In a message dated 8/29/2002 4:52:06 PM Central Standard Time, tholt@ccsi.com
writes:
>>> My question is why is running in numerical order such a high priority over
> running as efficiently as possible.
Now that's a question I can't answer...I don't the hows and whys of how the
procedure came to be. :-)
>>Using your example class below, lets > pretend this is the last class in the
> half heat.
> >>Okay... everything runs smooth up until it's time for 197... That would
> be
> the last car before the sweep vehicle, but we have to wait five minutes
> before he can run. Do you plan to run the sweep and pick up the audit forms
> before that class is complete? You will not be able to post 100% complete
> audited results etc... Or do we all wait 5 minutes doing nothing until time
> elapses? (course workers especially love that) If a rerun pops up for 197
> do
> we wait another 5? Just trying to get the full picture...
>
Well, now here's what we do in that situation...Timing tries to evaluate the
way the classes are ordered in the grid, generally if a class like my
imaginary one is in the heat, they try to put them at the beginning of the
heat so that we don't have to wait 5 minutes with nothing going on.
Sometimes there are too many classes like this in a particular heat to make
it so that there will be no downtime, but Timing and Scoring does it's best.
> >>If the first drivers go at the beginning of the heat and you run the
> second
> drivers as close to numerical order (like the current sups say) you
> eliminate the "designed in" delays... It seems like a more efficient plan
> to
> me... why change it?
>
Well, again I can't really answer that. Last years grid procedure was the
same as this years procedure, (and yes I know it may not have been run that
way every heat, certainly from what I understand there were some different
interpretations among the grid chiefs, but that's how it was intended to
run).
>From what I understand several years ago they tried pulling the 1st drivers
of 2 driver teams and running them before the class, but apparently they got
a lot of negative feedback from that. Don't know why, I suppose it could
have something to do with say someone who picks #1 because they absolutely
want to be first car on course, and if they don't have a co driver, they
wouldn't be. That's only conjecture on my part though.
I imagine if enough people write to the National office they could get it
changed, from what I understand they have already gotten several such letters
and are considering trying the other way next year, at least for some Tours.
Beth
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