[Fot] Hans now Transponders

[Tony Drews]

I was old enough to work the SCCA timing stand in the 70's.  Worked 
my way up to 3 or 4 cars simultaneously, analog watches with the 
split hand, really wished hard for a calculator that would do "time 
math" (lessee, that's carry the 6?).  Hard work (especially lap 1 
when they are all bunched), hard to not make mistakes, lots of 
workers needed.  Totally eliminated by transponders and a computer 
with the right software.

There are now races where I may have no pit crew so I'd have to time 
the car WHILE DRIVING if we went back to the honor system.

I agree - Lets just race!  :)

- Tony D

At 09:37 PM 1/16/2009, RACER BUD wrote:
>When i began racing..in the late 1960s...we operated on an honor 
>system.....Our pit crews took our lap times with stop watches..and 
>turned those times into the SCCA people...That made up the grid...If 
>a guy lied...It all came out in the wash...It did not matter  what 
>the fastest lap time was in the race...It was..Who won the 
>race......I would like  this stuff to be TOTALLY PERIOD CORRECT...We 
>don't need any Electronic stuff......In CSRG we have lots of racers 
>who race without transponders....Let's Just Race!
>Racer Bud..Spitfire #21
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Drews" <tony at tonydrews.com>
>To: <fot at autox.team.net>
>Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 7:18 PM
>Subject: Re: [Fot] Hans now Transponders
>
>
>>Back when Transponders were being required by the vintage clubs, I 
>>got in on a Florida SCCA deal and got the wired one for like 
>>$240.  This was back in 2002, I think.  So, it has been done...
>>
>>- Tony D
>>
>>At 06:35 PM 1/16/2009, dos_gusanos at msn.com wrote:
>>>Maybe someone could get a club deal on say, AMB 
>>>transponders.   There can't be
>>>$300 worth of stuff tucked in that little red box.................Henry
>>>Morrison
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