Thanks as always to the folks that make the system work! It was a fun event
as always.
Here's my two cents on the results of the course design. You-all may have
noticed that the course was relentlessly left turning, with the big loop, and
the general layout. Unfortunately, take that plus a car that has lots of
weight and power, FWD with its weight distribution and tendency to understeer,
somewhat worn tires on the shoulder already, and some of the really bad areas
of exposed large aggregate in the GGF surface, and you get a corded RF tire!
As far as I can tell it happened almost solely during the fourth run. These
tires had survived about thirteen rounds, and an hour plus at Thunderhill on a
track day, without any damage anywhere near this level.
Just some input for future designs. I don't know if anyone else experienced
this. Pressures were where I always run 'em.
Paul T.
p.s. Kudos to Rus for his "unconscious" run that netted him 9th OA and #1
PAX!! You almost make it a pleasure to be whupped so badly. You had best be
coming up with a way to thank Ed for those coil-overs!
p.p.s. Let's say you're working course, and a car takes out / carries off the
final cone in a slalom AND the pointer cone so that the workers cannot safely
replace them before the next driver comes. Should the course workers red flag
the following car and give them a re-run, or should the car be allowed to
benefit from the missing slalom and turn in the best time in STS? Ooops,
sort of gave that one away, though he's been winning the class most times
anyway. We didn't figure out what happened until we interviewed the workers
and driver later.
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