The quiet before the storm Options

[Demick]

Things have been pretty quiet in the planning forum the last week. I take that as a good sign. All things are in motion and don't need much group discussion. Rob and I have been very busy with autocross planning and are coming together nicely.

2 weeks and counting......

Demick

[carreraguy]

Keith, a few questions re: Laguna Seca for which you may already have the answers but I thought I would raise them:

- I assume we will have to stage the cars somewhere at Laguna before getting permission to enter the track. Where are we staging? The lot near the entrance close to turn 5? We could line up like we did for the SCCA parade laps a few weeks ago. This will take some thought on how to do it safely/efficiently.
- Who/what will be the pace car?
- Unless someone has a better idea I propose turn 3 for the group shot at Laguna with the tire bridge in the background and the cars facing away from the tire bridge; i.e. facing the "wrong way" on the track (similar to John Peterson's photo attached).
- If we plan on using turn 3 for the group shot, I assume we will do a few laps, do a u-turn somehwere or turn off the track and return in the opposite direction to turn 3. Some thought should be put into how this will be safely/efficiently done since time will be at a premium. Maybe turn off the track at turn 5, u-turn in the parking area and drive back on track using the same exit point but in the opposite course direction, drive thru turn 4 to turn 3 to stage for the photo? I'm guessing we will most likely need to do 5-6 rows of cars, 10-12 cars per row with some cars off the track on each side.

Other stuff: I was investigating a photo op at the Pruneyard garage rooftop but have not heard back from the garage owners. Considering that fact, plus considering it will be very hard to set a time that would accomodate assembling 60+ cars for the shoot, I recommend we skip the proposed Pruneyard shoot.

I still intend to have a support car for the Monterey Run which will carry a ladder for elevated shots.