Rick,
A well reasoned opinion, and one I find myself in total agreement with.
Thanks.
Best regards,
William Loring
> From: "Rick Brown" <free2000@quixnet.net>
> Subject: Re: Speed Creep - Powers to Be Opinion
>
> OK, I'll throw out my opinion (having designed courses for probably close to
> 20 years and driven them for almost 30, not to mention having been a Safety
> Steward). I personally feel a straight finish with straight braking zone is
> safer -and- more fun. Now it sounds like the finish in question may have
> stretched the point a bit, but I prefer to design with the finish on a
> straight line after a low 2nd gear turn and only enough of a straight to
> accelerate a bit then the lights and a nice shut down before a sharp turn to
> exit. The other benefit to this is much less spinning, off course, lots of
> cones down, smash the lights, give many reruns activity. There should be
> enough turns and other challenges in the rest of the course. Human nature
> seems to make people give that little bit extra at the finish and if it is
> some sort of tight turn that is susposed to slow people down, they don't -
> they go for that little extra bit to make up for what they did wrong on the
> rest of the course. And a well balanced course design can make up for an
> susposed advantage a mega horsepower car might have. IMHO
>
> Rick Brown
> FP 240Z
>
>
>> If this was indeed the case, what exactly is the point of a flat-out
> finish,
>> other than to prove that a car with more power can possibly overcome
> sloppy
>> driving in the technical bits by going faster in this section? Sure, it
>> gives us all a rush to go fast, and I'm sure I would have enjoyed this
>> course, as it sounds like fun. But is it in the spirit of what Solo II
>> courses are "supposed" to be? Does it fit within the 1.6 rules? Okay,
> that's
>> three questions. Sue me.
>>
>> I'm serious about this. I've noticed it in course designs at other events,
>> and it concerns me. Both from a safety standpoint, and from the thought
> that
>> these events are supposed to be about precision driving, not drag racing.
>>
>>
>> With respect to all reasoned opinions,
>>
>> William (you'd think I'd know better by now) Loring
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