[Wichita-SCCA] Auto-x finish gone wrong

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Thanks, Jim.

When I first read that, and saw the pictures, it did seem like poor 
safety and design.  But from the videos, I don't see how that can be the 
issue here.  Sure, it would have been better to angle the run off so it 
wasn't pointing at the grid, but there was plenty of room.  Something is 
really wrong with this situation.  The driver must have severely 
panicked, because there was enough space to recover from a missed pedal.

Guy Roberts 
Webmaster at wichitascca.org 
#41 - 1994 Polo Green Corvette



James Harrison wrote:
> 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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