PCA SDR

Here is your chance to pick the track for the Sunday Aug. 7 AX

http://pcasdr.net/events/driving-info/trackmaps/

The one from August '10 looks like fun, and a slower, twisty track might be a nice counterpoint to the high-speed July course?

its interesting when you look at so many at the same time how similar they all are.

I see rabbits on almost all the west lot courses.

May 2010 was a fun, twisty track.

Yeah, that one looks interesting too... although the "laughing" emoticon makes me think you know something i don't...

ScandinavianFlick wrote:Yeah, that one looks interesting too... although the "laughing" emoticon makes me think you know something i don't...

Let's just say that its a "horsepower neutral" track.

Awesome

mrondeau wrote:

ScandinavianFlick wrote:Yeah, that one looks interesting too... although the "laughing" emoticon makes me think you know something i don't...

Let's just say that its a "horsepower neutral" track.

Don't forget that there will be an extra helping of 4 cylinder drivers with the 912 Registry
Don't be embarrassing them with long straights

Greg

I agree, a twistier track might be a fun alternative to the speed fest of July's track. So my vote is for any track that has lots of lefts, and lots of rights.

ScandinavianFlick wrote:... although the "laughing" emoticon makes me think you know something i don't...

What Mark might know that you don't is that he won the BRI on 5/15/10 with that track layout, and placed 7th on raw time in a GP car.

I wouldn't mind if we ran that track again as I missed that event last year, so it would be new to me.

TT

ttweed wrote:

ScandinavianFlick wrote:... although the "laughing" emoticon makes me think you know something i don't...

What Mark might know that you don't is that he won the BRI on 5/15/10 with that track layout, and placed 7th on raw time in a GP car.

I wouldn't mind if we ran that track again as I missed that event last year, so it would be new to me.

TT

Well, I was running "flat out".

I also vote to repeat the 2010-05-15 track, but at the same time I like to alternate between clockwise and counterclockwise tracks.

I would like to see Marks track. Just so I could see him run, flat out!
PS gotta give the HP guys at least 1 straight to make them show their money.

martinreinhardt wrote: I like to alternate between clockwise and counterclockwise tracks.

Can't you just tell Jen to go out and swap the tires on the Cayman from side to side, Martin?

TT

I'm not volunteering for anything. That said I do have a few suggestions. For a number of years I helped unload the trailer, load the trailer, throw the track, rope the track, sweep the track and chalk mark cones. I know from whence I speak.

All of the above is a lot of work requiring a lot of hands, a lot of corners and a lot of corner workers, all of which is in short supply. Because the "Q" is continually deteriorating some changes are necessary and hopefully repairs to those areas would be forth coming.
What I suggest is setting a standard track utilizing all the best features of the West lot. Off camber turns, elevation changes, wide sweepers, etc. Throw the same track all the time. Use fewer cones and and fewer corner workers. Participants would become proficient with the lay out and watch their skills and times improve. For safety have the track and the timing lights facing away (the other direction) from the pits, instead of having a tight corner before the end to slow the cars, causing them to spin and endagering the timing equipment and spectators.

The AX Chair and the Safety Chair are responsible for the track layout. At the last event I did the track walk and while the drivers were listening to a narrative by the CDI some of our more outspoken members were relocating apex cones and braking cones, whats with that?