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Riding with Others? (was: new debate question, 1K in 2K?)

To: "posborne@minuteman-ups.com" <posborne@minuteman-ups.com>,
Subject: Riding with Others? (was: new debate question, 1K in 2K?)
From: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 11:30:37 -0500
At 10:42 AM 9/24/99 , Phil Osborne wrote:

>As for riding with 
>someone, we do not prohibit drivers riding together,

That's great, but....

> as long as the riding 
>driver has completed his runs.

That's unfortunate... you can learn so much more if you can drive after
riding with someone good.  Even better, you could take 2 runs, ride with 
someone good, take 2 more runs.

Ideally, you'd also get to ride with that top driver driving _your_ car;
that can really teach you a lot -- especially for newcomers who haven't
really experienced their own car at the limit very often (or ever).

So, which of these suggestions might be workable?

1) Allowing riding with others before your runs, but if you do you are
        a) put in a X class
        b) penalized 1 second

2) Providing adequate gap between your runs that you can reasonably ride
   with someone in between your runs, with implications as above.

3) Allowing a driver to give away one of his 4 runs in his car to another
   driver that he wants to drive his car while he rides... without 
   penalizing that other driver.

Just brainstorming.  My goal at regional events is to get faster, not
to win trophies,

Brian


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