I just got back from Road Atlanta where we ran the new bike course (first track company to do so), a couple of observations.
1. The walls are still way too close!
2. The chicane after turn 3 sucks a$$, it's not a knee down corner and is incredibly slow and tight with a large pothole on the inside of the turn to discourage corner cutters (and bottom out front forks).
3. The new turn 12 is horrendous, it's still a leap of faith to go balls out under the Suzuki bridge with your front wheel in the air and a 5 story drop on the other side, but that's where the fun ends. The new turn is a 2nd gear, slow, narrow right turn with (now get this) a huge dip right at the apex of the corner. Anyone trail braking into that turn will lowside there for sure. Because the approach is so steep the forks are nearly compressed to maximum already and this huge bump mid turn will finish off what ever compression you have left.
All this is all the more amazing considering that it is brand new asphalt!!
Mladin will hate it.
(oh and btw, it added 8 seconds on average to my lap times ???)
i'm not sure there's much about next year that he's gonna like.
Quote from: gm2 on June 24, 2008, 10:27:44 AM
i'm not sure there's much about next year that he's gonna like.
He'll run it this year, I can't wait to see what the AMA boys think.
What are you saying? That they took at track that was already emasculated and screwed it up even moreso? Sadness upon sadness. :(
Quote from: tufty on June 24, 2008, 10:29:59 AM
He'll run it this year, I can't wait to see what the AMA boys think.
...especially if it rains!
Yep, just looked that the pretty pictures on the RA site. Fears confirmed. [puke]