John
Thanks for the input, as you are aware we did talk a number of times regarding your involvement in building NORA, but until now we've not had your thoughts due to your family committments etc
I guess this was your first chance to supply feedback and it is appreciated.
Interesting point about inconsistant lap times because I thought that would be the case as well, but having checked a lot of different peoples lap times they were just as consistant as any other track we have raced this year. I would have thought where the earth started to break up a bit it would have effected lap times, but apparently not.
As Dom said previously, it's a track that has to be driven, and not 100% all the time, the layout was fairly basic this time with the challange being in what you did with the thumbs.
Regarding the 45deg table top, it's working as designed. The entire track is designed to be as safe as possible, but still off road. We never intended for big air as it has the potential for accidents, both car and people. We do however have the tabetop in front of the rostrum, once that is incorporated into the track it could be jumpable in one direction, we built in different up ramps each side.
Thanks for the feedback, in case you are not aware we did manage to get some astroturf down last weekend on the finsihing line corner which improved it. Once we get more down it will get better. We're hoping to get enough astroturf down for the next SORC round to allow significant changes to the track.
If anyone can help with laying the astroturf please pm me and I'll let you know when we are planning this, it's not a one man job due to the weight of the rolls.
Regarding future meetings, we can extend into the field in future, but for the time being we decided to concentrate on building something that would satisfy club meetings and the regional series. I would happily extend the facilities if the demand was there weekly.
Thanks again for the feedback.
Derek
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