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The course really challenged your concentration...required precision, patience, aggression, then repeat. Took a whole bottle of bug & tar remover to get the cone scuffs off the Miata's nose!
Moderators: Mike Simanyi, Christine Grice, Rick Brown
+1 to Max's compliments.Max Hayter wrote:Great job Kurt - really challenging course. I didn't like the beginning elements with the apex cone on the wrong end of the element which was really confusing visually, but other than that, I thought you did a fantastic job on both days.
Funny, those walls with the pointer at the wrong end also screwed my up to the point of spinning. Began heading for the wrong end, then pulled the wheel to correct, and voila......round and round I go. I'm sure Kurt was just looking for a different way to disguise a slalom.Rick Brown wrote:I found it visually very messy (especially the initial walls with the pointer at the "wrong" end) but it was very fun to drive once I got it all figured out!
To me it looked exactly the opposite. Walking it, slalom, followed by wall'em, them slalom, turn right, slalom, then slalom, then slalom, turn left... I personally though it was going to be tight, slow, and monotonous.Ed Holley wrote:That Sunday course looked "fast and easy".
The first pair of cones were approx 42 ft, the next were 51 ft, the next two pairs were 63 ft ea. I don't know the spacing between the last two cones as they were added after I walked.What was the spacing on that slalom, by the way? It was tight but didn't feel as tight as when I've had to drive through a 40' (minimum legal spacing) slalom. It was probably about as short as you can get before it becomes really painful.
John Stimson - I think you mean 45'?John Fendel wrote:The first pair of cones were approx 42 ft, the next were 51 ft, the next two pairs were 63 ft ea. I don't know the spacing between the last two cones as they were added after I walked.What was the spacing on that slalom, by the way? It was tight but didn't feel as tight as when I've had to drive through a 40' (minimum legal spacing) slalom. It was probably about as short as you can get before it becomes really painful.
John Fendel - Your 42' is actually 46' (four squares plus two feet). Unless I've been told incorrectly, those squares are actually 11 feet, not 10 feet.2.3 COURSE DESIGN RULES
A. All corners shall be negotiable without reversing by any car classified
by make/model in the Solo® Rules.
B. The course shall be at least 15 feet wide and single-file slalom markers
shall be at least 45 feet apart. Any series of three (3) or more
course markers which are generally in a line and have the effect of
a slalom are considered to be a slalom. Additional course markers
associated with the slalom markers to form gates, “boxes,” etc, do
not cancel this limit.
Like I said, my measurements are approximate. I have about a 3 ft stride and I paced off 14 strides between the first two cones, so that comes out to 42 ft.John Fendel - Your 42' is actually 46' (four squares plus two feet). Unless I've been told incorrectly, those squares are actually 11 feet, not 10 feet.
Yes, 11', or actually 11.03' if you want to go by Patch Simanyi's nuclear powered laser guided ruler launcher thingy.KJ Christopher wrote:John Stimson - I think you mean 45'?John Fendel wrote:The first pair of cones were approx 42 ft, the next were 51 ft, the next two pairs were 63 ft ea. I don't know the spacing between the last two cones as they were added after I walked.What was the spacing on that slalom, by the way? It was tight but didn't feel as tight as when I've had to drive through a 40' (minimum legal spacing) slalom. It was probably about as short as you can get before it becomes really painful.John Fendel - Your 42' is actually 46' (four squares plus two feet). Unless I've been told incorrectly, those squares are actually 11 feet, not 10 feet.2.3 COURSE DESIGN RULES
A. All corners shall be negotiable without reversing by any car classified
by make/model in the Solo® Rules.
B. The course shall be at least 15 feet wide and single-file slalom markers
shall be at least 45 feet apart. Any series of three (3) or more
course markers which are generally in a line and have the effect of
a slalom are considered to be a slalom. Additional course markers
associated with the slalom markers to form gates, “boxes,” etc, do
not cancel this limit.
Yeah, 45'. I drove at an event with a minimum-spaced slalom, and pretty much everyone's reaction was "KILL ME NOW". This one was work, but not that bad.KJ Christopher wrote:John Stimson - I think you mean 45'?