Re: Live From 2016 Winternationals
 

My last post above may have been misleading in that when I started by saying "Bingo" I "was agreeing" with Jim Caughlin's post about the necessity of using blinders on the tree for it to be fair.

Without blinders in larger handicap starts the faster car will always have the advantage of seeing the red light and therefore knowing what he has to do to not loose the round. As a result it seems to me that with blinders on the tree the playing field would more level than it would be without them.

When the race is heads up or the handicap start is too close to obtain the advantage of being the faster car- it wouldn't matter nearly as much.

Just my 2 cents...

Re: Live From 2016 Winternationals
 

Guys, there's already a thread on the red light topic;

http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=61133

Thanks for the reporting Bob, better luck to you and Charlene at Phoenix.

Re: Live From 2016 Winternationals
 

Strange race.



Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7002 Jim Meador 7474 Justin Lamb
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.013 10.838 103.11 0.012 11.449 114.71
D/SA Dial: 10.04 (+/-): 0.798 E/SA Dial: 10.90 (+/-): 0.549
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Smith ) 0.039 10.670 -0.020 (K Snow ) -0.004 11.010 0.060
E1 (L Peterson ) 0.017 10.657 0.007 (S Burton ) 0.021 10.958 0.048
Qualified: #21 10.665 -0.885 #47 10.956 -0.744

Re: Live From 2016 Winternationals
 

What I was trying to explain to you is, as currently programmed, TruSTART does not display the red light until both cars have left the starting line. The faster driver won't know anything, blinders or not, unless he wants to judge the reaction time for himself.

Let's give Norman Marsden a warm welcome to the Winternationals Stock/Super Stock TruSTART fan club!

Re: Live From 2016 Winternationals
 

I agree leave your Trustart comments in the thread meant for them. On another note. I want to thank Bob Gullet for the use of his cherry picker even though we were unable to repair the damage to the engine.

Re: Live From 2016 Winternationals
 

They originally had Meador's dial in as a 10.04 but before he ran they corrected it to 10.64.

Re: Live From 2016 Winternationals
 

X2,,,,Back on topic would be great,,,,,

Good runs in G stick Bob, congrats. Wish I was there enjoying the event. Looks like an A+ weather race , slightly warmer than where I am, 1 pm and 18 degrees. Not complaining , good snowmobiling temps.

Some very good runs, good lights and dead on stuff.

Good luck to all

Re: Live From 2016 Winternationals
 

Not much to do for the rest of the weekend but be a spectator. Lots of close races as usual. Conditions haven't hardly varied all weekend. They just called all the sportsman back to the lanes for their last round of eliminations today. Time to go watch.

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Re: Live From 2016 Winternationals
 

It's Don "Chicken" Little's birthday and he is in the semis tomorrow! Woohoo!