I hate to say it but pea gravel would probably help a bunch in T1 there if there are no other options. Either way I am sure they owners will put a good effort into making it safer. Last weekend was a ... Read More
I hate to say it but pea gravel would probably help a bunch in T1 there if there are no other options. Either way I am sure they owners will put a good effort into making it safer. Last weekend was a good smoke test for them. Everything went pretty damn smooth there for their first try at a sizable event. Our group was asked multiple times throughout the weekend if we needed a ride or wanted them to haul our stuff to or from our truck by the owners. They called in more food vendors for Sunday after seeing the lines on Saturday. I cant say enough good about the place at this point. It is very refreshing to see compared to what we are use to seeing at most of the other tracks at this point.
This is an awesome summation of the weekend. The PIRC owners killed it, especially with it being the first event. It'll be much better when that timing tower is finished, which is a shame because it seemed as though everything else was pretty much done. Regardless, it was a great turnout, and not crazy like I originally thought coming in and out (one 2 lane road). Although minimal, I was most impressed with the calling of food trucks for Sunday because the lines were so long, and the vendor(s) ran out of food.... great decision on the owners part, even though the lines were still long lol. Everything was clean, the trash was collected so there wasn't any gross overflow; all in all, an awesome event and outcome.
If I had to say some improvements for conversation's sake, obviously a gravel trap would do wonders in T1, but also the seating needs to be improved. We are all pretty much confined to 2 hill sides, with only 1 big screen further down after T2 (but you can barely see T1 from there, if at all). I think if they were somehow able to put some seating in the infield to get different views of the track such as on the hillside above T1, or in between the track coming from T6-T7 (back straight to the start of the esses), and some on the downhill of the North Track, it would be even more top notch.
Overall, the MotoAmerica event was a HUGE success and the owners are doing a spectacular job with the facility. Keep it up. Read Less