Clockwise at Palmer

[Jliotine]

Hi all,

Are there any plans for COM to run the clockwise direction at Palmer? I ran this configuration a few weeks ago with another club, and it was fantastic. Dare I say the track flows better in this direction!!

Best,

Jim

[TroyV]

I would say that it is a consideration for 2019.

[brucesallen]

august 2018 would be good

[DanDarcy]

October 20 & 21 or September 29 & 30 would be nice

[Jliotine]

I'd be up for a "PALMER-3"

[TroyV]

There are other considerations that need to be worked out, like how we can get 18 run groups to finish a COM TT on time. The CW config presents some interesting challenges that the CCW config addresses nicely.

[joncowen]

Hard right into the pits after Start/Finish

[TroyV]

Car behind you is still on the clock and has almost caught you. What then?

[joncowen]

We've all see the Fast and the Furious.

I don't have the wisdom of the organizers, but it seems to me to be a similar situation to any track where we can pull off just after start/finish. Palmer CCW, NHMS, WGI, etc.
Have the checkered flag guy hold a yellow flag ready to wave it if this happens.

[gcranston]

Car behind you is still on the clock and has almost caught you. What then?

Could we move the timing gear closer to turn 1 to give more space to slow down after crossing the line?

[dtlemoine]

Curious - how would folks feel about timing from CCW T2 ~apex? Not sure we're going to be able to convince Fred and Chris to move their jersey barriers to allow 90 deg entry into the pits from the front straight. Entering at CCW pit-in also creates challenges as we'd likely be sending cars from there, and it gets a little cozy at the beginning (CCW) or end (CW), particularly given the cars entering the pits would be pulling a U turn on a relatively narrow track.

[DanDarcy]

We could just run it like we did the first year it opened, one warm up lap, three hot laps and one cool down lap. It worked the first year we did Palmer. It also just worked at Mt. Tremblant, a slightly longer track than Palmer.

[TroyV]

The BOD will discuss it. Thanks for the input.