[Ducati] Laguna Corkscrew

[Don Hill]

Exactly!!
Don

Subject: Re: [Ducati] Laguna Corkscrew


> you guys are mad!  you want to sit on a metal bench during the whole
> race at laguna?  it's one of the last pure racetracks on the gp
> calendar, where the fan can actually walk around and check out
> whatever they want to see and actually view the race from multiple
> vantage points.  i sat on the front side of the hill for a while, then
> hopped over the top to watch the last few laps at the corkscrew.
> watched the cooldown lap from outside turn 9.  loved it.
>
> why bother going to sit on a bench and watch a big screen?  stay at
> home and let us crazy maniacs have the dustbowl.
>
> On 7/27/07, Ken Mannina <kmannina at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> If they're going to put 50,000 people on the hill, I'd rather be situated 
>> in
>> an orderly fashion than a free-for-all CF of a dust bowl (like the
>> Corkscrew).  I sit on those steps in turn 2 at Sears Point every year at 
>> the
>> AMA date and it works great.  SCRAMP needs to wake up and take note.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ducati-bounces at ducati.net [mailto:ducati-bounces at ducati.net] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Don Hill
>> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 11:09 PM
>> To: Ducati Owners Group
>> Subject: Re: [Ducati] Laguna Corkscrew
>>
>> That "nicely carved out seating"is a hot and miserable place compared to 
>> the
>>
>> shaded hillside that used to be there ... And the speakers are pretty 
>> much
>> inaudible unless you're sitting in just the right seat due to their piss
>> poor setup.
>> Don
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Ducati] Laguna Corkscrew
>>
>>
>> >I believe it's becuase there's no formal seating up there.  Just as 
>> >there
>> >is no formal seating on the entire hill that encompasses turns 5, 6, 7, 
>> >and
>>
>> >8.   It would appear that those paying for grandstand seats get the
>> >Jumbotron.
>> >
>> >  If you've been to Sears Point (I don't like to call it Infineon), you
>> > will note that at that track they have nicely carved out seating in
>> > graduated steps that are about 30" tall throughout most of the hills
>> > surrouding the track.  I know, this is due to the NASCAR event, but 
>> > SCRAMP
>>
>> > could take a lesson from Sears Point by doing the same throughout the 
>> > hill
>>
>> > portion of Laguna Seca.  Might help stabilize the 500,000 people that 
>> > they
>>
>> > are painfully cramming in for MotoGP.
>> >
>> >  BTW, I watched qualifying on Saturday from up at the corkscrew and the
>> > race from the front row of the grandstands on turn 4---Superb.
>> >
>> >  Ken
>> >
>> > Don Scott Macdonald <don at donsart.com> wrote:
>> >  Guys,
>> > Any idea why they haven't put a jumbotron/monitor up at the Corkscrew?
>> > Seem's like I remember one there a few years ago.
>> >
>> > Don M.
>> >
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