I still haven't heard from anyone about the speed measuring device that was
used. I am still assuming it was radar. I certainly hope it was something
much more accurate than a competitor's guess at how fast they were going
based on tach or speedo. Competitor's estimate of their speed is
unbelievably inaccurate.
I am also curious about the SSS at the event. Did the SSS not realize how
fast that section was going to be, or did the organizers bully them into
accepting the course? One of the most dangerous situations that I have
seen was at a Tour several years ago. When I brought it up to the SSS, I
was pretty much ignored. Luckily, nothing bad happened.
Greg Scharnberg
At 08:43 AM 2/20/2006 -0500, Jim Bledsoe wrote:
>I was there and ran about 3 secs slower than Ian in the GT3 on the second
>day. My top speed was about 62-63. Extrapolate as you will,
>if you care. I saw all of his runs the second day and don't believe that
>his top speed was 83, but that's just from observation. 75 I
>can believe, but 83 seems a bit high, IMO.
>
>Yes, the second day course was fast. It was about at the line of the safe
>limit, IMO. I could be persuaded either way that the course
>was too fast or not too fast.
>
>That also being said, I was working a corner station on Saturday where a
>SS Corvette came sliding right at our worker station and it slid
>about 2-3 feet into the grass - and as most people are aware, the other
>side has a chain link fence - a famous one. While all workers
>were alert and never came within 75 feet of the car, it was still a
>notable event, nonetheless.
>
>My personal favorite was the *gentleman* on Satruday who did an extremely
>blatant burnout after a spin a few gates in front of the finish
>who caused his following competitor to stop before the finish because the
>entire finish area was completely engulfed in smoke. Nice.
>
>Jim Bledsoe
>57 SM2
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