WOW What a track...(what a shock to the system). Don't really have that many jumps in any of the tracks at our region, but was very satisfying, once you started getting it right. Here are my thoughts from the meeting:
The Good!
1) Venue, brilliant, if a little cold (but out of the clubs control - fair enough).
2) Track, excellent - good mix of slippy and carpet to make it a challenge. The difference in grip between carpet and floor was not massive. The track markers were non-damaging, which was superb, and I really liked the section at the end of the straight, it flowed well if you got it right. Tyres were not an issue as was tyre wear.
3) You had AMBrc, which makes my life SOOO much easier...
4) The big dome jump in the middle was an excellent feature, as you could roll it or jump it.
The Bad!
My only complaint with the track was the cross-over jump, it was mainly to do with the fact that you had no opt out option, should someone make a mistake in front of you, or if you jumped it a little too short, then you could potentially ruin someone else's race, who had successfully cleared the jump, and was going through the 'under' part of the track.
With it being such a critical part of the track, I also thought the landing areas was a little too short, since you could easily clear it with full throttle. It was also directly opposite the landing area of the jump in front of the rostrum, so cars overjumping the other jump could easily take you out if you were going over the 'cross over' jump. (This also happened to me on more than one occasion.) This also made marshalling a bit hasty to say the least (I shlould know, I marshalled there). With the range of abilities on the day, I think this (the cross over) was pitched a little too 'high'.
I did mention this to Andy, and he was in two minds about the cross-over when it was being put in. However, it was memorable and here we are talking about it... (so...).
Well run meeting, (but feel knackered this morning).
Thanks guys for all the hard work.
Mark.
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