At 01:54 PM 6/20/00 -0400, dg50@daimlerchrysler.com wrote:
>Practice starts (where the pre-stage lights were working) went even
>quicker, as the stage technique appears to be drive into the pre-stage
>light, then creep into the stage light, rather than the drive into the
>stage light, reverse out, then creep back in technique that having no
>pre-stage light requires.
>
I'll second that!
It's much easier to stage with a "Pre" light there rather than blindly
running over the stage light and then having to back up and inch up into
the "Stage" light. Unless you are someone who doesn't care how deep or
shallow you are staged.
>I say ditch the shot clock alltogether, and make the start procedure more
>like drag racing, where the lights can drop any time after both stage
>lights are lit.
>
That would eliminate any possibility of wheel choking. fine if you have a
level launch pad where the cars can't roll out of the staging lights. Bad
for somewhere like the 'Burg.
-Eric
Eric Moon
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