Except for the course designer who thought he was God I didn't see a single car that didn't drive it as a 3 cone slalom when I was corner working. Then the guy decides to walk out to each individual corner and get in our faces during the session.
I should also note the end of the "slalom" was a hard left and if you blew the braking zone you ran head on into a curb at 35-40 mph, great safety feature to let everyone blow straight through it.
VW Bug in running shoes
M Porcupine sedan
M Porcupine coupe
Crusty old e46 beater
Battery Powered appliance car
IIRC the real map was something like this. Pardon my horrible free hand paint skills.
VW Bug in running shoes
M Porcupine sedan
M Porcupine coupe
Crusty old e46 beater
Battery Powered appliance car
I would actually have been a neat slalom if you removed the cones on both sides of the (perceived) slalom cone, but kept the gate between each slalom cone. The intended route was just not something that was easy to interprit, even by experienced racers. I applaud the designer for trying something new (we sure need it!), but once you cannot explain it on the printed map, then you need to ditch it.
Looks like there would not be much room for a course if you follow the SCCA rules of 50' from solid objects (required by carts)... and to make me feel safe. Looks like we will need to scrap this idea.
I am lovin the graphical analysis. Good job, jrj512!
I just grabbed the satt pic from Google Earth (the one on Google Maps has too many cars), removed the cars, and knowing that each parking space is 8x15, I was able to create the boundries in PowerPoint. I then took a screen shot and posted it.
^^ I used to have to do those at work to show overnight vehicles because NOBODY COULD DRAW A FREAKING MAP.
09 Lexus RX350
.... no Miata
Pics.