Originally Posted by
caloso
Land Park was like that. It's on a ring road around a muni golf course. When it was a big oval, there were all sorts of crashes. Then about ten years ago, they added a couple of chicanes. Seems counterintuitive, but it made things safer.
Having a technical element always makes a race safer. Hill or corner, etc. It helps eliminate those that barely have the fitness to stay in the race...the ones who can't think straight when the sprint at the end comes up.