On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Alan Pozner wrote:
> Kevin wrote:
> >>You can do whatever you want as long as your car's ass is there on time.
> It's really not that much of a problem.
> <<
>
> This really is a problem of enforcement not concept. Let's say that I ran
> 3rd heat. Give me the time of day that I would need to report to South
> course on Thursday to avoid being late. Ya can't, can ya? Why, because until
> 3rd heat runs I cannot possibly know when 30 minutes prior to that time is.
> The idea of making sure everyone is ready to go before the heat starts is a
> fine one, but penalizing those who miss an unestablishable deadline is not.
> Thankfully the protest committtee had the wisdom to issue warnings and not
> to disqualify anyone for the infraction of an unenforceable rule.
>
> Regards,
> Alan "I am thinking of a number between 1 and 60 can you guess it?" Pozner
Agreed. If you look back in the thread, my suggestion for change was to
make the deadline X minutes after a call to grid, which could be
broadcast, published at the timing board, or both.
There were other suggestions of equal or greater merit offered as well.
KeS
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