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Originally Posted by Knoke77
I'll give you another reason why the current starting process is flawed. Say you are sitting about three rows deep in the field coming through 3 and 4 for the start. Not only are you trying to watch for the flagman to wave the green but your trying to keep from beating the rear bumper off the car in front of you plus the guy running next to you. This method I think came from the flagmans North Vernon days.
Honestly in the 3 L-Burg races I have been to this year I've seen more miscues on starts then should be happening. These guys are trying to anticipate what the flagman is going to do and it causes nothing more than beat up bumpers and accordian affects on the guys in the middle and back.
USAC has a pretty good system where you have two cones. When you get to the first cone you increase your speed slightly and when you hit the second cone it's game on. No passing until you get past the second cone. If you take off before you get to the second cone you get one more shot and then go backwards. If the flagman likes the pass the polesitter is setting and sees that he started the race at the appropriate spot then he waves the green. If the start is jumped by the pole or outside pole guy then he throws the yellow after the first corner.
Everyone complains about how late programs are running so if you want the best of both worlds you need to put a system in place where the leader gets to a designated cone and can take off. The guys in back know where it is and they know that they can't pass the guy in front of them until they are past that so there is no guessing which leads to bumper tag.
<Puts on his helmet and awaits SUPERDUKES tirade about the way things used to be> |
WRONG THE WAY THINGS SHOULD BE!