Lee (and Steve),
Thanks for starting this thread. I know a great deal about the track and facilities construction but this is far better dealt by you guys who are on SW Div SCCA BOD. Couple thoughts/questions.
1. Consider confirming damage costs for Tec-pro barriers as separate from Armco. In general it's going to be hard for SM to get to the Tec-pro barriers (which are really expensive) but at turn 19 exit I could see those of us with fire in the eyes getting to the Armco (which is cheaper and more damage resistant).
2. Please identify how the track is going to book the test day. To my knowledge this will be the first open booking day that COTA has arranged and so be nice to know how its going to work. Also I expect that non SCCA racers will try to book track time so it would be great to ask COTA to implement a policy that reserves the test day for those of us actually racing that weekend.
3. If regular SW Div SCCA racers (who have in part provided the funding for the up front track rental) are not able to race because they get immediately squeezed out by a flood of national registrations, there are going to be some very strong and long lasting feelings. I respect that there may be challenges to prioritizing locals registration (and by any measure its an unusual situation to be talking about more than 85 cars in SM), but I encourage the LSR BOD to consider the issue carefully.
4. I suggest asking COTA about the observation tower. They might consider opening it for the Saturday only if they don't want to staff it the whole weekend.
5. Will COTA have installed a temp pit wall in pit lane so that there is separation between hot pits and cold pits or must all cars in garages exit on paddock side?
6. This is a low priority, but the start position at COTA does does not have a flagger position (ie. flag bridge) as F1 and Moto GP use lights. The finish position where there is a flagger stand (where Charlie Whiting stands) is actually shortly after turn 19. Will we have one or two flag positions?
7. There is no way we are going to fit into the main paddock only. Not nearly enough room. With that said, there are few markings in either paddock (other than tradional parking in main paddock) and I expect we will have at least 350 cars at this race (probably 400). Will it be a free for all or will there be some parking direction? (Obviously I am hinting that there be a plan...)
8. Will COTA allow Internet access in the garages?
9. COTA has great security - but please sort out how people can get in and out - or what the limits are on time (you might have addressed this in your post Lee)
10. Consider arranging a track walk after test day and possibly after Friday? I suspect this will be welcomed by all. Except those like Kimi who don't need one
. Drago and Berry who will have had advance track time can give us all thier secrets....
11. Confirm that all parts of the track viewing are accessible to the SCCA. I assume that the paddock building and grandstand will be closed but it would be good to confirm this.
12. I will PM you with some more detailed issues/suggestions.
Cnj
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