mari and I both went left but told Matthew to go right. 

EC

On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 15:50:07 -0400 Mark Sirota <msirota@isc.upenn.edu>
writes:
> For those who were at the Ayer NT: I ran the B course on Saturday.  
> We
> were quite indecisive on which way to take the very first slalom, 
> right
> off the start.
> 
> Going to the right was clearly a shorter path, but it would be
> pretty busy at the exit of the slalom.  Going left was a much 
> easier,
> straight, flat out exit, but longer.
> 
> I went left on the first run, right on the second, left on the 
> third.
> My co-driver went left on all three.  I saw perhaps three other 
> people
> all day go right.
> 
> On Saturday night, we looked at the runs in Geez!, and discovered
> that going right, as I had originally suspected, was faster by a few
> tenths.  I told a bunch of Sunday runners about it, but couldn't
> convince a soul -- too much "group think".
> 
> Certainly that might not be true for some cars, but I was able to go
> flat from the third slalom cone to the turnaround at the end, either
> way.
> 
> Anyone else go right and record the run, for comparison's sake?
> 
> Mark

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