Sunday, March 21, 2010

Test Night on the Shortcourse Rematch Track

Very, very good racing last night at the Barn... A decent turnout to test the new track design, which seemed to work well. The oval has been temporarily eliminated and a new flowing layout was implemented with a clockwise path. The full length back straight has an assortment of small, but tricky jumps -- you don't get much air and you can "hammer down" for the full length of the straight, but the slightest error at those speeds and you are in for a nasty meeting with the wall or pipe -- get it right and you can really "haul"...

There are a few "choose" segments -- go wide, avoid some obstacles, stay on the line and catch extra jumps and bumps...

The track is great fun to race on -- challenging, but not "crazy", just that it can fool you and trip you up if you don't focus...

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  1. Just an additional bit of information... Saturday night everyone mostly started off with 'normal' offroad tires, but by the end of the night, many had switched to small pin tires or "ghosted" (or even SLICK) tires. The loose dust was blown off the racing line, producing a high bite racing surface.
    FWIW: I ran ProLine Bowties on my Strike (M2 fronts, M3 Rears -- all full tread)...

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