Originally Posted by Chief Wahoo:
If a driver is talented enough to glance at the screen, all while paying attention to other cars, lapped traffic, the flagman and still able to hit their marks, then more power to them. I just wonder how many times a driver glanced at the screen only to miss his marks and end up losing positions or crashes. I doubt if anyone would admit to that. Anybody know if they’ve ever heard any driver confess to that?
I did that once, Chief. I was in Bremerton, WA driving down the road and looked off at the Cascade Mountain range one evening. The guy in front of me stopped. I missed my mark all right. Ruined the front end of a perfectly good AMC Spirit and the back end of an old Dodge Swinger. He took it well. Earl Gallagher was the name of the shoe in the other car. I'll never forget that. Cut me a lot of slack and never cared to call the cops to report it.
Seriously, though, this is a good topic. I agree that if a driver can manage the car, the track, and still manage looking at the TV, all the power to him or her.
Chiming in live from the West Coast of Michigan.... Mike
Originally Posted by Stevensville Mike:
I did that once, Chief. I was in Bremerton, WA driving down the road and looked off at the Cascade Mountain range one evening. The guy in front of me stopped. I missed my mark all right. Ruined the front end of a perfectly good AMC Spirit and the back end of an old Dodge Swinger. He took it well. Earl Gallagher was the name of the shoe in the other car. I'll never forget that. Cut me a lot of slack and never cared to call the cops to report it.
Seriously, though, this is a good topic. I agree that if a driver can manage the car, the track, and still manage looking at the TV, all the power to him or her.
Damn I haven’t heard those 2 models of cars in forever. Lucky you both survived
I wish I knew how to post a picture on here, but instead I’ll type JG’s reply off Twitter.
“When you get to the top, it’s so much more than just going fast It’s a game full of tricks that most never see.
Big screen is a tool, but Larson has a bag full.
3 more weeks.
Spent the last 49 trying to add to mine.”
I hope Justin does one spot better this year
Sorry, my bad, I didn't hear the first chorus of this song, I posted in error, but it wasn't like starting over, carry on, I'll just listen, yall have a great holiday.
"Being old, isn't half as much fun, as getting there"! Ole Robert I!
Doesn't seem like it favors any driver with the same info available to all at the same time. Although it does bring up the old stories how Ronnie the Shoe and maybe McSpadden watching a clock during time trials and gaming the clock to improve their heat position. I don't recall if that was at Manzanita or somewhere in Cali.
Announced today, next year they are moving the video screen to turn 2. If you have Flo there’s a short video of Matt Wood explaining the move. Said if driver’s want to use it then they got to be a bad mo fo next year.
My favorite story of watching the screen was from Kevin Olson. He was racing somewhere in the 70's. There was a X rated drive in by the track. Going down the back stretch, he was watching the screen. He flipped going into turn 3.
Originally Posted by Chief Wahoo:
Announced today, next year they are moving the video screen to turn 2. If you have Flo there’s a short video of Matt Wood explaining the move. Said if driver’s want to use it then they got to be a bad mo fo next year.
My gripe with Chili Bowl screen is that lap count is so damn small that I can't read it (or is it even there?) Its important, right? Just make the it BIG!
