I'm all for every event being in Atwater.
Patrick Simmons
30 minutes from Atwater
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From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Pat Kelly
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 10:05 AM
To: Joe; ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Gravel at Golden Gate Fields
Joe,
SCCA SFR sweeps the GGF before every event; it's been a custom for
several years to do so. Obviously PCA didn't want to spend the dollars.
Remember, that site has been used for parking only during the horse
racing season, and gathers loose material. We sweep it and it gets better
and better.
However, the absolutely worst event at GGF was when the track management
piled a bunch of sand in the NE corner by the maintenance buildings, and the
wind blew from that direction (very unusual) directly onto the course.
Speaking of Desert Storm!! :)
Yet we came back, swept it some more (actually pay a full-strength
sweeper) and it improved tremendously.
I realize the search for the perfect surface leads us away from the Bay
Area. So what would you have us do, stage everything at Atwater? Would you
be willing to travel to the eastern side of the Central Valley for run an
autocross every Sunday?
--Pat K
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