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I keep seeing this and thinking of going up the corkscrew and then the downhill and right under the bridge after that would be pretty scary. The rest not so bad.
Road America as Enzo said would be a bit hairy going into the new 1. Holy Crap getting that run going downhill into it would be insane (did it partially with Skippy once). Also the kink wouldn't be so bad since you'd be able to run out into 'the bend' however the carousel would be pretty interesting coming into it at such a high speed.
I too have played FM2 and run Road Atlanta backwards and that is a pretty fun setup.
Wow the more I think about it there are a lot of places that could be pretty fun to run backwards.
Road America as Enzo said would be a bit hairy going into the new 1. Holy Crap getting that run going downhill into it would be insane (did it partially with Skippy once). Also the kink wouldn't be so bad since you'd be able to run out into 'the bend' however the carousel would be pretty interesting coming into it at such a high speed.
I too have played FM2 and run Road Atlanta backwards and that is a pretty fun setup.
Wow the more I think about it there are a lot of places that could be pretty fun to run backwards.
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It would be "fun" to go down hill through the esses at Watkins Glen... Coming down hill for the toe of the boot would be a challenge, too -- clearly there wouldn't be enough runoff...
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I never found Buttonwillow to be bad counterclockwise.
And if you go back far enough, the original road course for PIR (Phoenix) had you going clockwise from S/F through the banked T4 and T3, then exiting the the oval track for a mile or so of road course in the desert and coming back inside to what the infield twisties are now? Just what was relayed to me, as they had shut that all down just before I moved there for college in '83.
And if you go back far enough, the original road course for PIR (Phoenix) had you going clockwise from S/F through the banked T4 and T3, then exiting the the oval track for a mile or so of road course in the desert and coming back inside to what the infield twisties are now? Just what was relayed to me, as they had shut that all down just before I moved there for college in '83.
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Barber backwards....i don't think it'd feel all that different?
Road atlanta - definitely would be cool to drive backwards.
no one's answered my question though - can/has roebling been run backwards?
Road atlanta - definitely would be cool to drive backwards.
no one's answered my question though - can/has roebling been run backwards?
#23
Here is an old vid of of thill backwards in my long sold lotus elise motorsport.
The esses are much faster than expected. 7 becomes a real corner. 5 is ridiculous.
turn 1 can be very fast.
http://acweber.com/lem/EliseTH-CW.WMV
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The esses are much faster than expected. 7 becomes a real corner. 5 is ridiculous.
turn 1 can be very fast.
http://acweber.com/lem/EliseTH-CW.WMV
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I never found Buttonwillow to be bad counterclockwise.
And if you go back far enough, the original road course for PIR (Phoenix) had you going clockwise from S/F through the banked T4 and T3, then exiting the the oval track for a mile or so of road course in the desert and coming back inside to what the infield twisties are now? Just what was relayed to me, as they had shut that all down just before I moved there for college in '83.
And if you go back far enough, the original road course for PIR (Phoenix) had you going clockwise from S/F through the banked T4 and T3, then exiting the the oval track for a mile or so of road course in the desert and coming back inside to what the infield twisties are now? Just what was relayed to me, as they had shut that all down just before I moved there for college in '83.
I also suggested that NASA Az look at running the Currnet layout of PIR backwards. I think it could work, but the biggest issue is that all the corner worker stations are reversed. Nothing that could not be overcome, but I doubt PIR would be interested in lifting a finger. As it stands they get more demand for club use than they have dates for so why bother.
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RR backwards??? I have run RR 4 times and sitting here thinking about it, I don't think it would be bad to run backwards. A couple of trackouts would have no curbing and possibily a couple of flag stations would need to be changed. HMMM going into turn 9 backwards would become a gut check of a different kind, at least you wouldn't have to worry about the wall but the runoff room would be a lot less.
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Road Atlanta backwards? The new curbing is all sawtoothed and would be brutal to hit running CCW. I'm picturing coming under the bridge at a high rate of speed (like before there was 10A&B) and hoping the car lands soon enough for a full threshold into 10B. In a race sounds like a recipe for pandemonium. Let's try it!
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