worst red light debate, again!

[bill dedman]

Originally Posted by Hagen Gary

Ohhh, let me hurry up and get my post in.

I'm on both sides of this. Slow car in SS (for div 4 anyway), Fast car in Stock and I like the rule the way it is. As someone already pointed out, I like to have a clean tree. There is an advantage to that. Especially if you’re a blinder racer. If you take away my green light coming on, you also take away my ability to more accurately estimate my RT by when the green comes on. Is that good enough Mr. Bill?

No, Hagen, this s not about "fast cars" or "slow cars," because it will effect every car in the Eliminator except the one, fastest car. Like an AA/S car, for instance. That car (unless it's a slug) will NEVER leave first.

Additionally, it is a losing battle to try to assess "advantages" like a "clean tree" that will come into play because there is a never-ending list of advantages/disadvantages to running ANY car (slow cars are affected by the weather and wind, more than faster cars; faster cars have traction problems that slower cars don't have) etc., etc., etc....

You just can't legislate advantages/disadvantages, so we need to go with the program that gives an advantage to NOBODY... the worse red light system.