Dick,
The FIA flying mile/kilo is timed over the same piece of real estate going
in opposite directions inside of one hour; WITH THE TIMING OF THE HOUR
BEGINNING WHEN THE FIRST LIGHT IS TRIPPED AND ENDING WHEN THE SAME CLOCK IS
TRIPPED GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. You can have any distance for the
run up, from either end. The problem for most racers is doing it within the
one hour time limit. The turn around where you drop and refill fluids,
check problems and so on requires a large pit crew of well coordinated
people to pull it off within that limited time. There is only the one
mile/kilo to be concerned with for speed, their inspectors watch the turn
around and check that the clocks are certified. Then the car is weighed and
displacement is verified.
Every record run at Bonneville this year was treated the same way WITH THE
EXCEPTION that there is additional time between runs. You are allowed to
drop fluids and work on the car for an hour but then you button things up
and wait until the record return runs, whether they are the next morning,
later that same afternoon or within a couple of hours depending on what time
of day you make the runs and how soon the meet is shutting down. You don't
have that ticking clock to rush you.
Wes
on 11/27/02 12:10 PM, Dick J at lsr_man@yahoo.com wrote:
> Can somebody describe how the FIA Flying Mile is run? How about the old
> NASCAR/AAA Flying Mile that was run at Daytona in the fifties? Was it like
> Maxton, standing start and get timed at the last few feet of the mile after
> you were "flying", or was there a longer run-up and then the average for a
> mile is timed?
> Thanks
> Dick J In East Texas
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