A Lesson in Newtonian Physics

"area man" (hurrburgring) 01/20/2016 at 16:35 • Filed to: None

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For every football team that moves to Los Angeles, there is an equal and opposite yahoo who loses their favorite parking lot for hooning.

I was checking out the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on Google Maps and was impressed by the sheer size of the old racetrack’s lot. I had a feeling if I zoomed in... ah yes, there we go.

Spoon II > area man 01/20/2016 at 16:50

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Ah yes, fun happened here!

I Will Always Be The Honey Badger > area man 01/20/2016 at 16:53

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wiffleballtony > area man 01/20/2016 at 17:05

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I can’t find an open parking lot that isn’t littered with light posts within 30 moles of my house. Very sad.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > area man 01/20/2016 at 17:09

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There’s something stranger going on here... In my version, I see cones all over the place, like it is a driver training or autocross course.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > area man 01/20/2016 at 17:21

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Dude: that’s rich!

tromoly > area man 01/20/2016 at 17:24

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Or you could, y’know, run Autocross with the clubs located around St. Louis, Oakland, and San Diego. Or run at the racetracks located within a couple hours of each city.

area man > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 01/20/2016 at 17:27

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weird, screenshot?

area man > tromoly 01/20/2016 at 17:28

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breakin the law, breakin the law!

tromoly > area man 01/20/2016 at 17:32

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Eric @ opposite-lock.com > area man 01/20/2016 at 17:33

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If I pan around, I see many more sections of these cones...

Here’s a zoom on the cones (near-4K resolution images apparently don’t work so well with Kinja):

area man > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 01/20/2016 at 17:38

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Looks like autocross to me, I wonder how long they were able to use the lot after the track shut down.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > tromoly 01/20/2016 at 17:42

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That’s the most incredible stupid I’ve ever seen...

Round headlight enthusiast > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 01/20/2016 at 19:21

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There’s really no loss...I mean, stadium lots can get rented out for autocross. My local SCCA runs its autox in the parking lot of Ralph Wilson Stadium

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Round headlight enthusiast 01/20/2016 at 19:22

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I never said it was a loss. I was just pointing out what I saw in my version of the aerial photos of the ground there.

wiffleballtony > wiffleballtony 01/20/2016 at 19:35

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Moles or miles, either one.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 01/20/2016 at 20:52

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I don’t suppose there’s any chance that was the course used on an episode of Roadkill?

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > BaconSandwich is tasty. 01/20/2016 at 21:34

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Actually, that’s a possibility. It’s in their neighborhood.

Stef Schrader > area man 01/21/2016 at 22:17

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I heard “old racetrack” and my heart dropped before I learned it was for horses.

Never mind, then. Not enough horses ran there. We need at least four-digits’ worth, folks. Shoot, a Trabi race could beat that.

area man > Stef Schrader 01/22/2016 at 00:13

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I would have been much less cavalier in describing it had it been for cars!