FWIW:
Meridian course design, year 1 and 2 was by John Thomas.
Year three, Howard.
You know Howard wants a great Tour for everyone. He is the least biased
person I have seen in any organization I have ever dealt with. We had
attendees from 33 states and Canada, and all intentions were to make the
optimum course for everyone who came.
We will continue to try to make the Meridian tour the best we can for as
long as we are able to host it.
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>From: Alek Tziortzis <alextz@comm.mot.com>
>To: autox@autox.team.net
>Cc: jason_saini@yahoo.com
>Subject: Course Design at meridian
>Date: Thu, Mar 8, 2001, 10:09 AM
>
>The saturday course was much better for Fstock in general. I beat BS on
>raw time by about .5 seconds. Thats cause there was no turn over 180
>degrees.
>
>On sunday, that crossover and turnaround was really a 240 degree turn.
>The Camaro doesnt do those manuevers really well, having a big turning
>radius, and no camber (160 degrees of that turnaround was off camber),
>and a car that is 16 feet long with a 101 inch wheelbase.
>
>BTW, I never hit 3rd either day. My 2nd gear goes up to probably 74 mph
>with the 275/45/16 hoosiers. In fact I have never hit 3rd gear at a SCCA
>national level event.
>
>I think horsepower (torque really) cars shine when you get pinched off
>and even the smallest cars (neons,miatas) have to scrub off speed, the
>torque cars really gain time in those areas. Speed maintenance courses
>(even if they have long straights) really dont favor horsepower cars.
>
>All in my opinion.
>
>Alex Tziortzis
>Fstock
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