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Originally Posted by jwsamuel
People can understand handicapped starts and why one car gets the green before the other. Where they have trouble and lose interest is when one car gets to the finish line first but loses the race.
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Most tracks don't have seating anywhere close enough to the finish line where the casual spectators can tell who got there first.
What we do is far more complicated than a casual fan is willing to fully understand. I've had surprisingly interested responses when I've explained throttle stop racing at a high level when a fan has asked; how the stop works and what we are trying to do.