Quote:
Originally Posted by bill dedman
Ed wrote, "I think the guys wanting it will be suprised at how little it actually helps them."
Ed,
It's not a matter of "helping" anybody.
It's a matter of giving both cars an equal chance to red light... PERIOD. That's all it does.
I fail to see what's wrong with that scenario, or, why anyone who values sportsmanship and fair play could object to it. NOBODY has an advantage with this system. NOBODY.
That's not true with the system now in place.
This double red light system will work effectively to level the playing field, whether it's a race between an AA/SA car and an A/SA car, a AA/SA car and a W/SA car, or a V/SA car and a W/SA car.
It plays no favorites.
|
Bill,
Didn't we debate some of these other racers on this topic earlier this season? I'm with you (again) on this one, and I'm glad that a faster class racer (Michael Pliska) appears to agree with us, because the faster class cars already have the "everything is in front of them" advantage, so why should they sustain this advantage too??? I hope this is for real and not just a figment of my imagination!!!
Now, another thing I hope they change is the reading height of the timing lights that are tripped by the nose of a car under hard braking (newer cars with ground effects skirting, or other devices?), so that the finish line will be tripped by the same device that the starting line is tripped by...THE TIRES!!!