You make a good point, John E. It was late when I responded to that
first message last night and my feeble old brain wasn't quite up to
the task of thoroughly analyzing the options. I have thought about it
some more today and I can see that there are major safety
considerations that would have to be worked out. But your suggestions
for doing that, John M., appear to be right on target. There would
have to be restrictions and it would definitely take longer to plan
and set up the course. But it probably could be done.
John (Old Fartz & TLS #37) Lieberman
"Moore, John" wrote:
>
> > > What a great idea, Glen! Cone Mulligans!! In addition to being Red
> > > River Region RE, I'm also Vice President of the Shreveport Journalism
> > > Foundation and we do a golf tournament here every year to raise
> > > scholarship money. Mulligans are always a great source of additional
> > > income. Why not apply the same concept to a charity autocross! 8<{)
> > > All you'd need would be one designated worker for each heat to sell
> > > and collect the Mulligans and report them to T&S.
> > >
> > > John (Old Fartz & TLS #37) Lieberman
> >
> > Uhhh, John, in addition to being Red River Region RE and Vice President
> > of the Shreveport Journalism Foundation, you're also the Southwest
> > Division
> > Solo Safety Steward. How would you prevent me from buying 5 "cone
> > mulligans" and barreling through a three cone slalom and two offset cones
> > and entering a sharp turn at 90+ MPH? Maybe you could set a limit to the
> > number of "cone mulligans" bought, but the safety steward would have to
> > assess the course beforehand to find a safe limit on the number of cones.
> > Seems like kind of a problem to me.
> >
> > John "No, not that one" Engstrom
> [Moore, John] A few possible solutions come to mind.
> 1) Set out some green (or any other color of choice) cones instead
> of the usual orange ones, but put them in strategic places. Only the green
> cones can count toward your "mulligans". All other cones hit are a DNF or 2
> second penalty.
> 2) Only allow singular cone hits. Hitting consecutive cones would
> result in a DNF.
> 3) Designate certain sections of the course to be "Mulligan Zones"
> where the number of cones hit can be bought. Hitting cones in all other
> sections results in the usual 2 second penalty.
> 4) Have the person buying the "mulligans" designate beforehand which
> are thier mulligan cones, and have the safety steward approve/disaaprove the
> selections.
>
> My brain hurts now. Got to stop thinking.
>
> John "Yes, that one, so stop laughing" Moore
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