What would your Div director do ?

[Dan Bennett]

Originally Posted by Mickey Whaley

How long does a rerun take 5 min it sounds to me like the div director didnt understand what happened and needs an explanition of the run, so maybe a real racer needs to tell him what the situation was?

I've sat in Race Control with a lot of different DDs, and honestly I can only think of one or two who shouldn't be there. Even though it might not be obvious in the pits, as I've listened in on their decision making processes it was obvious the decision was made contingent on what was best for the most racers.

I agree that it's only a five minute deal to pair two cars. But every time I've seen this happen, things get uglier than an episode of Pinks. This guy needs to go service his clutch, that guy needs to get his engine stone cold, another one complains because he remembers how the issue was handled in 1976, and on and on.

If the class has completed before the re-run occurs, the computer operator has to shut down what they're doing and change to the correct eliminator file - and then change back. There may or may not be more changes to make like .4 or .5 tree, crosstalk, etc.

No, it's not the end of the world, but it ends up taking a lot more time than you'd imagine and a lot more chances to screw something up.

As far as I'm concerned you tell the racers that the rerun will occur as the last pair of that session, with or without them. But I never see that happen since the DDs are trying to be fair to everbody.