CCS @ Las Vegas

[SlowDragon]

They were doing some work in the the area of the fast sweeper (the old turn 6 as we ran it last year). I can't recall exactly where that was going as it was all coned off when I was there in November and we didn't use it, except that we ran over some of the new pavement exiting that turn when running counter clockwise. It was laid using the same ripple effect that they used in the new turn 1 (clockwise).

Exiting the sweeper counter clockwise probably has the same amount of run off to the fence as running it the other way. The only difference is the angle that you exit on to the back straight does not seems as severe as exiting it in the clockwise direction. Running clockwise you get in to that turn pretty fast after the long back straight and run way out on the exit. Running counter clockwise you haven't built up quite the same amount of speed from the previous double-apex corner - but arrving at the next corner becomes a lot of fun!

Freddie Spencer's school runs it in both directions and I'm sure they can give you some good feedback on how it looks today.

[racerxgirl]

Im looking forward to riding and racing at Vegas...however, im a bit frazzled with having races on Friday..I thought CCS was going to have "All" the races on saturday and sunday, or is it because of the Twin Sprints? What happened to practice and only being a trackday?  >:( Am I missing something here? It also would be nice to find out which direction the track will run before friday, ya think??

[Rawrider]

I think its because of the Twin Sprints Weekend. USGPRU + Sidecar racing will also be participating that weekend. So my guess is that there's too many races and not enough time to run them all on Sat & Sun.

[Team_nuclear123]

Dave, It was you I was thinking about when I said runoff.

That was a crash that I would never want to see again...

How r u healing up? Gonna make Vegas?

As long as the track has decent run off in both directions, hell, lets run one day each way... Its just a track, it goes left and right...

With the sidecars out there we really need to pay attention to runoff as to avoid the oil slicks....  ;D

[CCSRACER123CCS]

Well, a track oesn't matter which way it is ran, just corners like Will said. If the fast right hander is the same, I definately want to run it the same way we did last year because that thing is soooo much fun!

[Decreasing_Dave]

Dave, It was you I was thinking about when I said runoff.

That was a crash that I would never want to see again...

How r u healing up? Gonna make Vegas?

Nope...Got a newborn and just can't make the drive yet.  I'm healing OK, I just realized that my mental game isn't where it should be.  As a matter of fact, I don't think it ever was.  Life has been a great distraction to my racing and I'm just now figuring that out.

Will, if you have any tips for staying focused I'll take anything you can give.  That's my main obstacle right now.  I will see you at Firebird if your going.

Later,
Dave

[Team_nuclear123]

Staying focused....

With a newborn at home? Yeah right..... Mines 28months and I still have her taking up a large part of my concentration every min until we hit the track gates. Then a switch clicks and  its race time. When the day is done and everything is finished, Its back to being a dad...

To build up your concentration levels... I would say play station and riding xr100 type bikes... 50 or 100 lap races...

Dave, ya know what would really make a difference... Rich Oliver Mystery School... No kidding... T-show did it and it did wonders for his understanding of concentration and endurance, not to mention making him realize he was training like a panzie!

I think we might show up at Firebird to take a shot at Ledesma's track record for a few laps... ;) But it isnt up to me... lol

[digitalRoost]

I know someone already asked this, but I didn't see an answer...

Does anyone know if there's camping at this track? If so, do they lock the gates at 10 like Willow did? Who wants to be in Vegas and locked up by 10?!?!

[Team_nuclear123]

As I remember last year, there was NO camping, and they kicked us out at like 7pm. The gates are locked, and they didnt open them til 7ish....

Kinda nutso, but they ARE right by an air force base! lol

[SlowDragon]

Will, you remember correctly. I arrived the night before and the security guy was getting pretty pissy that 'so many' people were turning up, which was a grand total of five campers if I remember correctly,  and they threatened to lock the outer gates to the track.

They did allow us to park outside the gate but you had to be on the gravel away from the gate. Still, it made for a great RV drag race in the morning between Leonard and Kane Lasky.

Circus Circus has an RV park for something like $ 25 a night with full hookups.

[digitalRoost]

I talked to Leonard and he said the following nights you were able to camp there. Does anyone remember if they locked the track so you could not leave/enter after a certain time?

[rick]

I've run it both ways and either way is a awesome! One of the cool things about running it "backward" (compared to CCS last year) is that many of the turns then have decreasing radius'. Run off seems to be about the same either way. I'll take either direction any day of the week.

Officially there was no camping last year but CCS mumbled something about maybe trying to change that this year. No one bothered me about camping there though. The only bad thing is that there are no facilities there - just the one bathroom and if they lock that up then you've got nothing except whatever you brung wit' ya. :)