<b> Breckenridge Update </b>
<B> Everyone who gets their entry fee to me before May 31 will recieve a limited edition Clint Eastwood High Peaks Drifter T-Shirt.</b><img src="
http://www.asphaltplayground.com/images/HPD-T.JPG" align=right>
I'm not printing shirts this year so this is your only chance to get this classic.
If you want to pay via paypal <a href="
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To pay by check send it to:
Gary Fluitt/HPD
119 Spruce Rd.
Golden, CO 80401
T-shirts will be distributed in Breck to everyone who has paid before 5/31.
<b> Tight Slalom Update</b>
The Town of Breck was cool enough to shut down our TS street for a couple hours last Friday so that we could put in our TS course ahead of time. This will allow me to sleep at night knowing we've got a good course set. Here it is.
<img src="
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The course starts out with some 5' 9" offsets. There is a bit of a drop in the hill after 10 cones or so, and we give you a breather with a few 8' offsets. Speed increases quickly.
<img src="
http://www.asphaltplayground.com/images/Breck_ts.jpg" align=right> Eventually the course ambles into a left hand hip of about 12 cones.
In the last third of the course we break once to the left, and slowly add offsets as you head for the finish.
<img src="
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Total course length is 64 cones. I think the average distance is about 6'. There are some 5'+ gates, a lot of 6' gates, some longer offsets. Oh heck, just look at the pictures....
Pavement is about 3.5 (of 5) stars. A little rough through the intersection, but otherwise pretty good. In setting the course I ran a Roe Bottle Rocket with a 17 1/2" inner hole to inner hole wheel base, and 85/80 Avalons and they felt sticky enough. I ran the course about 3 times. So now you know as much as I do about the TS.
The GS course will be un-identical courses on a 180 degree left hand curve.
I was thinking we would do a staggered start with the outside lane starting downhill of the inside lane, but after skating the hill a couple of times (sans cones) with Barker, we decided to work on matching lane times, rather trying to duplicate courses around the curve.
<img src="
http://www.asphaltplayground.com/images ... art_sm.jpg" align=left>This means you will start next to each other, and finish next to each other. We'll set the lanes so that they are within a half second of each other for timing.
<img src="
http://www.asphaltplayground.com/images ... .JPG">This also means the inside lane will be slightly more technical than the outside lane. Something for everybody.
SlalomCross will use some of the same gates as the Dual GS. But the curve will be sculpted for the common "pass through" gates.
that's all for now.
gary
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Gary Fluitt on 2003-05-27 17:50 ]</font>