Ax Photos

[jenniferreinhardt]

The cone width placement seemed good. There were just a lot of turns so many cones were in the line of sight.

It is a tough job! Again, we appreciate all the team’s effort and great care taken to design a good course for everyone.

The large lot at Qualcomm is great because we can have longer courses that can involve higher speed, camber and elevation changes that require different skills to learn than most other regions. We even used to have DEs there when the asphalt was better. This is why we have so many great Drivers in SDR!

[JERRY B]

• Don’t listen to competitors who whine
about not being able to go “real fast”

[Petunia777]

Thanks for all your efforts in creating our AX course, Marcus, and the entire track design team! I take my hat off to you all for continuously endeavoring to create fun and challenging courses for the benefit of us all. As a relative novice (this was my 6th AX), I enjoyed the track. I think it's fun when there are interesting and unique elements, such as slaloms, chicanes, positive and negative camber curves, and gates. I agree with Kathy about making courses more technical and less about HP, but then I don't have a monster engine either. Still I do consider 1.7L 914s and the like, and think there should be a relatively level playing field.

With that said, my only frustration with Sunday's track was that on the 180 right after the chicane, my frame beam blocked my line of sight all the way around that curve, so I could never see the cones through much of that turn.

Also, congrats to all with good times, but especially to my stellar club sistahs, Jennifer, Kathy, Martha, Angela, Tiffany, (Lori too, even though I know she wasn't happy with her performance this time) and so many others! You are all inspirations for noobs like me!

[jenniferreinhardt]

Also, congrats to all with good times, but especially to my stellar club sistahs, Jennifer, Kathy, Martha, Angela, Tiffany, (Lori too, even though I know she wasn't happy with her performance this time) and so many others! You are all inspirations for noobs like me!

And you are improving and driving well yourself Sara!

[Robert Joe]

marcus981 says:
The cone spacing guideline is a tough one though, and I'd be interested to hear suggestions on that. We don't have enough cones to do the tighter spacing option, and if we space them even farther apart, people drive off the track too often. That happened in a couple of spots yesterday where there was only a mild gap between cones. I had to add our last remaining cones to fill those small gaps part-way through the day. I personally like the very minimal cones and gates used at El Toro, but I've heard from several people that would not be well-received at the Q, partly for safety reasons (light poles, potholes), and partly for people getting lost since many aren't accustomed to that course style.

I agree and posted in a previous thread that the El-Toro sparse cone is not a good idea at Qualcomm for safety reasons.

You don't need more cones. You need less and the course will actually be cleaner, easier to navigate and flow better. Again, not suggesting a sparse cone setup but an extra foot spacing would make the course much better. Sometimes less is more...

As to having to fill the gaps throughout the day because people are starting to drive off the track - well they just got a valuable lesson/reminder that they need to learn to look ahead instead of following a line of cones right in front of them. Don't take that lesson away from them.

Too many cones is like training wheels on a kids bike. Good for learning but eventually they have to come off if they want to ride/flow fast. If they fall off, you don't put the training wheels back on, you tell them to get up and try again. Once they get the hang of it they will be faster, much faster.

[Brainfry]

Congrats to Erik Kinninger for TTOD and Steve Grosekemper for 2nd TTOD and BRI.
Except for the slalom section it was a busy but fun track, but oh that slalom section

Photos are up on Picasa at:
https://picasaweb.google.com/1057760116 ... directlink

Videos to follow, lots of shuffle steering with release and catch (here they are).
https://picasaweb.google.com/1057760116 ... directlink

One from each session, 928 in first session and then 968 for next two after clutch hydraulics overheated in 928

Greg

Really nice shots! Thanks much.

Ben