[brucepick]

Originally Posted by ProDarwin

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1) Is the EPA combined rating the *new* EPA combined rating? I.E. if you choose a car that was built before the new ratings were implemented, are you classed using the original ratings or the converted new rating?

2) Are there going to be silly speed limits per corner as there appear to have been in the past? How strictly are these enforced?

3) I see the elevation map, but what approx % grade is the steepest hill? This may effect the gearing we would select and/or the cam timing we would use.

1) As someone posted earlier, it's the "new" EPA combined rating. You'd find that if you look up the car now on the EPA site.

2) Last year observers were posted at several inside locations. I suspect you'd get flagged if you went flying through the turns, especially if it appeared to be unsafe - like a bunch of slower vehicles there at the same time or other unsafe situation. The GGP's organizers have always put a big premium on safety. Read a bit of race history and you'll see that one nasty accident can shut down a competition for years, or for good. (This isn't NASCAR, you know.)

3) Google "Watkins Glen Track" or "Watkins Glen Track grade", etc. You'll find articles detailing the track pretty well. Yes, as noted in an earlier post, the GGP uses the shorter version of the track so the "boot" with its hairpin turn and steep grade are eliminated.