When does the video tapes appear?
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
To: "Henry Frye" <henry@henryfrye.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: Mitty
> The view from the back of the field was quite peculiar. Due to the
> combination of the pace car driver speed and the line-up speed used by many
> drivers, the entire rear half of the field in both races was completely
> strung out over the length of the back straight when the flag dropped. Pace
> car technique should have been entirely different. I never have seen
> anything like it. Of course part of the blame is having the starter's stand
> in a position where the entire field cannot see the green flag drop at the
> same time. Atlanta and Road America are like that. mid Ohio has corrected
> the problem.
>
> Even more weird was the red flag procedure. It was different than SCCA and
> all other sanctioning bodies I'm familiar with. With SCCA, red means stop
> on the course. Black for one car means that car must come into the pit.
> Black full course means everybody come into the pit. For the life of me, I
> can't figure out why all the various clubs reinvent this.
>
> Even more weird was coming over the crest of the hill after the red flag
> had been thrown and having one worker at the bottom of the hill waving us
> to the wrong pit lane on the other side of the track. I think only three or
> four of us got caught up in this, but that was too many.
>
> At 08:25 AM 5/4/2005, Henry Frye wrote:
> >At 08:11 AM 05/04/2005 -0500, Jack W. Drews wrote:
> >
> >>Pace car behavior was truly weird. It makes me appreciate good pace car
> >>drivers, never before a consideration for me.
> >
> >What in the world possessed him to go so slow? And the cut to the right,
> >then dive to the left to clear the field was just crazy.
> >
> >Just ask Randy... Or Jeff! ;-)
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