I'm contemplating a new job and a move to the east coast for a couple of years and was doing some research on the tracks I might run at and found the following tow times from Jacksonville, NC:
VIR 3.5
Charlotte 4
Roebling Road 5.5
Summit Point 6
Road Atlanta 7
Barbour 9
Beaver Run 9.5
Watkins Glen 10
Mid-Ohio 10.5
Lime Rock 11.5
Indy 12
top 10, average tow time 7.65 hrs, although I can imagine only having the opportunity to run the top 5, which has a 5.2 hr average
I also remember from my CENDIV and CART days how much guardrail there is at east coast tracks.
By comparison, from home plate at Ridgecrest, CA I have:
Willow Springs 1
Fontucky 2
Buttonwillow 2.5
Las Vegas 4
Pahrump 4
Chuckwalla 5
Laguna Seca 5
Firebird 8
Sears Point 10
Thunderhill 10
top 10 average tow time 5.1 hrs, but I really only run the top 6, 3 hr average.
It's usually hot, but it's a dry heat, and without grass to slide on there's hardly any guardrail needed. I think in 14 years of running west coast tracks I've only seen 4 cars find their way to a fixed barrier, and two of those were just due to stupidity.
I guess in the long run my average tow in the future will look like my longest tow now. Hope I get the job though, would love the chance to run some east coast tracks without making some kind of epic summer retirement tour.
VIR 3.5
Charlotte 4
Roebling Road 5.5
Summit Point 6
Road Atlanta 7
Barbour 9
Beaver Run 9.5
Watkins Glen 10
Mid-Ohio 10.5
Lime Rock 11.5
Indy 12
top 10, average tow time 7.65 hrs, although I can imagine only having the opportunity to run the top 5, which has a 5.2 hr average
I also remember from my CENDIV and CART days how much guardrail there is at east coast tracks.
By comparison, from home plate at Ridgecrest, CA I have:
Willow Springs 1
Fontucky 2
Buttonwillow 2.5
Las Vegas 4
Pahrump 4
Chuckwalla 5
Laguna Seca 5
Firebird 8
Sears Point 10
Thunderhill 10
top 10 average tow time 5.1 hrs, but I really only run the top 6, 3 hr average.
It's usually hot, but it's a dry heat, and without grass to slide on there's hardly any guardrail needed. I think in 14 years of running west coast tracks I've only seen 4 cars find their way to a fixed barrier, and two of those were just due to stupidity.
I guess in the long run my average tow in the future will look like my longest tow now. Hope I get the job though, would love the chance to run some east coast tracks without making some kind of epic summer retirement tour.
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