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I just read Nigel’s article on the Autocross school in the eBombe, very entertaining read! Well done Nigel!
Technically, I agree with him that the cones should be in the box, which makes it fair for everyone to get the same exact course. A few moved cones could make a difference in tight competition. But, I also don’t see him bitching about cones out of the box to his ADVANTAGE either. He may just be super OCD about the course being the same all the time, and I get it, to a certain degree.
If the cones were that noticeably outside the box, he should have just gotten a re-run. I’ve seen people in our events stop for a few inches outside the box (which are hard to catch going at speed BTW) so it’s really no big deal. But if a person like that constantly stops for a re-run for cones BARELY out of the box, then I would have a talk with him and his OCD issue. At that point he’s just delaying the whole day and eating into everyone else’s time.
I also agree with the comments. It is just a volunteer, not-so-serious event for 50 bucks, where people fixing downed cones may be doing so for the first time ever, so I wouldn’t get so aggravated about such small differences. If it were a national competition perhaps, but I’d think those events would have more experienced cone workers.
What’s amazing about the data from Ryan’s car is that you can see Gary actually has super smooth arcing lines, but Ryan and Reid’s faster times are due to tighter lines at the first sharp right on the left, followed by a flatter (less steering) line through the chicago box, then a tighter line in the big upper right sweeper (flatter at the top), and ultimately a tighter line at the hairpin (not as wide on the entry) leading to a faster finish. Similar but smaller differences in Ryan to Reid’s comparison, but more aggressive throttling and braking by Ryan. Very cool stuff Ryan!
The “lane change” section is NOT optional in direction. Think of it as if you were on a two lane road and you kept changing lanes to get around those Toyota drivers.
