Points Event #8

JamesShort · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:36 am

I'm wanting to get the word out about our last points event nice and early given the low attendance this last weekend.

Let's talk to our friends and coworkers and get some new blood out there for our last event of the year.

Also, I'd like to find a first time event chair to help. I think we need to add to the pool of experienced event chairs. If you haven't chaired an event before and are interested, please PM me and we can talk.

JamesShort · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:33 pm

Looks like Andrew Jonell will be the noob chair, thanks for helping out.

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:26 pm

I'm out.

RamVennam · **Joined:** Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:31 pm **Posts:** 132

JamesMilko wrote:

I'm out.

??
Andrew isn't that bad...his sense of humor is...interesting...

Andrew Jonell · **Joined:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm **Posts:** 1350

This is going to be the most polarizing event yet: 360 degree pivot cone.

Something tells me Kevin Allen is on my side.

JohnByers · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:12 pm

Lawd geezus!

:evil:

KendtEklund · **Joined:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:29 pm **Posts:** 1204

Andrew Jonell wrote:

This is going to be the most polarizing event yet: 360 degree pivot cone.

And I bet you'll still hit it

Gwen Habenicht · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:45 pm

Andrew Jonell wrote:

This is going to be the most polarizing event yet: 360 degree pivot cone.

Something tells me Kevin Allen is on my side.

I'm sure this is a joke that I am not privy to, but, in case it's not, may I refer you to
The Course Design Handbook compiled by Roger "The Real" Johnson.

Seriously. 360 degree pivots are NOT an autocross element. This is Danville, where you can actually have a decent course.

Just my .02 worth. :twisted:

JamesShort · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:53 pm

Don't worry Gwen, Ram won't let that happen

. The general course arrangement we are talking about has no pivot at all.

Gwen Habenicht · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:58 pm

JamesShort wrote:

Don't worry Gwen, Ram won't let that happen

. The general course arrangement we are talking about has no pivot at all.

James,
Thanks, I hate to sound like a grump, but we just always want to be careful that we present the best course possible. I should have more faith in my VPs I guess.

JamesShort · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:11 pm

Gwen Baake wrote:

JamesShort wrote:

Don't worry Gwen, Ram won't let that happen

. The general course arrangement we are talking about has no pivot at all.

James,
Thanks, I hate to sound like a grump, but we just always want to be careful that we present the best course possible. I should have more faith in my VPs I guess.

When I did the EVO school there was a 360* circle of cones.....maybe 30-35' in diameter. Courtney and Junior fully admitted that it was the worst element ever and never to be seen at any legitimate autocross event but that it was instrumental in getting students to look ahead. When one of the instructors literally grabbed my helmet and rotated it 45* as I was driving, I think the point stuck

.

Gwen Habenicht · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:18 pm

JamesShort wrote:

Gwen Baake wrote:

JamesShort wrote:

Don't worry Gwen, Ram won't let that happen

. The general course arrangement we are talking about has no pivot at all.

James,
Thanks, I hate to sound like a grump, but we just always want to be careful that we present the best course possible. I should have more faith in my VPs I guess.

When I did the EVO school there was a 360* circle of cones.....maybe 30-35' in diameter. Courtney and Junior fully admitted that it was the worst element ever and never to be seen at any legitimate autocross event but that it was instrumental in getting students to look ahead. When one of the instructors literally grabbed my helmet and rotated it 45* as I was driving, I think the point stuck

.

Yes, I think that's in Phase I, and as you stated, is an exercise, not a legitimate element. And again, it was a "circle" not a pivot.

Andrew Jonell · **Joined:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm **Posts:** 1350

What about a ramp?

JohnByers · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:13 pm

You can always do lots of slaloms :twisted:

RamVennam · **Joined:** Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:31 pm **Posts:** 132

Gwen, see what I said about Andrew's sense of humor?

Seriously, I read a few online and magazine articles about course design. Not to mention I record most autoxes and discuss every element at work with James for a lot longer we're willing to admit to IBM.

It'll be OK, I promise

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