We use a 420 foot slalom with cones 70 feet apart..
FAST is anythign 50mph or faster.. for a long time the record was 5.70 seconds.. that's been beaten (one 200+ treadwear tires) and is now 5.46 mph which I think is about 54 mph.
Doing it is HARD.. lots of people think they can slalom test, few can.. Nick Licata is our go to guy for this.. I think the rule is every inch closer to the cones knocks off a 10th.. which is a TON.
The key is to enter at your estimated speed and hold that speed through the course, accelerating out the end.. if you try to drive it like an autocross it will end in tears and mangled cones.
Car and Driver use a long deal (100 feet between cones instead of 70 like us).. this is because they test more modern cars and we test everything from stock Camaros to 32 Fords to PT cars and we want the keep the speed a bit slower.
So there's your long answer to your short question
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