[Spridgets] Looking for an Education - Indirect LBC content

Ron Soave soavero at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 25 19:17:21 MST 2010


I must plead some ignorance (lap/segment time vs. overall?). Jeff Porasik's
crew chief Don Shelton uses them while everyone else uses iCards plugged into
Nintendo gameboys for real-time transponder data.

--- On Mon, 1/25/10, Tim Collins <thcollin at mtu.edu> wrote:

From: Tim Collins <thcollin at mtu.edu>
Subject: [Spridgets] Looking for an Education - Indirect LBC content
To: spridgets at autox.team.net
Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 7:54 PM

I'm looking for an education and I know this is the place to get one!

Today my copy of "Classic Motorsport" came. I noticed a nice looking pair of
Elysee mechanical stopwatches mounted on a brushed aluminum plate advertised
on page 109 ( or see: http://www.classiccarseats.com/watches.php ). These are
a rally clock set.

I've never participated in a timed rally and only have a cursory knowledge
about the events. Timed events over a prescribed route in which the driving
team has to come as close as possible to an ideal time for the route. Points
subtracted for early / late arrivals. I understand why having a timepiece
would be handy for the team. Why two stopwatches? How do they get used along
the way to achieve the "perfect" time for the route?

I have no interest in Elysee time pieces. They are very nice looking, but at
$495 a bit pricey for me.

So . . .educate me!

Tim Collins
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