Oboy, NASCAR-style pit stops between drivers. Are they limited to 5-man pit
crews for the tire changes? Do the grid slots have to be wider so the
jackman can run around the car? Will every grid slot have a suitably
shielded helium bottle to run the air wrench? Will we start having Solo II
pit crew competitions? "They changed four tahrs and the driver in 23
seconds, David, and they're ready to go out again." FUN!
:-)
--Rocky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Klingler" <bklingler@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>; "JUSTIN MOORE" <91red180sx@msn.com>;
<nokones@kenmitchell.com>; <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: Tire Warming
> Rocky,
>
> In our sport, we strive to equalize the competition wherever practical, so
> maybe some more thought regarding personal tire warmers is appropriate. By
> your conclusion, exchanging first and second drivers on successive
competion
> days, reduces the 2-driver advantage but doesn't eliminate it. And I
agree,
> but I would argue that we CAN totally eliminate the team tire warming
> advantage, and do it very simply. For National Events, why not just
require
> that each driver use his own set of tires, and require the same driver
> rotation for all runs in that heat? Then, every driver will be heating
his
> own tires, and allowing the same amount of cooling time between runs.
> (Temperature maintenance devices on grid should also be disallowed.) This
> would return competitors to equality. Yes, the cost of wheels may
increase
> for the multiple drivers, but I think that the economic advantage of using
> one car would still be retained.
>
> BK
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
> To: "JUSTIN MOORE" <91red180sx@msn.com>; <nokones@kenmitchell.com>;
> <autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 2:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Tire Warming
>
>
> > > On the note of 2-driver cars. I think it's pointless to have one
person
> > > drive first one day and then switch. I mean, if you're taking total
> times,
> > > then that driver already had one day on warm tires giving him an
> > advantage,
> > > so if he runs the same time as everyone else on cold tires, he still
has
> > the
> > > advantage. I don't see the big deal...
> >
> > Yes there is an advantage. But this proposal reduces that advantage by
> half.
> >
> > Can't totally eliminate it, but can minimize it, and that's the big
deal.
> >
> > --Rocky Entriken
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