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by repinS Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:03 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4xhicIHxT8
Rusty me (I haven't run in over a year) + 3.5 hours of sleep + distracting cones that shouldn't have been there =
I screwed up bad and ate a cone in the final turn, too bad the camera didn't pick up the cone. I carried it under the car all the way to the stopbox
All in all it wasn't a very successful day, I really gotta gradually get back into the swing of it. :sad5:
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by Sadden Wed Jun 30, 2010 2:24 am
Wish we had a place for that here.
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by Jim W Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:35 am
LOL, I see a LOT of downed road cones... Neat POV though!
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by GonneVille Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:23 am
WTF did they have those cones there for in the first place without a directional cone? That spot was just begging someone to smack a marshall....
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by PRD2BDF Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:27 am
You're my hero for being able to navigate that, I tried to predict your next turn and I was wrong every single time.
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by wake Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:35 am
i was trying to navigate that course like to predict your turns and i was always wrong
man does that whine sound good
not bad Jerry..i dont think i could have done that good...cause every single cone i saw was freaking knocked over and yeah it would take some practice
and sleep deprivation and fast driving never mix..i learned that one the hard way :sad5:
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by repinS Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:00 am
GonneVille wrote: WTF did they have those cones there for in the first place without a directional cone? That spot was just begging someone to smack a marshall....
I went through other course video, namely from this NA Solstice who had the proper layout:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv4OGw2J4oo
MY RUN:
CORRECT COURSE:
:sad5:
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by BonneMe Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:06 am
That course is ridiculous. I've never been to a National or Regional event (just the local clubs) so my exposure isn't that big, but *dang*.
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by repinS Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:12 am
If you hit that cone braking in the stopbox, your run is a DNF
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by BonneMe Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:22 pm
But why do they have a stop box? Every course i've been to has the lights>shutdown/braking area> and then generally there's a turn in there to force you to idle speeds, and you're in the paddock/lane to the paddock/empty unused lot.
I understand cars need to be 5mph off course, but It just seems like it could cause backups, annoyances, etc.
Then again MAC is kinda military style in terms of worker switchover, run speeds (20 sec gaps on almost all courses) and overall timeline. Hard to get 140+ 6 runs at the larger venues if we are dogging it
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All in all it wasn't a very successful day, I really gotta gradually get back into the swing of it. :sad5:
i was trying to navigate that course like to predict your turns and i was always wrong
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