On Sun, 17 Sep 2000 11:30:53 -0700 Randy Chase <randyc2@home.com> writes:
> I noticed something happening more than once on the South Course.
> Scenario is this: Car comes into the finish too fast, takes out 2-3
> cones. Corner worker scrambles to set up cones. Worker in previous
> station red flags next car on the course, which means that all cars
> on course get red flagged.
The last half of this last sentence was *not* supposed to happen. "Red
flag all" was not supposed to be automatic. Only the cars that needed
the red flag were supposed to get it.
That is, if station 5--the last station--still had 1) course workers who
did not have enough time to get out of the way or 2) a spun car that was
not going to be out of the way, the car approaching should have been red
flagged. That red flagged car should have then exited the course in a
timely fashion (not at speed, but not crawling, either).
Several times, all corners showed red flag when only 2 should have and
many times the car on course that was red flagged went very, very slowly,
thus causing additional red flags. Radio problems with the starter's
headset also occurred, leading to cars being sent that should not have.
OTOH, far better to red flag a car than to risk the safety of a
competitor or a course worker, right?
mlc
'91 MR2 NA
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