During 3rd heat Friday on the north course we were consistantly seeing cars
15 - 20 seconds apart. I was working the finish and occasionally timing
them. We had 2 EP cars finsih 9 seconds apart! The only reruns given for
action at our corner were due to an EML car spinning after the lights and
not able to refire in time. There were a few close ones though... with Joe
Cheng's Phantom 15 seconds away, you don't take your time.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>
> You said it very well.
> I only heard second hand that a oouple of groups were running with that
>kind of overlap. After that, I "timed" the overlaps and most were in the
>20-25 second range, which makes the T&S scene much more pleasant.
>--Pat K
>
>Phil Ethier wrote:
>>
>> From: Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>
>>
>> >Was that during the period of 15 second overlaps?
>> >--Pat Kelly
>>
>> 15 seconds? Too fast, IMHO. Who's idea was it to send them faster than
>> twenty? Was it just a matter of the starter not paying attention?
>>
>> Every once in a while someone who should know better in our local club
>> starts thinking the events will go faster if we send cars faster. Never
>> works. Once we get faster than about 20 seconds, the reruns start up.
Not
>> only does the event actually slow down, but everybody gets all tensed up
and
>> jumpy. Not my idea of a fun afternoon.
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