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RE: grid procedures

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Subject: RE: grid procedures
From: "Escano, Arnold [SC](ES)" <aescano@guidant.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 08:57:03 -0700
IMHO:
 Whoever runs the Grid should be allowed to do whatever it takes to make the 
'grid' runs
smoothly (flow),others need more time/others ready to go? Grid Person is in 
charge unless
the 'event chair's' requested another way...so DRIVERS look/listen to 
Grid-person.
 To newbees...experienced person should assist/monitor.

arnold

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Urschel [mailto:osp13@mybluelight.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 11:08 AM
To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: grid procedures


Yesterday we had a run group with 2 karts, 4 2-driver cars and about 3 1-driver 
cars. The karts ran first, then 2-driver cars once, then the 1-driver cars and 
the process was repeated until there were 16 runs left for the four 2-drivers 
cars. I calculate the event down time  at about 26 minutes although I'm sure it 
seemed longer for the course workers.

Had the 2-driver cars been sent out followed by 1-driver cars then the 2-driver 
cars again before the karts, I calculate the delay would have been 8 minutes 
spread out over the group with each delay lasting but 30 seconds.
Of course, it would also have eliminated eight driver's opportunity to make 
their last two runs each on very hot tires.

Am I the only one who thinks keeping the event continuosly running until there 
are no more 1-driver cars and sending karts out after the 1-driver cars are the 
wrong things to do?

I'm seriously considering refusing to take runs 2/3/4 in the future before 
everyone has taken 1/2/3.





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