[Peter Biondo]

Bruce,

To understand where Compulink and the Spring Fling are coming from on the introduction of TruSTART, you would need to learn more about us as well as the people involved (Bob Brockmeyer, Kyle Seipel and myself).

From Compulinks standpoint, they are constantly looking to make their software the best and most efficient in all race scenarios. Not an easy thing to do with all the possible scenarios that can play out in a drag race. Now that I know Bob Brockmeyer better, I can tell you he is passionate about what he does and a very hard worker.

From the Spring Fling side of things; we have much more to lose than we do to gain in changing the way the timing system works on a double red light situation. We have been very successful in the way we have been doing things in the past and some would say we are crazy to change anything. Kyle and I have thought long and hard on this AS A RACER and the bottom line is we believe in the concept and want it at our events. If it's not a hit we stand to ruin our event that is already very successful the way it currently sits. It if is a hit, then we will see where it goes from there and the racers will dictate that.

The rest is yet to be determined but logically speaking I would say IF it does spread throughout the country it won't be any different than Crosstalk and Auto start (where tracks that currently utilize the Compulink system (I believe roughly 80% of the tracks use Compulink) can upgrade their system similar to the way they upgraded their systems when they chose AutoStart and Cross-talk. Yes, there will be a cost involved (similar to when tracks upgraded their systems with AutoStart and Cross-talk). And similar to Crosstalk and AutoStart, I am sure it will be very reasonable. And if all goes well, similar to Crosstalk and AutoStart, all racers (and not just Spring Fling racers) will benefit from a better system in the long run.

Hopefully, this is a better explanation on who we are and where we are coming from.