[Fot] Laguna Seca

[Paul MacDonald]

Here is the map of Mospoort
http://www.mosport.com/trackmap.htm

Corner 2 falls off quickly into a gully then rises up to corner 3. The back
straight is uphill too, starting at the hairpin which is itself quite steep.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: William G Rosenbach [mailto:wgrosenbach at juno.com]
Sent: November 29, 2007 7:04 PM
To: macdonaldp at rogers.com
Cc: bownes at seiri.com; BillB at bnj.com; fot at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Laguna Seca


I've been using Google Earth to look for this stuff. I'm confident it is
NOT absolutely dead on accurate. At Mosport, I found 181 feet elevation
change split between opposite corners of the track.
What corners have the drops, so I can go back and look closer.
Bill

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:48:00 -0500 "Paul MacDonald"
<macdonaldp at rogers.com> writes:
> I wonder how this drop compares to corner 2 at Mosport..the cliff
> according
> to Bill Babcock.
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces+macdonaldp=rogers.com at autox.team.net
> [mailto:fot-bounces+macdonaldp=rogers.com at autox.team.net]On Behalf
> Of
> robert bownes
> Sent: November 29, 2007 3:40 PM
> To: William G Rosenbach
> Cc: BillB at bnj.com; fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Laguna Seca
>
>
> I think the uphill @ Lime Rock might be steeper, as might be the
> bowl @
> NHIS, but those are both uphill...
>
>
> On 11/29/07, William G Rosenbach <wgrosenbach at juno.com> wrote:
> >
> > Laguna Seca gets some slack as SCRAMP, the operators of the place
> are the
> > largest charitable entity on the peninsula, having donated in
> excess of
> > $1 Billion since opening.
> >
> > As for the drop, apex to apex, Corner 8 to 8A, I'm going with 20
> ft. I
> > base that from photos of someone standing near the upper apex,
> assuming
> > there is 5 feet of him visible, and I can stack 4 of him between
> apexes.
> > Dropping 20 ft. in 130 ft. makes it a 15.38% slope. I have not yet
> found
> > a steeper drop in the USA.
> > Bill
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