Couldn't this be fixed by moving the first car out of line if they are not
ready and let the next car ready run? By setting up 2 cars at the line (as they
do) this would not be hard to do. It is easy to be ready when you get there,
especially after sitting in line for "hours". At the NHRA Nationals they have
10 cars get ready at a time and push them off quicky.
JB just my quids worth (no I am not and never will be British)
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Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?
---- James Tone <gmc6power@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Skip and All The only ones who can fix this problem are the racers
>themselves. I do not know the time it takes between runs on the "long course".
>Glen can tell us that with a sampling of the the read outs. I do know this,
>drivers and crews are told many times to be ready to go 3 back in line.
>
> The reason I brought up the short course was I had heard those lines were
>unbearable and long was OK. From you I hear different.
>
> The tower is at the mercy of the people watching the course and the drivers
>who don't get off the course. Many of them have "attitudes" after sitting
>the lines. That is unfortunate but only peer pressure can change that with a
>little help from the association and better communication from the stewards.
>
> I know for a fact, after sitting the tower, Glen and his crew call for the
>next vehicle as soon as they hear the course is clear. If one does not come
>for 5 minutes he for sure does not know why. The timing crew could just as
>easily time 4000 vehicles as 2000. We ALL wish it was better.
>
>
> >J.D.
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