--On Wednesday, August 28, 2002 12:34 AM -0400 Rick Cone aka ConeKiller
<rickcone@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Are as the sups read now, the procedure that will be followed? Beth?
In your confirmation newsletter, which are going in the mail this week,
you'll see reworded supps for the two-driver procedure and related items.
The new wording will hopefully make it onto the web site in due course as
well. The supps will read something very similar to this:
> D.6. The Grid Chief shall have the discretion to determine the run order
> within each heat, balancing the conflicting goals of running in numerical
> order within class, fairness to drivers of both single-driver and
> two-driver cars, keeping entire classes together, and facilitating
> efficient event operation. No competitor shall take a second run until
> after all drivers have completed their first run. After the completion
> of each run, vehicles must return directly to the grid. Vehicles are not
> permitted to depart the grid area for service.
>
> D.7. A minimum of five minutes must have elapsed between runs for any
> car. This includes reruns or runs for another driver of the same car. A
> grid marshal will be specifically assigned to handle two-driver cars and
> will keep a time log to assure compliance with the five minute minimum
> between runs. The time shall be measured from the time the car leaves
> the finish area of the course until the time it leaves the start line.
>
> D.8. Drivers must proceed from the grid to the start line when so
> directed by a grid official, or that run will be scored as a Did Not
> Start (DNS). Exception: Drivers of cars with mechanical difficulty shall
> have ten minutes after the car is scheduled to start to present a car at
> the start line. Drivers may take one mechanical delay per run. For this
> purpose, a rerun counts as a new run. Grid personnel will be notified of
> the mechanical difficulty, and will refer the request for a mechanical
> delay to the Chief Steward in cases where the competitor may gain an
> unfair advantage by delaying a run. Abuse of this allowance may be
> considered unsportsmanlike conduct and is protestable under 9.1.F.
>
> D.9. In case a competitor is red flagged on course, the competitor may
> continue slowly through the remainder of the course, or may exit the
> course directly and will be granted a rerun if appropriate. Failure to
> exit the remainder of the course at an appropriate speed (generally 25-30
> mph) will result in a DNF for that run. It is important to clear the
> course in a timely manner to ensure the event remains on schedule.
Mark
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