VIR has several very nice elevation changes with one that is up hill and
very blind until you crest over the top. And then there is also a down hill
cork screw.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul MacDonald" <macdonaldp@rogers.com>
To: "robert bownes" <bownes@seiri.com>; "William G Rosenbach"
<wgrosenbach@juno.com>
Cc: <BillB@bnj.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Laguna Seca
>I wonder how this drop compares to corner 2 at Mosport..the cliff according
> to Bill Babcock.
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:fot-bounces+macdonaldp=rogers.com@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> robert bownes
> Sent: November 29, 2007 3:40 PM
> To: William G Rosenbach
> Cc: BillB@bnj.com; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Laguna Seca
>
>
> I think the uphill @ Lime Rock might be steeper, as might be the bowl @
> NHIS, but those are both uphill...
>
>
> On 11/29/07, William G Rosenbach <wgrosenbach@juno.com> wrote:
>>
>> Laguna Seca gets some slack as SCRAMP, the operators of the place are the
>> largest charitable entity on the peninsula, having donated in excess of
>> $1 Billion since opening.
>>
>> As for the drop, apex to apex, Corner 8 to 8A, I'm going with 20 ft. I
>> base that from photos of someone standing near the upper apex, assuming
>> there is 5 feet of him visible, and I can stack 4 of him between apexes.
>> Dropping 20 ft. in 130 ft. makes it a 15.38% slope. I have not yet found
>> a steeper drop in the USA.
>> Bill
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