> From: Jim Hill <Jim_Hill@chsra.wisc.edu>
> Having had some experience as a driver and a corner worker over the past
30
> years, it's hard for me to understand how someone would think it
appropriate
> to show a corner worker "the single finger salute" in response to a
> stationary blue flag. Given the number of drivers who ignore their
mirrors
> as soon as the green flag falls, I'd just as soon let the corner workers
err
> on the side of letting a driver know that someone's close behind them.
With
> 40 cars on the course, it's asking a bit much to expect corner workers to
> remember which car was behind you on the last lap of that epic struggle
> you're involved in.
Blue flagging a vintage race is made more difficult by the fact that some
guys in faster cars don't drive them as fast as guys in slower cars. This
happens some in SCCA races (usually regionals), but is far more common in
vintage races.
I invite any driver who feels the "single finger salute" to a corner worker
is at any time appropriate, to spend a day working in my station as the
blue flagger.
Irv
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