Upstate NewYork rallyX
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akinaspeedstar
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best of luck! bring us back something nice!! haha
The PSG guys were nice, and seemed on the ball, but I can't say I am truely impressed with how the event went. Perhaps I am just spoiled after working with such an awesome and well organized group in NER.
The event was somewhat disorganized, timing was absolutely terrible, and I wasn't very impressed with Ivan Orisek either. The course also got very very unsafe towards the end of the day.
But oh well, it was mostly fun...but I won't do it again. The course just bothers me too much, and Ivan would probably find another thing that is functioning perfectly normal to fail my tech inspection on.
It was also the first time I've done this since I started rallycrossing...
The event was somewhat disorganized, timing was absolutely terrible, and I wasn't very impressed with Ivan Orisek either. The course also got very very unsafe towards the end of the day.
But oh well, it was mostly fun...but I won't do it again. The course just bothers me too much, and Ivan would probably find another thing that is functioning perfectly normal to fail my tech inspection on.
It was also the first time I've done this since I started rallycrossing...
Rallycat66
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Ivan tries hard and is VERY into rallying, but his management style is often criticized. He also seems to have a habit of not changing rallycross courses as they deteriorate. You also have to keep in mind that Gus & crew only put one event a year on - although Ivan does put on 4 or 5 a year in Monticello, NY.
I though about coming out to that one (even had the Arrow on the trailer), but I just couldn't bring myself to do the 3.5 hour tow each way. Have to save up for a HANS before January. :
So Ty, what was it that you felt wasn't safe (morbid curiosity and want to learn any lessons that might come from it)? From the few pictures that I've seen, that off camber fast downhill sweeper looked a little hairy!
Tim
I though about coming out to that one (even had the Arrow on the trailer), but I just couldn't bring myself to do the 3.5 hour tow each way. Have to save up for a HANS before January. :
So Ty, what was it that you felt wasn't safe (morbid curiosity and want to learn any lessons that might come from it)? From the few pictures that I've seen, that off camber fast downhill sweeper looked a little hairy!
Tim
Exactly...there were quite a few off camber turns, some of them you could take flat out if you had the nads to do so. There was one turn down into a valley and hard right going down the hill. Warren said that he was even worried about rolling on that corner. For my last 3 runs, it was so chewed up that I didn't even take the turn...I just ran up the hill on the other side and then turned.
The top of the hill towards the end of the day got rather sketchy as well. Warren warned me about it, so I took it easier on runs 4 and 5, and it seemed alright, so on run 6 I went flat out again and at the peak of the hill I lost contact with the ground and found myself sliding sideways down a rather steep offcamber hill...sketchy course layout.
Who knows if scoring was right or not. I stood next to the 3 people trying to run the timing computer the first heat...they had no idea what they were doing...they has to keep asking Gus who had what times. At one point I heard "just write down all three times and we'll figure it out later."
*shrug* Like I said, NER has spoiled me.
The top of the hill towards the end of the day got rather sketchy as well. Warren warned me about it, so I took it easier on runs 4 and 5, and it seemed alright, so on run 6 I went flat out again and at the peak of the hill I lost contact with the ground and found myself sliding sideways down a rather steep offcamber hill...sketchy course layout.
Who knows if scoring was right or not. I stood next to the 3 people trying to run the timing computer the first heat...they had no idea what they were doing...they has to keep asking Gus who had what times. At one point I heard "just write down all three times and we'll figure it out later."
*shrug* Like I said, NER has spoiled me.
