Where to paddock for this weekends event?

[engled]

Course designers and Safety Stewards have the ball.

What would be the chances of getting SS there for course setup, not to actully set it up but to advise during so we don't spend an extra hour after it's been built? Or is that a no-no.

[g1teg]

OK, from the solo rulebook...

C. The course boundary shall not normally pass closer than 25 feet
from solid objects.(curbs are a solid object)

D. The Solo Safety Steward shall have the authority to disapprove a
course or site for karts only, when there are upright solid objects
(e.g. light poles, fence posts, etc.) on the site within 50 feet of the
actual course. This does not include curbs. While safety systems
for karts provide acceptable driver protection for most incidents,
upright solid objects present potential hazard for which kart
safety systems are not well suited. This rule gives the Solo Safety
Steward the option of excluding karts without having to declare
the site unsafe for everyone. It is up to the judgment of the Solo
Safety Steward whether the course design, surface, solid objects,
and type of karts running present an unsafe mix. In most cases,
the situation can be resolved by a course design change.(This rule in in regard to karts only, not to be interpreted as "curbs do not apply to the 25 ft. rule"

G. Except on permanent circuits such as go-kart tracks, the inner
and outer limits of turns and corners should be marked by
course markers, displacement of which results in time penalties.
Corner limits must never be marked by curbs, buildings, poles,
trees, soft shoulders or other hazards likely to cause damage to a
car, or likely to cause a car to overturn. (When we run the crossover, even though we have cones there, we are very close to "defining the course limits by curbs"

B. The course shall be at least 15 feet wide, and single-file slalom
markers shall be at least 45 feet apart. Any series of course
markers which are generally in a line and have the effect of a
slalom are considered to be a slalom. Additional course markers
associated with the slalom markers to form gates, “boxes”, etc.,
do not cancel this limit.(We really can't have a 15ft. wide gate through the crossover)

Sorry to have to quote the book, but it's all there in black and white. I really like Daryl's idea of using crossovers on the lower lot. It solves the problem of the light poles in that section, and you could still run 2 cars at a time.

A two lapper could actually be designed where 2 cars could run it. For example, of you had a 10 or 15 second section after the part you run twice, you could launch a car while the first car was still completing that section. Also, a 2 lapper on the lower(lower) section with the better pavement could actually incorporate part of the lower road as the start.

[Focus]

incorporate part of the lower road as the start.

Good idea! The other good thing about the down and back course is traffic control. You could completely block the lots and top road, then have the waiver station on the bottom road leading into the paddock. Do we have to leave the restrooms open to the gamblers? Judging by their condition, I would think they're just opening them for us (thank goodness).