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Jeff Stout · 06-12-2017, 10:06 AM

I was race director at the old Speedworld in AZ. We had a 3 day Jr dragster event that all employees regretted doing because of it being dragged out way to long. On Friday I watched and put rounds on a stop watch and 1 pair of cars were taking 1 minute and 20 seconds to start to finish. It really was ridiculous. On Saturday we had a driver/parent meeting. I described what was going on with each pair which was the pair in the water box was watching the entire race before them before starting their cars in water box. I asked for a vote in which the pair in front of them pre-staged then the cars in the water box had to start engines. The vote won by majority. Now through out the day I would run the rounds on a clock and we were down to 50 seconds start to finish per pair. It was a total success and made the race get over in time and nobody was in a rush and safety was not compromised. I guess what I'm saying is if change needs to happen to speed up program then let the race director know or sanctioning body know. It can improve if wanted.

06-12-2017, 10:06 AM	#16
Jeff Stout VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: phoenix Posts: 1,491 Likes: 66 Liked 708 Times in 285 Posts	Re: Interesting Commentary - why does it takes longer .... I was race director at the old Speedworld in AZ. We had a 3 day Jr dragster event that all employees regretted doing because of it being dragged out way to long. On Friday I watched and put rounds on a stop watch and 1 pair of cars were taking 1 minute and 20 seconds to start to finish. It really was ridiculous. On Saturday we had a driver/parent meeting. I described what was going on with each pair which was the pair in the water box was watching the entire race before them before starting their cars in water box. I asked for a vote in which the pair in front of them pre-staged then the cars in the water box had to start engines. The vote won by majority. Now through out the day I would run the rounds on a clock and we were down to 50 seconds start to finish per pair. It was a total success and made the race get over in time and nobody was in a rush and safety was not compromised. I guess what I'm saying is if change needs to happen to speed up program then let the race director know or sanctioning body know. It can improve if wanted.