[Wichita-SCCA] Auto-x finish gone wrong

[James Harrison]

HAve you all looked at these vidoes?
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3197431&page=4
If I'm looking correctly the finish is before the last turn? I don't 
understand how this happened.


>From: "Greg Laws" <GLaws at cox.net>
>Reply-To: "Wichita Region SCCA." <wichita-scca at wichitascca.org>
>To: "Wichita Region SCCA." <wichita-scca at wichitascca.org>
>Subject: Re: [Wichita-SCCA] Auto-x finish gone wrong
>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:22:21 -0500
>
>Wow.  I'm never going to bitch about a Solo Safety Steward's decision again 
>... well, almost never .... unless it concerns a course that I designed.
>
>In any case the photos say it all.  We tend to become very blasé about cars 
>and course design in part because we trust that everyone competing is good 
>at what they do.  T'aint necessarily so as demonstrated here.  One should 
>never, ever, ever have a high speed section dumping into a short shutdown 
>that is directly aimed at populated area.  I've seen and have competed on 
>courses that were exactly that way.  I remember one in another state a few 
>years ago where top-of-2nd-gear cars were aimed directly at the timing 
>trailer with a v-e-r-y short shutdown and then a sharp right turn only a 
>short distance (40 feet?) from the trailer.  It was scary.  I complained to 
>the event's safety steward at the time but was told to mind my own 
>business.
>
>I hope that in this situation it was only cars banged up without any 
>physical injuries to anyone.
>
>Greg Laws
>
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Gary
>   To: Wichita Region SCCA.
>   Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 5:46 PM
>   Subject: [Wichita-SCCA] Auto-x finish gone wrong
>
>
>   Not a good day for this Auto-Xer.
>
>   http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3197431
>
>   Gary
>
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