2014 Summer Series Formula Schedule

[Rossfeld]

Originally Posted by Gerardo

Viz,

I've raced Skip Barber cars there, as well as tested IMSA Lites. It's a fun, flowing track. Technical in spots, fast in spots, and one of the safest tracks you'll drive, with lots of grassy runoff and only a couple turns with something close to the track edge to hit (Turn 9 and 10). Lots of places to practice entry speed. Looking far ahead really helps.

Here are a couple of useful in-car videos of Putnam Park. There are several chicanes SBRS might use, but I'd say the odds are they'll not use them.

I believe I drove the longest ever lap of Putnam Park in the May 2002 very, very wet Sunday. I'd waited for those conditions to start pushing the entry speed and went off on the way in to 8. Having seen in previous races how badly bogged down people were in the lake on the outside, I kept my foot in it and marched up the hill. Encouraged by some aircraft-handler style hand gestures from the instructors, I rejoined at turn 4 and repeated the back half of the course.

[Gerardo]

Originally Posted by Rossfeld

I believe I drove the longest ever lap of Putnam Park in the May 2002 very, very wet Sunday. I'd waited for those conditions to start pushing the entry speed and went off on the way in to 8. Having seen in previous races how badly bogged down people were in the lake on the outside, I kept my foot in it and marched up the hill. Encouraged by some aircraft-handler style hand gestures from the instructors, I rejoined at turn 4 and repeated the back half of the course.

Rossfeld,
I think I was working at Putnam for Skip at that same weekend! I can remember rooster tails coming from both rear tires of a car in that lake outside Turn 8. Maybe it was you?! The water must have been 25 to 30 feet tall! From the control tower, it was a sight to see.

Sometime during that era, I was instructing Computer Car at Sebring when everything came to a standstill during a massive storm. I asked Nick Nick if I could do a lap in the Computer Car to see how it looked. He chuckled and said, "Sure!" Out I went. The rain and flooding was so bad, the best I could do was a single out-and-in lap in just over five minutes! I'll never forget how soaked I was, and how hitting the puddles caused temporary blindness.

[tom goodhart]

Sorry I'm late to this thread, but I'm sure I'm not the only one that noticed no mention of a Mazda MX5 series???? Perhaps if its just formula cars they can get more/bigger groups?
Also too bad there's no WG or VIR, both are my favorites.

I can't complain though, until I have some money to race, my vote doesn't matter. Hoping to do a full season next year.

Tom

[GEORGE]

Ahh Watkins Glen
Drove there in 1971 to see the F1 race and parked wAAAAAAAAY away from the Bog. Went every years until they took the GP away. Saw The 5 star weekend with The 6 hour, formula 5000, Trans Am cars. Sweet

Had my 3 day class there.(tears in my eyes too) Had Pete Argetsinger as my instructor and got a personal tour of the old circuit from him. Also went to 2 advanced classes there and innumerable lapping sessions. Raced there every year after they convinced me to race.
And, by the way, I was the last car following the BIG incident into turn 11 and was lucky enough to be "that" much slower then the group that scattered debris everywhere.
Also followed Paul Subject into turn 11 and he handed me a podium by running out of room on exit.

I have also raced many times these past 2 years at the Glen with the Caterham and Loved every minute. Although even this is becoming an issue for the SCCA groups. There are so many groups that will spend the big bucks to lap there (Hello Porsche and Ferrari owners groups) that this year the Glen region SCCA group has only one regional race there (down from 3 last year)

We will see what happens in the future. Nothing is carved in stone. As we all know.