Hey, I liked the course.
It was easy to remember after my course walk, and my underpowered car didn't
do too badly, especially on street tires. I think it allowed me to take
advantage of my beemer's good handling. I thought that tight turn at the end
made things even more interesting. I only wish the course was longer...Oh
well. :-)
As for this being similar to a Nat'ls Course, well, I think if that's where
we want to go, that's cool. But I don't think everyone is aiming for that. A
suggestion would be to design more Nat'ls type courses when we're getting
closer to that time of the year.
Overall, I thought the course was fun and wouldn't mind seeing something
similar again. But then again, it seems we're gonna have a lot of novices
(including me!) for the Winter Slush series...
-Arnold
"Gee, Brain. What are we going to do tonight?"
"Same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try and take over the world!"
>From: Vernon Head <vhead@radar.com>
>To: ba-autox <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Nationals Course--not!
>Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:28:11 -0700
>
>I want to thank Jeremy and Barry for being my co-chairs on Sunday. Also
>Brian Nemy for doing the equivalent work of a co-chair. He drove the motor
>home both ways and it seemed like he ran the grid the entire day. Also,
>thanks Ben for running the timing when we didn't have experienced people to
>do it. Also, thanks to everyone for helping pack up at the end of the day.
>
>When I say it was the South Course at Nationals, what I meant was that it
>was as close as I could get. The really tight turn right before the finish
>was not part of the real thing. Without it, we would have had quite a long
>run to the finish. At Topeka the lot was more of a square, so the straight
>at the finish was much shorter. Many people didn't like the gates along the
>back, but that was one of the few sections that I was able to copy!
>Nationals courses often have some misleading sections and this one was a
>good example. It was my goal to bring some of the flavor of the course
>design back to SF. I welcome any comments about the course, and this
>general
>idea of copying Nationals courses.
>
>Thanks to everyone for your help.
>
>-Vernon Head
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