Just put the cone back up, make it one lane wide at the flagstand. If you hit the cone or go under it, penalty. This would also keep the cars nose to tail. If the guy it front of you screws up, you can still make the decision to slow down , or take the penalty. Also nobody could b#tch about a "judgement call"
Drivers being drivers, they'll complain about it, it will lessen their chance of sneaking one in on a occasion.
[QUOTE=racephoto1;346331]Just put the cone back up, make it one lane wide at the flagstand.
That's how stuff gets tore up when a car doesn't go. The cars are funneled into a catastrophe. It doesn't solve the "judgement" on car in front didn't go so its ok to pass. I ask the drivers every week, "If you fail to fire, stop ON the racing surface. Bring out a caution. We will regroup everybody and go back racing.". No penalties will be assessed in this situation except the car that caused all the problems originally will restart on the tail for caution if they can continue.
We do our very best to be fair. And we always try to be consistent on all calls. As much as I hate 1 person being upset because they got "screwed", I hope all competitors understand that there isn't any favoritism or judgement.
Put the cone back, if theres a pass before it. its a jump. It's done that way at a hundred tracks across the country every weekend, bottleneck or not.
I was just speaking as a fans perspective, seeing nothing blatantly done wrong and cars not finishing where you thought they finished. Just seemed either wrong of favoratism. Not saying it was ar was meant to be that way. Just that its the way it seemed.
Thanks for your answer, If thats what the rules were and it was enforced equally. It's what it was. Just stating that I go to one or two races every week and I see maybe two judgement calls like that in a year. Four were almost unbelievable in one night.
Thank you for the updates on Cody & Jamie. I'm going to assume that Hewitt & Jamie are done for the season. If we do get to see them anytime soon I'll/we'll be happy that they made it back out.
Originally Posted by double checkered:
The cone was removed from the front stretch at drivers request to prevent bottlenecks and give them a way out if car in front doesn't go on start.
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That's exactly what happened. Michael did the right thing. And he was penalized. Enough said.
My opinion is any time someone does something to avoid disaster, in an already dangerous sport, he does not deserve a penalty. Just my take.
I think a cone should be used as well. It forces all the cars to stay in line and rarely have I seen a problem when it is used. The only big issue has been if a car doesn't take off, but all that does is allow the cars in front of them to gain some distance on them. I've never seen an accident created because it is in the drivers head that they can't pass before that cone. It creates a definitive line of when they can and can't pass. IMO...it creates more gray area and judgement calls without it.
