honestly the county line events have been better...lol. i probably dont have room to talk but ill put my input anyway.
PBIR sucks.. they should have some kind of overhang or something for shade. There is NOTHING! Couldnt even enjoy the drifting because i was showering in sweat. And not to mention its out in the middle of no where. I think all those reasons added up to why barely anyone was out there spectating. I mean its FDC round 2! There should have been alot more people out there.
Another thing, it seemed so unorganized. Why did the guy on the mic have to keep callin everyone to the staging area? I mean was it what he had to do or was it because no one was ready. The little demo at homestead was better and i thought that event was kind of boring. But it was def more exciting than this event...!? The demo seemed more organized, it was cars after cars sliding, and stayed alot closer to eachother; yeah i know the speeds were alot faster today so maybe it was more dangerous or harder to stay closer together but still.
But anyways... To all the drivers, Good job! Keep practicing and i hope to be out there with you guys one day!
I know ima probably get flamed on this but w/e just my honest opinion, and just wished it would have been a little better.
First off, if you have never competed in tandem.... getting close is HARD. You have to have confidence in the lead driver to get close on entry or you are fighting to reel them in later. The long run up/high speed also made it REALLY hard since no pair of cars was similar powered. Closest was maybe Charlie and me? other than that it was a heavy difference in power, and during the run up, you would get space as you 'drag race' to the entry.
the DEMO tandem you WANT to let the other guy be close for fun, so you try to stay together on entry, not try to make space. Tandem competition, space usually will give you advantage or make the other person OVER DRIVE it to try to catch up and make a mistake. And you dont follow someone on a bad line in competition, as was said before.
The announcements was over and over because drivers were a little slow to get to the starting grid. BUT BUT BUT! There is normally more time between your run sets. People were getting tires mounted, fixing car issues, and trying to cool down on the BLACKTOP pit area, in the non stop sun (no clouds), with no wind. Drivers 100% of the time do their own work on the car at the track and maybe are lucky enough to have a helping hand. That is a lot of work by itself, and like others said, pros were in 3 layer fire suits.
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Good side of things was that some new drivers got a taste of what higher speed entry feels like. I see a lot of people on here talk about 4th gear this and that and how they want to go as fast as possible... then you go do this where 4th gear wasn't even needed and see how crazy it gets.
A Night event would be awesome, and harri has had them there before, so we will see.
Ter-Tech and all the STAFF and VOLUNTEERS did a GREAT job putting up with the conditions and the drivers.
Th worst part of the event to me, wasnt the heat, its the crappy view drivers get from the starting line! We couldnt see anyones runs, or the tandem battles. I love watching all that and I hope there is vids of everyone.
CONGRATS to the newly licensed drivers, Chris Jackson, Sean McQueen and Sean Casey.... Seans represent?
Sad face of the day award goes to Matt Dahm
I didnt even know he crashed and sorry to hear that.
Thumbs Up to Raffi for not dying. Scared the hell out of us bro, glad you cooled off and felt better.
Good job to all drivers!
