Monday, May 24, 2010

Arena sizes and barrel racing?

okay, i've never gotten the idea of like say 1D arenas and 4D arenas. what are the sizes? what is the biggest and what is the smallest arena? what are the sizes in between them?
Answers:
There isn't a difference between 1D and 4D arenas. That actually doesn't even make sense. 1D and 4D have the do with the race itself. It's the division any specific time would fall into- 1D starts with the fastest time. (Say a 17.15 wins the race) To get the 4D you add 2 seconds to that fast time (19.15) If a time falls after this then your in the 4D. There is also a 2D (1/2 second added to winning time- 17.65) and a 3D (1 second added to winning time- 18.15). The rules change if you are running is a 5D race... but i won't get into that to keep from confusing you.
Now onto arenas. An arena can be ANY!!!!! size... But for any arena bigger than 130 ft. wide by 200 ft. long (approx. standard) the "WPRA Standard pattern" is:
60 feet from the score line (starting line) to the 1st and 2nd barrels
90 feet between the first and second barrels
105 feet from the 1st or 2nd barrels to the 3rd barrel (at the apex of the triangle).
In a smaller arena you can shorten each distance between barrels by five or ten foot increments.
A low 17. run is a good time for this pattern. World record time for a standard pattern was run by Tanya Steinhoff on Hot Shot in Guthrie OK. @ the Lazy E Arena in October 2002. She ran a blazing 16.644 (I know I was there!!)
maybe 150 by 200..thats how big the arena is where i go to barrel race.

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