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Originally Posted by Zeke
You didn't listen. The group I ran with (Jack Olsen's usual outing) is the same. Fortunately at big Willow there are 2 long straights for passing. Streets of Willow not so much. Usually just one.
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I've run Streets of Willow a number of times with the R Gruppe. We run the largest configuration, clockwise. The big downhill after the bowl and the front straight are the only two passing zones we use. If you didn't get it done on the front straight, it is a long, long ways to the downhill if you are stuck behind someone. Fortunately, as an R Gruppe only event, we are all driving about the same cars. I could not imagine being out there with GT3's and the like. That would be a bad day for them. Horribly frustrating, stuck behind me, unable to legally pass for 3/4 of a lap.
That's the real issue here. With open passing, anywhere around the track, it would be a non-issue. Most clubs do not allow that, however. I think that's the part a lot of guys are missing. The fast cars
cannot pass us until we are in a passing zone. And we can only let so many by when we do get to one.