marina has that awful traffic trying to get back to south bay, and often bad
traffic getting down there. nice site though.
for me, GGF = 5 minutes, marina = 2.25 hours.
-james
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From: Scot Zediker <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
> I'm not sure about Kevin L, but for me, Marina is CLOSER than Golden Gate
> Fields, and not much further away than Oakland or 3Com. And I know I'm
not
> the only one in this position; there are definitely other autocrossers in
> the South Bay.
>
> > I hope you enjoy your long trips. By their distance away from
the
> > heavy population area, you will have a more laid-back event because
there
> > are fewer people. I like those kinds of events, too, but I realize
without
> > a solid base here in the Bay Area the sport will shrink dramatically.
How
> > do I know this? Well look what happened in 1998 when seven of our 16
> events
> > were held in Sacramento. That's why I volunteered to take over
scheduling.
>
> IIRC, there were four events at Castle in '98 as well, weren't there? Or
> did you include these in the Sacramento total?
>
> The above isn't really here nor there. I know a lot of folks don't want
to
> drive too far just for a few minutes on course, but I'm not one of those.
> As much as I appreciate your efforts in getting us local sites, I'll
> probably be heading out to the Sacramento area more often next season. I
> don't know if getting more time in on concrete will help me at Nationals
> next year, but it certainly won't hurt (at least until I start running out
> of tires ;).
>
> As they say in the Supreme Court, I respectfully dissent.
>
> Scot
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