Shenan"doh"ah test result

[Super Dave]

I was at the Pomona 1994 AMA National Road Race event.  We boycotted it for most of the weekend.  A whole bridge had to be moved.

Joliet, Il...another AMA national.  Stopped.  

Seems obvious that the test is being made available.  Certainly better than some tests that are exclusive to some individuals...then you get there and wonder what those people were thinking.

Getting more dates at any race track is harder now.  More and more track day programs for bikes and cars, and only so many weekends.  Extra dates might be unavailable because organizations are scheduling waaaay in advance, or are even willing to pay an extra premium to get the cool dates.

[ahastings]

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Seems obvious that the test is being made available.  Certainly better than some tests that are exclusive to some individuals...then you get there and wonder what those people were thinking.

Getting more dates at any race track is harder now.  More and more track day programs for bikes and cars, and only so many weekends.  Extra dates might be unavailable because organizations are scheduling waaaay in advance, or are even willing to pay an extra premium to get the cool dates.

Yes CCS is having a test ,but it doesn't seem to be a test of whether or not to run the track, it is to see where to put all the foam bales in front of the many CONCRETE walls and how close to put the start line to turn one so we don't have too much speed going in since it is lined with a wall 25' from the track at its closest point. I was there. They are pushing to make this thing happen. As an example, we went out and tested last week and every single person thought the track was unsafe and we told Kevin that, especially one of the new chicanes, then the next day Tiffeney comes on this board and says "FYI--The guys who went out and rode today LOVED the track and its new changes.  The two chicanes are in now, so everything looks good." an outright lie.
I have raced at unsafe tracks too, I raced at Rockingham and Pocono in the late 80s, but with the speed and power of modern sportbikes this place is not good.  

[Zac]

All I'm saying is the track is either safe to race or it isn't.

No track is either "safe" or "not safe".  They are all somewher inbetween.  I would rank IOM towards the "not safe" side, but people still race there.  Laguna Seca is the only track in the US with FIM approval for MotoGP, implying that it is the "safest" of all the major tracks in the US, but riders still complained.

It sounds like Shenandohah is on the "not safe" side.  If a race is scheduled there, some people will race, some won't.  Some will but won't come back.  Some will pay good money to do one lap in each of their races for points.  In any case CCS will make a decision based on what the racers want, and that communication will be made by rider turnout.  If no one shows up each time there is a race there, sooner or later CCS will see they are losing money and stop scheduling the track.

-z.

[dsting]

Zac - I agree.  Good post.