| PTAddict |
10-20-2014 04:42 PM |
Great event. Weather was basically perfect, the corner stations were almost fully manned, the run groups were small enough to have plenty of room on the 5 mile course (at least mine was). The first day, some folks were pretty slow on the new section, even in our Green/Blue advanced group. But the pace picked up a lot the second day.
I really like the 5 mile course now. Compared to the Northwest tracks I'm used to, it has something for everyone. The old section is fast and mildly technical, but much more entertaining than, say, Portland International. The new section, as Gaetano says, is tighter, slower, and a lot more technical - like Oregon Raceway Park. The thing I like about the new section is, there really is no "school line" for much of it. I was chasing down a couple of Miatas early the second day, and then just sat back for a couple of laps watching their lines. The "momentum" line was clearly quite different than the "horsepower" line through a lot of the back section.
And I got to meet Greg, Charlie, Gaetano, and Run Sutton. Four members of the Lat-g All Star team :) I saw Charlie in the registration line, and said, "you must be Charlie Lillard". His response was, "That depends. Do I owe you money?" When I told him who I was, and what I was driving, he said (presumably tongue in cheek) "I hate Camaros". Which explains why he only has like 10 of them :)
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