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Originally Posted by dknv
Good point, I don't want to see this happen. (I hope it hasn't already happened.)
Re: course design, I also remember events where they have told us in the drivers meeting that we couldn't go 10/10ths in certain places. Seems like not long ago we had some element fairly close to the southeast corner, where there was also loose gravel, and were told to shut it down before we got there (else risk running past the yellow line).
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I don't remember hearing that at a driver's meeting since I've started running at Reno (2003). But I have a crap memory for details like that... I can't even remember who won this year's Daytona 500 for example.
I do remember however from my Safety Steward training that I'm responsible for bringing up issues like that turn with the event chairs before the event starts to make sure it's not an issue. And I remember from the course design literature we share with our course designers that you should always attempt to limit speeds by slowing the cars *before* the long straights, rather than adding a maneuver in the middle or by creating difficult/dramatic braking zones at the end of them.
Had the SSS's been paying attention during the walk-thru, that kink would have never been an issue.