New Standards Needed
Y'all know why folks go to Battle Mountain? It has the elevation for a good aero advantage, but also, it has almost exactly the allowable downslope before the timed section. That slope was enshrined in the rule books because of the 1975 speed championships being run on the long-gone Ontario Motor Speedway, and that's what it had. I would like to see this "boasting" record be made obsolete by a new standard. The venue should be near sea level, and nearly flat. This would make it far easier to compete. Rather than an absolute cap on elevation, we could just require a minimum barometric pressure, so teams would not sit around waiting for freak conditions.