J.D, Glen, volunteers, racers, et al:
I admit that we stopped too near the course on one of our troubled
runs and resulting delay caused others to wait and contributed to the
line moving more slowly. I know that Glen does not wait to call for
the next car as soon as the course is clear.
It appeared to me that the next racer in line frequently was not
ready to run when Glen called for him/her.
If the racer is the only one who can fix this, then do what we do
when approaching the start line:
suit up when 6 back, strap in when 3 or 4 back, start the engine when
the car in front of you leaves the line on his run, and go when the
starter says to. Then, of course get out of the way as soon as
possible on the other end. If this were done consistently by the
racers and demanded by the starting line staff, things would move
faster and the lines/wait between runs would be shorter in my opinion.
There were no folks (most of the time) bugging the racers to get
ready to run the long course and it only takes one or two racers that
are not ready to mess the whole thing up and delay all others.
I don't know what I can do to help...other than what I have already
said ....but I'm willing.
Skip
At 07:38 AM 8/25/2006, James Tone wrote:
>Skip and All The only ones who can fix this problem are the racers
>themselves. I do not know the time it takes between runs on the
>"long course". Glen can tell us that with a sampling of the the read
>outs. I do know this, drivers and crews are told many times to be
>ready to go 3 back in line.
>
>The reason I brought up the short course was I had heard those lines
>were unbearable and long was OK. From you I hear different.
>
>The tower is at the mercy of the people watching the course and the
>drivers who don't get off the course. Many of them have
>"attitudes" after sitting the lines. That is unfortunate but only
>peer pressure can change that with a little help from the
>association and better communication from the stewards.
>
>I know for a fact, after sitting the tower, Glen and his crew call
>for the next vehicle as soon as they hear the course is clear. If
>one does not come for 5 minutes he for sure does not know why. The
>timing crew could just as easily time 4000 vehicles as 2000. We ALL
>wish it was better.
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