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Hello All,

I am doing something a little unorthodox for this next event. It is a very important weekend for us gearing up for the SCCA National Championship. I want ideas and thoughts on certain elements we would like to see. The layout will be as follows and WILL NOT CHANGE, so when putting in your input just remember I am only looking for certain features that hasn't crossed my mind as of late. I'm basically just taking a small poll on elements to use. This course I am shooting for no more than 60mph in an ST car (for reals this time).

Pick (3) elements you would like to see:

Offset Slalom
6 Cone Slalom
5 Cone Slalom
Decreasing Radius Sweeper
Increasing Radius Sweeper
Chicago Box
Eyebrow (Esses) Sweeper Slalom
Pin Turn
Sweeper Slalom
Offset Gates



I will also need well experienced course workers for the weekend. As a reminder you will be required to work Friday (setup), Saturday (AM chalking-Lining/PM course swap), and Sunday (AM chalking). We will be covering a lot of area on the runways and will need all hands on deck.

Kids Course. I want to have an area for the kid karts to practice throughout the day. I have allocated space on the upper runway to facilitate a Kid's Course. Parents please take note and be ready to setup a course for your junior karters. This is hope that our junior karts get as much seat time as possible.

Course Setup Workers:
1) Guy Ankeny - Test N Tune
2) Kevin Pao
3)
4)
5) *tentative

Offset Gates, Chicago Box, Sweeper Slalom.

Jonathan Lugod wrote:This course I am shooting for no more than 60mph in an ST car (for reals this time).

Cool idea Jon, here are my votes:
6 Cone Slalom
Chicago Box
Eyebrow (Esses) Sweeper Slalom

No Pin turn please.

6 cone slalom
Chicago box
Eyebrow thingies

6 cone slalom
Increasing radius sweeper (actually would prefer steady state, but ok)
Decreasing radius sweeper
(+1 on the no pin turn! )

Typed by Mari, but with input from Eric and Jon, too.)

Chicago box
Offset gates
Offset slalom

5 Cone
Chicago Box
Offset Gates

Probably would have been easier for you to set up a Poll (you can allow users to pick 3).

- Chicago Boxes
- Chicago Boxes
- Chicago Boxes

A poll is nice but i wanted the option for someone to spit out an element I haven't thought of yet. I've been looking at previous National courses and other regional events as well (ie. Milwaukee Region, ATL Region, DC Region) for elements we don't see.

6 Cone Slalom
Decreasing Radius Sweeper
Sweeper Slalom

Jonathan Lugod wrote:A poll is nice but i wanted the option for someone to spit out an element I haven't thought of yet. I've been looking at previous National courses and other regional events as well (ie. Milwaukee Region, ATL Region, DC Region) for elements we don't see.

I sometimes look at real tracks of the world shape wise for inspiration.
I remember trying to mimic a section of one of my course designs from the Chinese Grand Prix circuit when it first came out
Must of been turns 1-5 if I recall.

Eyebrow (Esses) Sweeper Slalom
Decreasing Radius Sweeper
Sweeper Slalom

60mph max for an STU corvette means 45 in a civic...That sounds really slow.

Sebastian Rios wrote:60mph max for an STU corvette means 45 in a civic...That sounds really slow.

Not if that top speed comes after a slalom that the civic/miata can take flat but the vette can't

My Vote is:

5 or 6 cone slalom
Sweeper Slalom
Offset Gates

My votes are for
6 cone slalom with ~22 paces in between so I can go flat in the BMW
Chicago box
Offset gates

Sebastian Rios wrote:60mph max for an STU corvette means 45 in a civic...That sounds really slow.

I said ST(?) car.

I like to see some "lane change" type of elements on occasion. Sweepers (not too long) that feed nicely into slaloms (or Chicago boxes) are always kinda fun for me as well.

Time to assign some exempt workers. Please PM me if you are interested in course setup.

My Robert and I will be there Friday afternoon to setup the Kids area. Let me know how early I can start. Thanks!

BUMP. Just to clarify, you are only expected to help me setup course and grid. Test N Tune and Kid Karts have their own setup crew.

BUMP

Need a setup crew. No course, No race weekend!

If you've setup with me before you know I don't request too much work from you, just a time commitment. Please contact me if you are interested!

What time on Friday, Jon?

Hey Max,

We are clear to setup after 3:30. Realistically on a Friday PM coming from LA, I think i'd be on site around 430-5PM. I can be contacted here 760-716-2nine2seven

Let me check with the missus, but I'm pretty sure I can help out.