Summit Main repave day 1

WOW! I didn't think this was going to really happen. I have mixed feelings about it though, I was very comfortable on the concrete and loved the bumps. It helped me gauge if I was running at pace in a particular section or not. By lap 3, if I could still feel my kidneys I was going to slow

 

I'm just curious - have you ever seen someone fast crash in turn 4?
I've seen several bikes get destroyed there hitting the wall WITH airfence and flipping up and over the wall.

I agree with the idea that if you don't think its safe then you shouldn't go out but it was a problem before and I think the new pavement will make it worse and it would be nice for them to at least attempt to address the issue.

I'm glad they're repaving the track but the faster speeds will cause some serious safety concerns.

 

+1 on that.

Amazing. People bitch about the track, now it's getting a makeover and........peeps are still bitching

 

That's the charm of Summit! :up:

Now they gotta work on that bathroom across from pit-out. What a debacle!

Only place I've seen people cleaning engine parts in the shower stall and others think it's a good idea and go back and get their parts

 

Just to clarify - I'm not bitching about the re-pave...I thought it should have been done a while ago...I'm just saying that "if" the new conditions allow for increased speeds, the run-off in some areas seemed too short with the old conditions so it would be nice for them to take that into consideration.

 

They should level the bathroom and put up portapots. At least the smell would be better.

 

Mongo has already touched on that. "you can't just move the wall" is pretty close to what he said the last time this came up.

I think paving the track is fantastic, but I am sure this will go 8 or so pages

 

+1

 

Anyone who complains about the bathrooms at Summit, from here on out, should be forced to wear a skirt (preferably pink with purple polka dots) over their leathers for an entire race season.

 

I would wear a pink & purple polka dot skirt if they make them look like VIR's bathrooms.

 

Yes, I have. Multiple times. Most of the time, they got up and walked away. As the prophet St. John the 29th once said, 'Airfence Rocks' :up:

 

Not true. It was moved back, but not as far as it can go. The problem is, that to move it any further requires excavation (more money).

 

I thought he had a permanent seat in Section 112 in Giants Stadium. You know, in the Jimmy Hoffa End Zone seating area....

 

T4 wall notwithstanding....

I'm stoked!
I would have bet the house that this wasn't going to happen for some reason or another.....

 

I hit the wall in T4...no Airfence tho

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Bike wasn't as lucky as I was.

 

MythBusters proved that he's not in Giants Stadium...

 

This is the WERA BBS. We don't cater to folks who bust myths 'round these here parts.

Folks here can't handle the truth.

 

Hey, for all I know he's in T4 at Summit. Maybe that's why they won't move that wall!

 

Those complaining about summits bathrooms obviously have NOT been to NELSON!

Stick a concrete box in the ground put a 12 inch tube straight into it, put a toilet seat on it, and build a box around it. A permanent porta john that never gets clean. That place makes summit seem like a 5 star hotels bathroom even on its bad day.

I too am going to miss the concrete patches .