Any finish that forces you to brake before the finish lights can spell
disaster, especially if it includes a turn after the lights, but even if it
doesn't.
Case in point:
I was an event in Maine (NOT an SCCA event) a few years ago that had a
finish with a 100 foot straight stop box after the finish. Doesn't sound
particularly dangerous until the following points are added:
There was a 250 foot straight before the finish.
It was raining for most of the day.
The timing trailer was 50 feet away on the side of the stop box.
Fortuately, nothing happened, but the recipe was there. As it started to
dry out, people really started to push the limits of where they got off the
throttle in the straight and on to the brakes. I remember one car ending up
sideways in the stop box.
Paul Zahornasky
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