rich,
i had to shut down before the finish in order to be in control of my car to
make that left turn. thats just the way it is with a fast car with poor
brakes. :)
a couple of bends before the timing slip person is a good idea and make the
course there VERY narrow to remind drivers to go slow. i rode with a first
timer once that missed seeing the finish and went blasting on through. (at 3
COM)
-james
OSP #74
----- Original Message -----
From: Rich Urschel <OSP13@attglobal.net>
To: Randy Noll <rnoll98@yahoo.com>
Cc: Bay_Area_Autocross_List <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 5:45 PM
Subject: Course design
> I thought Sunday's course was one of the more
> interesting one's I've run in a while. If that was
> your first attempt - excellent job.
>
> However, I do think the finish was potentially
> unsafe. When lined up properly, I could power
> completely through the final slalom. When I
> did that on my first run I couldn't stop before the
> left hander after the lights. If I had tried to fly
> that corner and got it wrong the rear of
> my car would have ended up right where
> the timing slip person was SITTING in a
> chair. There are other cars such as Formula
> Fords (unlikely to show up at GGF) that would
> have even more of a problem.
>
> Rich Urschel
>
> Ps. Timing slip people are as much at risk as
> any other course worker. They should never sit
> nor lose track of the next car.
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