Relating the incidents at Peru to the discussion last week on site loss, I
would hope that we could use this to further our knowledge of course design
and hazards to eliminate these issues. It seems to me that two cars
contacting each other on course COULD cost a site, certainly a course
worker(S) getting squished would result in the loss of a site!!!
I would think that the _professional_ arm of the sport would normally have
the safest courses, but this proves how hard it is to gauge the dangers
(Especially since I wasn't even there :))
In this information age, all it takes is one serious injury/lawsuit to
create massive hysteria regarding sites all across the country, so it is in
all of our best interest to use these close calls the further our knowledge,
not create a bunch of knee-jerk new rules.
Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark J. Andy <marka@telerama.com>
> To: autox mailing list <autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 9:27 AM
> Subject: Re: Peru Pro
>
>
> > Howdy,
> >
> > On Mon, 22 May 2000, washburn wrote:
> > > Hmmmmm, not the kind of story I had in mind. Sorry, no prize for you.
> > > I'm sorry to hear it. Sounds like one of those "s**t happens" things.
> > > I would be interested in hearing the perspective of those involved.
> >
> > My perspective (I watched John spin into the other guy, watched Rick
Cone
> > _nearly_ hit his opponent, watched a CSP CRX nearly hit Sam Strano, and
> > heard about other close calls), was that the course was condusive to car
> > damage. I was also working turn two (the farthest turn from the start)
on
> > the left side of the course watching folks coming pretty much straight
at
> > me, on the gas, crossed up a little, hoping like hell they didn't swap
it
> > and kill us all.
> >
> > I felt then and feel now that the course was less safe than it should
have
> > been for autox. Having said that, I continued to run and pretty much
was
> > just hoping someone didn't spin into me or I spin into them. I did find
> > the course very fun, just more dangerous than I particularly liked.
> >
> > My take on the whole thing is that we should take a note now and try to
> > ensure in the future that the cars can't get that close together. We
> > don't need to freak out and try to write new rules or whatever. I also
> > certainly don't want to take anything away from the course designer
(dunno
> > who that was) as I can easily see myself laying out a similar course
> > without realizing the dangers.
> >
> > Mark
> >
>
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