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Re: Prosolo course

To: Chris Ramey <cramey@Houston.rr.com>, autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Prosolo course
From: Sean Minehart <mr_two_2001@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 06:39:06 -0800 (PST)
> I ran my fastest
> runs in 2nd only.  I tried 3rd to see if it would be
> faster across the
> lights, but it wasn't.   I never buzzed the rev
> limiter anywhere else on
> course.  Fastest car on course barely got over 70,
> for a split second, in a
> straight, safe section of the course.

Exactly-you were in probably the tallest geared car
out there.  Most cars top out second in the low-mid
50's.  In my car, which tops out 2nd at 54, I put it
in 3rd gear in that short straight section and
finished the course at top speed, about 61 mph.  And I
only have 130hp.

> My only criticism of the course was the first
> section of jerky offsets,
> which were improperly marked, with pointers on the
> wrong side of gates, too
> many cones, a poor mix of new and old cones, and a
> lack of chalk line.  This
> particular section did not give rise to any
> incidents, however, just a lot
> of bad runs.

I agree.

Sean



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