Mark Sipe wrote:
> The starter is suppose to reset the shot clock immediately after the
launch
> of the previous cars ...
Josh1 responded:
>> Really?
>> I haven't worked as a starter in 3-4 years, but we used to start it as
>> soon as the first car of the pair triggered the pre-stage light.
>> That way if the pair isn't ready, they are crossing sides, etc, they
>> don't get penalized. Has the "official" policy changed?
I started Challenge competition as recently as May 2000 (LeMoore.) The rule
I've always gone by is if there is a second pair of cars in the line behind
the ones that are leaving, you reset the clock and start it counting down
immediately. If it's a situation where 2 cars are crossing sides (or during
class competition, when a new batch is brought down from grid), you start the
shot clock coming down as soon as both have entered the "chutes" on either
side of the T&S truck. As far as I know, it's been this way since the
invention of the shot clock.
CHD
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