NicolasR
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I have to say Golton this year was an improvement over last year. There was a generator light which illuminated the jump area, which was nice.
A few suggestions though:
1) There's a lot of wasted space between the fence line and the Tim Hortons bleachers. Moving the bleachers forward until just 2-3 meters from the fence would be nice I think. I was on the bleachers at first and the view is fine, but even with a high powered flash it was tasking. I moved up to the fence for the second pass (as I've been in previous years) and the image quality was better, but the angle from the bleachers was more desirable.
2) in previous years, the jump at Golton was marked with two giant tires on either side which had a bit of fluorescent tape on them. This year there were 6 (or 8?) bright red fluorescent pylons which only annoyed me because they're so overpowering in pictures (but although I contemplated getting a media pass this year and didnt, next year I will for sure)
3) maybe this is something that is provided when someone requests and is granted media access, but an overall map of all the stages would be nice. This could better allow media and/or die-hard spectators to find their own places, with the caveat that you do so at your own risk (since it isnt an official spectating area)
4) Iron Bridge, this year was better than previous years overall. Despite the new green/yellow tape system on the hill (which by the way was not enforced at all, to my delight), the race had cars driving towards the spectators twice, and away from the spectators once (the third time) and this was a very welcome change from the previous two years. I cant think of any improvements to be made here.
5) I hear Tait farm was open again this year... was it? If so, it wasnt mentioned at all in the spectator guide.
6) Signage was a bit weak this year (there was no sign at Bronson and Highway), but you know what, Im glad about that. I dont know if its the lack of signage, or something else, but there werent a lot of people at the bridge when I got there, so I got a premium spot (I showed up around 10:30, after shooting all the cars at the start)
Wedge mentioned some cars were slowing down a fair bit for the jump.. while some did, I cant say it was more than usual. I guess some drives are either not confident enough, or simply just dont want to risk (further) damage to their car. Although I think Antoine even got some air on three wheels!
At Golton, an infield spectator area would be awesome, I know the VIPs get an area right next to the jump.. but what is available now is fine. I'd like some more but Im just going to get the media pass next year.
Two family members volunteer (my dad, 8 years, my brother, 5 I think). I've often considered volunteering... and maybe I will at some point. But I dont want to not be able to continuously take pictures.
Is it possible to post a map of most/all the stages with their respective spectator areas (in a fashion similar to how Perce Neige are doing it this year) and then simply have that statement that says you are spectating at your own risk (isnt that true in actual spectator areas anyways?) Would this stand up to legal requirements or whatever? Im sure people are doing this right now anyways.
My thoughts.
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