I thought most regions did this already. The FW Tour course was a perfect
example. I learned years ago that a pointer cone is not just there to say
"go here," rather it denotes a change of direction, depending on which side
the pointer is laying. The FW Tour course, as long as it was, was simple
and easy to read due to these pointers being visiable enough to look ahead
and plan your strategy long before you reached the turn. Again, the
importance of looking ahead. Roger the real does an excellent job with
pointers, putting them only where he feels they would be needed, rather
than sticking a pointer on every cone...In my opinion, adding more cones
than that necessary to direct only confuses the issue.
Phil O.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Reijo Silvennoinen" <rase@telusplanet.net>
To: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Cc: "Matt Miller" <mmiller@wt.net>; <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: Speed Creep
> OK - here's something to consider:
>
> How come we don't get roll-over incidents like autocross (e.g. I'm
referring to
> sharp and sudden transitions) roll-overs on road courses?
>
> One of my thoughts was that on a road course, you know the corner is
coming by
> the visual cues. I wonder if some of these "unsafe" transitions might be
made
> more safe by adding cones (around the corner and maybe even before to
serve as
> braking markers) to make them more readily seen? In this way, people will
know
> that there is a corner at the end of the long straight and that they will
have
> to do some more serious braking than usual.
>
> What do you course designers think?
>
> I will experiment with this in our events (we have some higher speed
events on a
> road course and a very large lot) for which I will be doing some course
design
> and let you know what happens.
>
> Regards,
>
> Reijo
>
>
>
> --
> Reijo Silvennoinen, P.Eng.
> President, CSCC, CSCC Nat'l Event Rep., Calgary, Alberta
> Calgary Sports Car Club (CSCC) web site: http://bishop.ab.ca/CSCC/
> (www.cscc.ab.ca)
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