Originally posted by perdition79
wow, i might actually get to use second gear this sunday. is the lack of a slalom to get people ready for the track event in march?
by the looks of that course map, some of the heavier cars may be spinning out while accelerating around the first 270-degree turn! i'll be sure to bring a couple of cameras for that!
That corkscrew is almost exactly the same turn we used in the last course only in the opposite direction. Yeah, some people (not just heavy cars) overcooked it on their first couple runs. Most people figured it out after that. Gotta be smoooooooth in places like that. Drive it like a skidpad, smooth and steady.
The event chairman initially just wanted to run that same course in the opposite direction for this event. I started to design that, but quickly got bored with it. The corkscrew was all that we salvaged from that idea.
I initially wanted to do a slalom, but I wanted a REAL slalom, 60 ft spacing, at least 4 cones. Couldn't make it fit without putting a TIGHT turn at the end of it. I opted for good flow and hopefully more consistent speed instead of trying to keep the slalom. Didn't have anything to do with the track event... though I guess it could be good practice.