The Texas Tour site was huge. I heard someone say it was over a mile long.
It seemed like it. It took 20 minutes to walk it. I ran the course in 72.1 on
Saturday and was in sixth place in C-Mod. The fast guys Sunday were in the mid
sixties I believe. The course was long enough that when you were done driving it
you were winded(Fat old guy). Why an 80 second course? Just wondering.
Mike B. TLS#1(Ringers still accepted)
"Meyer, Brian J" wrote:
> I have a couple of questions about large courses.
>
> For larger sites that have enough space for multiple cars on course (3 or
> so), how much time do you typically let go by before sending the next car
> out? Is 20 seconds enough of an interval? It seems to me that using a 30
> second interval allows plenty of time for corner workers to reset cones and
> get clear, and it allows enough time for a spun car to recover and continue
> without red-flagging the cars behind it. If we could sqeeze the interval
> down to 20 seconds, then we could run the cars at a much higher rate and
> finish the day earlier. However, is 20 seconds unsafe? What interval is used
> for national events?
>
> How long (in feet) would you guess an 80 second course is? I realize that it
> depends on how fast the course is, so I'd have to assume an average speed
> somewhere between 30 and 50 mph.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian Meyer
> Wichita Region SCCA
> '90 CRX si - CSP
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