True, spectators will see fewer laps on the long course but if they go to the 2nd median they can see racers go by twice per lap, and that could make for some interesting spectating in itself depending on breaks and race dynamics.
Fed Center had long(er?) laps like this, and the spectators got creative there too by going to places where the course passed the same location a few times per lap. Perhaps we can have the announcer let people know that they can see more from certain spots on the course.
But in the end, who to please? Spectators or racers? Hopefully we please the racers.
Merged with 1-2. Again, this was due to schedule constraints. We COULD have run it on the short course later in the day, but many felt that the 35+1-2s would rather race the long course with the 1-2s than they would want to race on the short course later in the day.
Again, apologies that we can't somehow do better with the schedule that we had to work with. Maybe jumping in with the 1-2 field on the long course will be a cool way to test the legs.
Time will tell if the long course is a hit with the racers. I'd bet you it will not be a hit with spectators. Lap times will be too long, taking what was an exciting race to watch into a snore-fest for the spectators.
Agreed we had problems with the mixing of the fields, but with the orginal course, that does not happen as much. Plus we would not have been racing through the turn around when another race was starting. I think yesterdays course is harder than the orginal. The fully closed course was nice. This course with a few tweeks would be great. Getting neutralized is a price we pay for race tactics that play out on the road. If we were going all out all the time.. there would be fewer crossing of the groups. If a race winner was up the road with a different group, then in is the motos responsibility to separate them, if the winner continue to use a different group, then he should be DQ'd.
It was a difficult decision to make and we hope we made the right one. We know there are a bunch of racers that love the fast and punchy short course. Thanks for coming out and racing anyway, we hope you'll like the long course and even be surprised by it. It's actually got a nice variation of tight/technical and wide open so it should provide opportunities to riders of all styles. Cheers!
Because the city put pressure on us to shorten the race day (due to Jazz In The Park) we are running 35+ 3s and SM3s at the same time but they will be scored separately for awards and BAT.
True, spectators will see fewer laps on the long course but if they go to the 2nd median they can see racers go by twice per lap, and that could make for some interesting spectating in itself depending on breaks and race dynamics.
Fed Center had long(er?) laps like this, and the spectators got creative there too by going to places where the course passed the same location a few times per lap. Perhaps we can have the announcer let people know that they can see more from certain spots on the course.
But in the end, who to please? Spectators or racers? Hopefully we please the racers.
Merged with 1-2. Again, this was due to schedule constraints. We COULD have run it on the short course later in the day, but many felt that the 35+1-2s would rather race the long course with the 1-2s than they would want to race on the short course later in the day.
Again, apologies that we can't somehow do better with the schedule that we had to work with. Maybe jumping in with the 1-2 field on the long course will be a cool way to test the legs.
Seniors.
And 35+ 1/2 ???
Time will tell if the long course is a hit with the racers. I'd bet you it will not be a hit with spectators. Lap times will be too long, taking what was an exciting race to watch into a snore-fest for the spectators.
Agreed we had problems with the mixing of the fields, but with the orginal course, that does not happen as much. Plus we would not have been racing through the turn around when another race was starting. I think yesterdays course is harder than the orginal. The fully closed course was nice. This course with a few tweeks would be great. Getting neutralized is a price we pay for race tactics that play out on the road. If we were going all out all the time.. there would be fewer crossing of the groups. If a race winner was up the road with a different group, then in is the motos responsibility to separate them, if the winner continue to use a different group, then he should be DQ'd.
Same start/finish and direction.
It was a difficult decision to make and we hope we made the right one. We know there are a bunch of racers that love the fast and punchy short course. Thanks for coming out and racing anyway, we hope you'll like the long course and even be surprised by it. It's actually got a nice variation of tight/technical and wide open so it should provide opportunities to riders of all styles. Cheers!
Because the city put pressure on us to shorten the race day (due to Jazz In The Park) we are running 35+ 3s and SM3s at the same time but they will be scored separately for awards and BAT.