Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby twistedwankel » Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:04 pm

Looks to me like Brooksville in future needs to have only 60 available racer spaces + 5 guests + 5 critical workers reserved spots.
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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby Loren » Mon Feb 04, 2013 2:38 pm

I found it interesting to collect the waiting list info this time. It shows that we could have registered at least 78 drivers for this event. More than I expected.

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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby garage west » Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:32 pm

Where's that course map? If there's no pin turn, I'm going to be disappointed.
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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby Loren » Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:06 am

Course map has been submitted and is out for approval. Soon come, mon.
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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby TheBeak » Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:40 am

Loren wrote:
TheBeak wrote:Also, one of the new guys is a friend of mine - and he is horribly mis-classed. Hopefully there wont be an issue re classing him on event day. (?)
If you tell me who he is and where he should be classed, I can fix it. OR... he can log in and edit his own entry anytime until pre-registration closes.

Either way, it's a little easier to fix before the event than waiting until event day.

Thanks Loren, we will get him "fixed".
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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby Solar » Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:26 am

garage west wrote: If there's no pin turn, I'm going to be disappointed.
Better break out the scotch and kleenex then. ;)
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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby garage west » Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:23 am

*sniff*


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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby jreid1000 » Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:29 pm

Well... my need for income to pay my mortgage over powered my desire to autocross (how wrong is that?) so I have dropped my spot for February. Happy #1 spot on the waiting list.
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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby Loren » Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:24 pm

Here's the course. This is one of Brian's courses from last June. I don't have time to adjust the map right now, but there's a gate after the turn-around that was deleted when we set the course up last time. I expect we'll do the same again since everyone seemed to like the course just the way it was.

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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby twistedwankel » Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:39 pm

So put that in your playstation and smoke it for two weeks.

This is only fair as it rained that day in June and many didn't get to run it flat out.

Some of us cannot remember what we had for lunch either.
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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby buddy bodean » Wed Feb 06, 2013 7:42 pm

What, no cross over?

Can I get permission to leave the trailer over night on Friday please?
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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby Solar » Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:07 pm

Loren wrote:Here's the course. This is one of Brian's courses from last June. I don't have time to adjust the map right now, but there's a gate after the turn-around that was deleted when we set the course up last time. I expect we'll do the same again since everyone seemed to like the course just the way it was.
I also moved the center cone in the Chicago Box in a bit, that really made people think about which side to exit the slalom before they entered the CB. Oh and last time we ran this course the slalom going out was suppose to be deceasing, but somehow it never got translated to the final map, so that may be tweeked as well. 8-)
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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby Jamie » Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:51 pm

Solar wrote:Oh and last time we ran this course the slalom going out was suppose to be deceasing....
Looks like a real killer....
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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby Native » Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:54 pm

buddy bodean wrote:
Can I get permission to leave the trailer over night on Friday please?
I'll see what I can do.
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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby Loren » Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:00 pm

Jamie wrote:
Solar wrote:Oh and last time we ran this course the slalom going out was suppose to be deceasing....
Looks like a real killer....
Remember that everyone really, really liked this course last time, and there were no complaints from safety about it being "too fast". So, I would be hesitant to make any changes that would make it "more challenging" or "slower". Make the same changes you made last time... and hope it stays dry this time so everyone gets to enjoy it! :thumbwink:
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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby garage west » Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:34 pm

Loren wrote:Here's the course. This is one of Brian's courses from last June. I don't have time to adjust the map right now, but there's a gate after the turn-around that was deleted when we set the course up last time. I expect we'll do the same again since everyone seemed to like the course just the way it was.

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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby islandmon » Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:24 pm

This course must have been designed by someone in a slow car!
Opps ... sorry Brian:(
So many salom elements .... back and forth ...back and forth ....
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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby twistedwankel » Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:41 pm

islandmon wrote:This course must have been designed by someone in a slow car!
Opps ... sorry Brian:(
So many salom elements .... back and forth ...back and forth ....
Being an "optional" series of slaloms you can choose to drive straight by them and hope the course workers are asleep if it makes you seasick? :sick:

The pizzas will be laced with dramamine so not to worry.

BTW?? Talk about getting in at the last minute :thumbwink:
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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby garage west » Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:53 pm

twistedwankel wrote:
BTW?? Talk about getting in at the last minute :thumbwink:
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Re: Feb 16th - Brooksville autox - the Pivot Cone calls...

Postby Jamie » Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:45 pm

Loren wrote:
Jamie wrote:
Solar wrote:Oh and last time we ran this course the slalom going out was suppose to be deceasing....
Looks like a real killer....
Remember that everyone really, really liked this course last time, and there were no complaints from safety about it being "too fast". So, I would be hesitant to make any changes that would make it "more challenging" or "slower". Make the same changes you made last time... and hope it stays dry this time so everyone gets to enjoy it! :thumbwink:
Y'know, when you completely miss the pun, it's even funnier. :)
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