SUPERRCOURSE #3
"LET'S GET TECHNICAL |
SuperCourse #3 was a great race, with terrific racing and of course great weather. Thank you all for attending it. Sorry to see a few of you that did not make it all the way. Next time.
Below are a few comments after we've had the opportunity to review each IRC Tracking Unit (by race #). For the most part, everyone did very well. A couple did not but we could also tell that it was not because they wanted to "cheat" but because they failed to return where they left the actual course. There are a couple more penalties pending, and when the results become official in 10 days* we will have heard from those racers and we'll make a decision.
As we've explained in the past, some units may have a little more "drifting" than others. This is just a satellite matter. The way we can tell that a racer was not trying to cut the course is by viewing the areas that show some racers, racing a few feet from the marked course. In some cases that would be impossible and way too slow for a racer to use such lines..."drifting."
The comments are in no particular order but just how we downloaded each:
#10 - Nice run. Good
#215 - Sorry, broke. DNF
#208 - @2.4 good return to actual course. Quite a few missed this spoit, most of them did OK in the return, some did not!
#14 - Good!
#21 - WARNING do not round corners! @ mile 3. Possible 1 min. penalty. Look it over and contact us.
#103 - @2.4 lost course but returned OK!
#17 - WARNING! Do not round corners, follow the course. See race mile 4.3 approx.
#20 - Good run.
#214 Major rollover at race mile (RM) 2.3 - DNF
#27 - WRNING @ 4.5 - Stay on course--too wide - Poss. 1 lap penalty - @5,6 too wide again!
#217 - @ 2.4 and 4.0 Lost course but returned OK
#23 - Mistake @ 0.8 mi. & 0.9 -- Corrected OK
#206 - Lost course @ 2.4 - turned off course
#13 - Los and found & quit @ lap 3. Next time do not go backwards on course.
#11 - WARNING - You cannot practice before race -- Too many trails
#106 - Left course @rm2.4, did not return. Poss. 1 lap penalty
#15 - GOOD!
#12 - Too many practice runs. In the future you cannot practice once you have the IRC unit.
#105 - 2.4 left course but returned OK!
#25 - 2.4 Corrected to course
#205 - Where did you go? Lost in space? All over the desert.
#19 - @9.7 good return to course
#218 - OK
#22 - WARNING - You must return to course @ 2.4 - Poss. 1 lap penalty, 2nd save OK. DNF
#207 - @2.4 good recovery
#209 - WARNING! - You must return to point of exit - Poss. penalty 1 lap - 2nd save OK-DNF
#216 - @ 2.4 off course - good return 2X - Careful do not go too wide on turns!
#26 - @ 2.4 - You must return to point of exit from course. Poss. penalty 1 lap.
#18 - Off course at n1.6 over hill @ Butte Poss. penalty 2 min. Too many sections off course by a bit (25' to 60' ). Not good.
#28 - OK - Some drifting
#24 - @2.4 lost course but returned OK
As you can see, there were some racers who made a few more mistakes. All in all, it was a good performance by all. Those of you with possible penalties may want to contact us before results* become official.
Speaking of results: Some of you might know that we've had a major crash in our computer last week. We have a brand new one with all kinds of bells and whistles, but we do have a problem. Some of the language in our scoring program was not transferred and may not be compatible with our new Window 7 system. Enough excuses.
What we're trying to say is that while we have all the information from this weekend's event, we are unable to print it at this time or even post it. Not to worry.
Please be patient as you know we're working on the result and will be available as soon as we can. When the results are up, there will be a 10-day grace period in case there are any questions about our scoring. After that, they will become official.
In the meantime, here are the ".kmz" Google file.
Lou Peralta
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Lois Peralta
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