Bye, bye, Laguna Seca

"sturd" <mikesturdevant127.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Avg of 66.7 for the month. Almost always nice,
> only 2" of precipitation for the month. It's perfect
> time for a motorcycle race. Only thing better would
> be if they had the fair and a mile during the week.

Now there's a thought. Resurect the Indy mile under the lights on Sat. night
before the GP! Now, that's a road trip I couldn't ignore, no matter the
wallet pain..

Btw, you see where "Cool Breeze" tightened things up in Virginny? I heard he
and Jared put one hell of a show on in the feature..

>
> And you can get into/out of the facility in your
> own car in a matter of minutes. Many minutes
> maybe but not hours.

Really, those guys know somethin' about handling crowds..
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"T3" <nothere.TakeThisOut@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> "sturd" <mikesturdevant127.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Avg of 66.7 for the month. Almost always nice,
>> only 2" of precipitation for the month. It's perfect
>> time for a motorcycle race. Only thing better would
>> be if they had the fair and a mile during the week.
>
> Now there's a thought. Resurect the Indy mile under the lights on Sat.
> night before the GP! Now, that's a road trip I couldn't ignore, no matter
> the wallet pain..
>
> Btw, you see where "Cool Breeze" tightened things up in Virginny? I heard
> he and Jared put one hell of a show on in the feature..
>
>>
>> And you can get into/out of the facility in your
>> own car in a matter of minutes. Many minutes
>> maybe but not hours.
>
> Really, those guys know somethin' about handling crowds..


I worked the 500 race for the first time last year and the guy I went with
had us there at 5:30 AM on race day but truthfully the crowd trickles in all
day long and there are so many entrances in hindsight I really didn't see
the need. I don't mind waiting in line for an hour if it means I can sleep
in an extra three hours.
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"just bob" <kilbyfan@aoldotcom> wrote in message
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> I worked the 500 race for the first time last year and the guy I went with
> had us there at 5:30 AM on race day but truthfully the crowd trickles in
> all day long and there are so many entrances in hindsight I really didn't
> see the need. I don't mind waiting in line for an hour if it means I can
> sleep in an extra three hours.
I know some people that went thru hell getting in and out at 'Guna, but
other than the usual people not knowing where they wanted to go I really
never had that much of a prob, That said, I didn't have far to go, so we
always stayed late..
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"T3" <nothere RemoveThis @nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> "just bob" <kilbyfan@aoldotcom> wrote in message
> news:469d086e$0$27182$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
>> I worked the 500 race for the first time last year and the guy I went
>> with had us there at 5:30 AM on race day but truthfully the crowd
>> trickles in all day long and there are so many entrances in hindsight I
>> really didn't see the need. I don't mind waiting in line for an hour if
>> it means I can sleep in an extra three hours.
> I know some people that went thru hell getting in and out at 'Guna, but
> other than the usual people not knowing where they wanted to go I really
> never had that much of a prob, That said, I didn't have far to go, so we
> always stayed late..

Right. I live in the bay area but we camp there every year as friends come
far and wide to join us. Going into town for dinner on Saturday or leaving
Sunday was easy last year.
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sturd pretends to be ignorant:
> Mark N pretends to be obtuse:
>
>> 100 sounds a bit high to me.
>
> I thought you were there. I was not but the stories of
> waiting in 100 F sun for a bus were awe inspiring.

I seem to recall jumping on my bike and heading on out. Well, it was a
bit slow part of the way because of the buses. All that of course
because the main road in and out was reserved for all the dignitaries.
You know, the people who didn't pay to get in. Mostly Eurotrash, I
expect...

>> And is Ind-lis
>> usually that hot in mid-September?
>
> Avg of 66.7 for the month. Almost always nice,
> only 2" of precipitation for the month. It's perfect
> time for a motorcycle race. Only thing better would
> be if they had the fair and a mile during the week.

Average of 67 as in 50% chance it'll be sunny and 85-95, and 50% chance
it'll be 40-50 and raining? That's what I recall about living in
southern Wisconsin...

> And you can get into/out of the facility in your
> own car in a matter of minutes. Many minutes
> maybe but not hours.

I guess that's what you get at a race where the place is only a quarter
full. And of course the whole experience compared to Laguna will likely
be sort of like shopping at a Wal-Mart in Des Moines as opposed to a
boutique store in San Francisco. But to each his own...

> As for the track, yes it looks close to some walls.
> I'm hoping that the largeness of the facility (it really
> is huge) makes the picture look worse than it
> really is. I prefer to see zero air fence and none
> required.

I just can't see how they get around that issue. I guess they can alter
T16 for a very shallow entrance onto the straight, but the guys are
still going to eventually swing out to the wall for maximum benefit. And
spoiled career-GP riders aren't going to like strafing a wall at 200.
Although slower, T4 seems like even more of a problem. It almost seems
like they're going to have to put some sort of curbing on the outside on
the oval, maybe even all the way down the straight. The oval track is
only 15m wide on the straights and 18m in the corners, so hardly
constitutes adequate runoff.
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"Dirt" <christopher.l.cavin.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jul 16, 11:55 pm, "pablo" <pabl....DeleteThis@simplyhombreDOT.net> wrote:
>> Looking at the track map
>> onhttp://www.redbullindianapolisgp.com/modules/2007-motogp-course.pdf
>> it looks like it's going to be tricky.
>
> At least they got rid of the stupid 180-right/180-left chicane (T7-8-9
> on the above track map) that F1 is forced to use.

Heavens, F1. They may just as well drive straight out on Bonneville and it's
be just as entertaining... Then again, in MotoGP thus far in '07 they
may just as well have decided a few races on said Bonneville straight, some
would say...
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T3 asks:

> Btw, you see where "Cool Breeze" tightened things up in Virginny? I heard he
> and Jared put one hell of a show on in the feature..

Mees is HOT. Passing on a groove track is really hard, I guess that
he stuck it in there and couldn't stay on the black part. I'm
surprised
he still finished second. Coolbreath stayed cool and on the groove.


> > And you can get into/out of the facility in your
> > own car in a matter of minutes. Many minutes
> > maybe but not hours.
>
> Really, those guys know somethin' about handling crowds..

And best of all, I have friends in Indy, can sleep on the floor
for a couple nights.



Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.
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