Bill with all due respect to your observations. This is the SCCA Solo National Championships that you are ultimately referring to. I suspect participation in the Solo National Championship is prestigious enough to draw a crowd, even if the surface was pig slop. Regardless of the surface the competition potential is the same for everyone competing on the surface; competition is all about learning about the playing field and getting it to work to your advantage. The Solo Championships are moving 2 miles from Forbes Field to Heartland Park.
The Runoff's are moving 780 miles from Mid-Ohio to Heartland Park and to date there are about 480 cars entered (only 6 in F500 I might add). Competition is all about adapting to change and he who adapts best, quickest is generally the victor. While the competition surface may be different between Forbes Field and Heartland Park, the competition will remain a competition and to my mind the competition is what it is all about...win, lose or DNF. Chuck McAbee SEDIV #16 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jan Schmidt Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 11:12 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [F500] HPT Surface Grip - Response Almost sorry I even brought the subject up in the first place. However, now that I am in deep, let me say this. I bet that Solo Nationals participation will be down this year, and after people see how disappointing the surface is, participation will really be down in 2007. I would hope that a drop would not occur either year,but I am just making a prediction. Bill Schmidt 88 Red Devil Kawi >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/14/06 8:10 PM >>> Here is Howard Duncan's response to the previous concerns about the asphalt grip at HPT: Jim, Several brief comments to Chuck's emails and those of the F Mod driver: 1. Everyone should read Roger Johnson's letter regarding the use of the site relative to course size (_http://www.scca.org/garage/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3668&PN=1_ (http://www.scca.org/garage/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3668&PN=1) ). 2. The site layout used this past weekend is not representative of what will be used at Nationals due to a big National race happening at the same time. Specifically, this past weekend the entire event (course, grid, paddock) was located on the pad. Again, see Roger's letter. 3. The same track consultant as AMP was not used at HPT, nor the same construction folks. The asphalt is of the same grade as that used on the track, but with some minor changes to accommodate the laying of such a vast quantity relative to a road way (track). It is NOT the same grade as that used in other newly paved areas of HPT, such as access roads. By the way, the track has excellent grip and is getting better with every race. 4. I made four demonstration runs (staff passengers) on Sunday near mid day using my wife's CS Miata on some very old and undersized Kumhos. I found the grip to be similar to other good asphalt lots if you were anywhere close to on line. If you went wide it got a bit slippery, just as it always has at Forbes, but nothing extraordinary. 5. If someone's primary motivation to come to Nationals is to simply run on a super grippy surface, as opposed to the 3 C's (competition, camaraderie, community), they may very well be disappointed as this is asphalt, not concrete. 6. HPT is fully aware of some of the wear issues that cropped up during the event and they are addressing those issues. Relative to what we have endured on the old concrete, these are very minor issues. Therefore, perspective should be maintained. If I have missed anything, let me know. H. Howard Duncan _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** ----------------------------------------- This email transmission and any accompanying attachments may contain CSX privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the intended addressee. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or action taken in reliance on the contents of this email by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please immediately delete it and notify sender at the above CSX email address. Sender and CSX accept no liability for any damage caused directly or indirectly by receipt of this email. _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
