Re: Celebrity Pro Drivers

[David Lee Mericle <ok3wire@domain.elided>]

I agree with your analysis of Laguna turn two.  My experience has been a 750F with
modified suspension and Blue Streaks which seems more comfortable with a single,
late apex.  And a Lotus 61E F/F with a better power to weight ratio that can do
either a single or double apex depending on the traffic.

I haven't seen the Speedvision tape of the Moss incident but if it is as you see it
then we may not see him there again.

Regards,

Dave Mericle the Elder
Leucadia, CA  BEACH-N-RIDES.



Alan Lambert wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, David Lee Mericle wrote:
>
> >  Turn two at Laguna to me is one of the most challenging
> > turns on California race courses.  Sears Point has the most number and
> > Willow Springs has the most potentially dangerous.  Laguna two to me is
> > slick, "seems" off-camber and I can't figure out if it a dual apex turn
> > (like the old turn six at Riverside) or a complex single apex turn.  The
> > Moss incident could have been a combination of factors - poor car, bad
> > track, pilot error.  But if Moss ran into an Alfa driver I am peeved.
> >
>
> I have run Laguna with NASA and AROSC in a '74 Spider. I have also run it
> in a Skip Barber formula Dodge.
>
> The Barber instructors had us dual apex turn 2, and it felt fine. When I
> tried it with the Spider, however, it didn't work, and a single apex did.
>
> So, I guess one would take that turn ( at least the first time) using the
> technique best suited to whatever one was used to driving.
>
> > Anyone out there with another insight.
> >
> > Dave Mericle the Elder
> > Leucadia, CA  BEACH-N-RIDES
> >
> >
> >
>
> ================================================================================
> Regards,
> Alan G. Lambert___________________________________<gerard@domain.elided>
>            *******Los Altos, California (office)*******

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