Push starts

MDW · 9/20/16, 10:26 PM

Not to disagree with you but....I have checked the time it takes to start 22 at TSS... 1 minute and 30-40 seconds. Great crew of push trucks.
Sorry for the double post....Rookie

Rpracing1 · 9/20/16, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MDW

At TSS we have timed this more than once... 1 minute and 30-40 seconds.

Mo

Wow Mo, I never timed it, knew it was fast, but that is freaky fast.

Now if we can just teach SOME of these Mod guys how to line-up.

That will prob never happen!

Ps....Miss you on the stand but Keith Dewig doing a bang up job!

jim goerge · 9/21/16, 1:25 AM

Bob I think Mo has gotten used to the A/C up in the booth lol

ronmil · 9/21/16, 4:31 PM

In the early days at TSS the sprint cars would take one qualifying lap, go to the backstretch and park, then they would go out for a second lap in the reverse order of their first one. In other words, if you were first, you would be last in the second round. Seemed to work well. That was when they advertised qualifying at 7:00 and racing at 8:00 on Sunday nights.

TQ29m · 9/21/16, 7:21 PM

You da man, Ron, time has taken it's toll, but that's how it went, you got one lap on a wet track, and one lap on a dry track, and those guys were masters at getting it done, wasn't Sherman Armstrong part of that scenario? Bob

ronmil · 9/21/16, 11:05 PM

[QUOTE=TQ29m;458835]You da man, Ron, time has taken it's toll, but that's how it went, you got one lap on a wet track, and one lap on a dry track, and those guys were masters at getting it done, wasn't Sherman Armstrong part of that scenario? Bob[/

ronmil · 9/21/16, 11:12 PM

Well trying to reply on my phone didn't work like I intended. Sherman Armstrong never had any connection to TSS. He ran Salem Speedway for a few years.

Pushtruck · 9/23/16, 1:27 AM

The actual firing of the cars is pretty quick at a place like TSS because you can cut through the infield to pick up the next car. Most tracks don't have that option. What takes time is for the four wheelers pushing all the cars from the pits to the track then getting all the crews and four wheelers off the track and back to the pits before you start pushing. Additionally... when someone is slow getting to the track to stage it holds everyone up.

We have timed it at several tracks and believe it or not it usually takes about 15-20 minutes longer to push all the cars to the track, stage them, get the crews off then fire them than it does to just fire them off from the push lane. If time is an issue, this is not a time saver.

It all depends on your motivation and time constraints. I understand doing it for a special event where you are doing driver intros, but it is definitely not the quickest way to keep your show moving along.

Joe Chambers
Official Push Trucks

rclaridge · 9/23/16, 7:10 AM

It is my understanding that this practice is done more to equalize fuel consumption than saving time,but I could be wrong.

davidm · 9/23/16, 9:46 AM

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Originally Posted by rclaridge

It is my understanding that this practice is done more to equalize fuel consumption than saving time,but I could be wrong.

It also helps cut down of reds to refuel too.

9/21/16, 7:21 PM	#15 Re: Push starts
TQ29m Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,581	You da man, Ron, time has taken it's toll, but that's how it went, you got one lap on a wet track, and one lap on a dry track, and those guys were masters at getting it done, wasn't Sherman Armstrong part of that scenario? Bob __________________ "Being old, isn't half as much fun, as getting there"! Ole Robert I!

9/21/16, 11:05 PM	#16
ronmil Senior Member Race Count Last Year: 48 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 18,828	[QUOTE=TQ29m;458835]You da man, Ron, time has taken it's toll, but that's how it went, you got one lap on a wet track, and one lap on a dry track, and those guys were masters at getting it done, wasn't Sherman Armstrong part of that scenario? Bob[/ __________________ Ron Miller _________________________________________________ Last edited by ronmil; 9/21/16 at 11:07 PM.

9/21/16, 11:12 PM	#17
ronmil Senior Member Race Count Last Year: 48 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 18,828	Well trying to reply on my phone didn't work like I intended. Sherman Armstrong never had any connection to TSS. He ran Salem Speedway for a few years. __________________ Ron Miller

9/23/16, 7:10 AM	#19
rclaridge Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,088	It is my understanding that this practice is done more to equalize fuel consumption than saving time,but I could be wrong.