that was fun, as was the right-left-right before the finish. i discovered
(on my last and blown run) that i could dive right down its throat and wail
on the brakes just i was turning right to left, get the car a little
sideways and scrub off speed for the right hand sweeper. too bad i didnt
figure that out before.. i was braking way too early on my first two runs.
uh oh... can i start thinking again yet??
-james
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Stevens <kevin_stevens@hotmail.com>
>>Thanks Ben,
>>
>>Designing the course was alot easier thanks to the work of Keith
>>Hearn, having an accurate layout of the lot at 3Com makes a big
>>difference.
>
>>I'm sure a few of you wondered what that strange looking contraption was
>>after the right hand sweeper following the slalom - it started out as a
>>Chicago Box, but ended up as a "wall" of some sort...that's it...a
>>"Watsonville Wall"
>
>What I liked about that section was that I was still turning right coming
>down through it - then there was a very fast transition to the left to
enter
>the following corner. However, you really needed to find a way to do some
>braking there at the same time! At the afternoon course walk there were
>lots of tire marks showing where people came into the left too hot and
>early, pushed to the outside, and never got to accelerate hard down the
>following bit of straight. I had to plan during the walkthrough to
remember
>to bring the wheel on center from right to left and brake briefly and early
>before turning in - a very neat element. I love autocross courses that
>penalize you for doing things wrong and reward you for doing things right!
>
>KeS
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