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Re: Informal Poll on "sort of" pre-reg. for autox !

To: Pat Kelly <lollipop487@home.com>
Subject: Re: Informal Poll on "sort of" pre-reg. for autox !
From: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@idsfa.net>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 14:05:03 -0800
Actually the printouts are torn off and thrown away immediately.  I
think that's because they frequently get out of synch.  The time cards
are still the final word.  Posting is done separately, like in SFR.
That pre-printed posting sheet sounds like a great idea.

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 01:38:08PM -0800, Pat Kelly wrote:
> The results that are posted include car number, class, and times? On a run
> per run basis. To know which one of the four-five runs is the fastest, you
> have to look through all the printouts from that run group, I think that's
> how it works.
> If you were at last week's SFR event, you would have noted the preprinted
> posting sheets, showing the current point standings and all who have run so
> far in the Slush Series, with spaces for the day's times left blank, to be
> filled in later. That's thanks to Jerry Mouton. Apparently, anyone who has a
> compatible system can download the posting sheets for the upcoming event,
> print them out and bring them to the event.
> It's still on a trial basis, but it's very neat.
> --Pat Kelly
> 
> 
> ----------
> >From: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@idsfa.net>
> >To: Randy Noll <rnoll98@yahoo.com>
> >Cc: craig boyle <craig_autox@yahoo.com>, Pat Kelly <lollipop487@home.com>,
> toy4speed@aol.com, ba-autox@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: Informal Poll on "sort of" pre-reg. for autox !
> >Date: Wed, Oct 31, 2001, 12:18 PM
> >
> 
> >> Here's the kicker, with the software you can get instantaneous results,
> >> including PAX times, printed immediately after the run group (shoot at
> >> nats they were posting times between runs--but that's not necessary).
> >> You can electronically post the results to the web THAT DAY, no
> >> transcribing times from each card to the results table. Any errors or
> >> incorrect cones, etc. can be handled and corrected on site at the reg
> >> table (remember, computers are linked). 
> >
> >Sacramento chapter has taken a step towards this in allowing the timer
> >to enter the car number and class in the timing computer so that it
> >gets printed out with the times on the printer.  It's difficult to get
> >things straightened out if the run order somehow gets screwed up --
> >say someone pulls in line for a re-run, or someone sneaks out of line
> >for some reason.  Good software would make it easy to edit the list of
> >cars that are lined up, or correct recording errors.  You just have to
> >make sure that the software is *good* rather than just software that
> >works.
> >
> >
> >-- 
> >
> >john@idsfa.net                                              John Stimson
> >http://www.idsfa.net/~john/                              HMC Physics '94

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john@idsfa.net                                              John Stimson
http://www.idsfa.net/~john/                              HMC Physics '94

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