Veloce Raptor

Wow, this thread took an interesting veer off into the woods....

RSRRacer

Not unlike what I would probably do at the top of the esses trying to back up my s__t about a 2:00 lap

LVDell

Woods that are so thick it is damn near impossible to get out

Veloce Raptor

LMAO....to boldly go where so many men have gone before!!!!!

forklift

Now you will get a face full of armco, or maybe land in a dining room:

http://www.virclub.com/vir/downloads...llas071907.pdf

Check out the others they have planned.....I think all of them would look better on the back straight.

Veloce Raptor

Whoa, what a dumb idea.

RSRRacer

Oh. My. God.

Oh well if it helps keep VIR on solid ground more power to them.

forklift

You can see the new armco and the condos going up on the video. I agree that they should maximize income/profits, but not at the cost of safety. They could have put them on the whole way down the back straight and the buyers/renters would still have a great show in front of them.

I was actually hoping that they would someday move the inside wall of South Bend back further, but it looks like there will be less run off room there. That corner eats the most cars from what I have seen.

Veloce Raptor

Yup, people get 2 wheels off track right out of South Bend then try the Hero Save and SHAZAMMMMMMM...BAMMMMMMMM.

LVDell

How's this for the ever shrinking run-off?

Greg Fishman

I hate to see that....

LVDell

Funny thing is that in all the events I have been there I have never seen anybody go off on the "condo" side of the esses. It's usually the armco on the right side and then again after southbend on the left. I think that is where the trouble is going to be if they eat up anymore real estate there. As was mentioned, there is too many cowboys that think they can save it when they drop 2 off on track out at southbend and instead of just taking the landscape route of forever run-off they snap correct back across the track and crunch the wall usually taking out a few braking markers as well. All I can say is those in the condos there are going to have a bird's eye view of some serious DE carnage.

Sean F

now just add some guys in lawn chairs inside the armco drinking beer a la Euro rally circuit

Veloce Raptor

Ugh. that is exactly what I was thinking, Sean.

BC

Those people moving in better be signing "non complaint" clauses so in 5 years they don't start complaining about the noise. Don't laugh - think about it.