PapaJohn55 wrote:+1000 to the flagging and safety crews! Sunday was excellent; !
Hmmm.
On the plus side:
I didn't see any flaggers asleep or reading a book. Yeah!
They kept the wear-and-tear on the yellow flag down by not using it in blind spin / stopped traffic situations.
They stayed well hydrated and relieved by using on-track EMS under yellow, rather than driving on/off using available access roads.
They reduced leg cramps by sitting, yellow flag-not-in-hand.
They enjoyed looking the same direction as each other for camaraderie.
The beautiful lines of cones closing the cut-offs worked great at keeping the emergency crews from using them to quickly get to and from the incident. Even when fire is involved.
They were generous to use the track time to blow off the speedidry rather than let the racers blow it off.
They kept Jay happy because he loves listening to stories from drivers and spotters.
Yes, it was a hot day with Hyperfest competition. But it was, IMO, a poor performance, at least at several of the key stations.
Huge +1 to Jay and staff for a fantastic event. I believe Jay took every available step possible to improve things. I'm sure they can work out the flagging problem for next year.
Everything else was great. The people were fantastic. The driving was more skillful and considerate. The facility was fantastic. The track was very appropriate for Lemons (lots of walls, but still quite slow, plus long enough to hold lots of cars, and quite interesting and challenging to drive). Fun cars. Good themes. What's not to like?
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