Well, since people seem to be getting into a lot of
constructive dialog here, I'm going to take a chance on
getting verbally thrashed again in the hope that it might help
the sport.
As someone who is pretty new to autocrossing, I have a request
for you experienced folks: please try to remember what things
were like for you before YOU knew the drill. Everything may
be entirely obvious to you now, but I'll bet that wasn't
always the case.
When someone asks you a question at an event that seems
foolish, please remember that this person is not necessarily
stupid and they're most certainly not trying to waste your
time. They simply aren't yet as knowledgable as you are.
Please at least try to be friendly and polite rather than
annoyed or dismissive. (Yes, I saw this happen last Sunday.)
When people seem clueless about things (like the proper way
to put numbers on their cars, which happened more than once on
Sunday), remember that there's a really good chance they just
aren't aware of what's acceptable and what's not. They have
no idea what things look like inside the timing trailer
because they've never BEEN inside a timing trailer. Let them
know nicely what needs to be done -- and why.
Without the understanding of a race official's perspective,
they don't know what's important, what's difficult, and what's
time-consuming for people who run the events. Cut 'em a
little slack and try to keep it fun. They'll learn.
Thanks for listening!
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-Craig "Flame Suit: ON!" Haggart
haggart@slac.stanford.edu
Sunnyvale, California
'96 Miata M Edition
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