7.45 Dial for Bill O'Connor - Page 3

Lenny5160 · 11-14-2021, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

But even if the dial on the score board WAS wrong by 10 seconds, is it not still the drivers responsibility to check and ensure the correct dial is displayed before putting the 2nd stage light on?

Technically you need to check this before lighting the first stage bulb per the rule book, but your general point is correct.

Incorrect dials don’t happen often, in my experience, but they do happen and it’s part of your job as a driver to verify it. My car doesn’t go in low gear after the burnout until the dial-in is up and correct.

Bruce Fulper · 11-14-2021, 01:56 PM

As an NHRA announcer and worked at Pomona for seven years until the new bunch took over and hired "whatevers," catch me in the pits sometime and I'll tell you what goes on. I can't write it here.

Warren Evans · 11-14-2021, 02:14 PM

So maybe some insight here... The computer operator may have put in 7.45 instead of 17.45 and hit the key to advance the pair to the active state. THAT is the number that Live Timing and the NHRA timing screen sees. When the operator corrected the dial, that does not always push to Live Timing or the timing screen. It's a quirk / bug / ??? of the data capture programs that NHRA built and happens more often than you think. The important part is that the Compulink got and processed the corrected number. Now, if it should have been 17.45 or 17.05, that is a shoe polish issue.

Larry Hill · 11-14-2021, 03:46 PM

Thanks Warren!

bill7947 · 12-02-2021, 01:41 AM

My time slip showed a 17.45 dial for the round 2 race. I don't know where the 7.45 came from. I broke out by a bunch but thats a whole other story.

12-02-2021, 10:55 AM

Started in the semis for us , Dial in board had a mind of its own. They assured us it was correct . Same thing in the final.

Shake & Bake · 12-02-2021, 01:32 PM

Isn't your dial-in on the scoreboard at the end of the track also before the run?

12-02-2021, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Shake & Bake

Isn't your dial-in on the scoreboard at the end of the track also before the run?

Yes, that was the issue. Finish line board/ boards were wrong.

Shake & Bake · 12-02-2021, 05:47 PM

Oh, Got'cha!

I just assumed that there was also another board with your dial-in on it when you pulled into the water box you could glance up at in the center of the lanes to check your dial-in besides the scoreboard at the far end...

11-14-2021, 01:56 PM	#22
Bruce Fulper Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: So. Cal. Posts: 651 Likes: 4 Liked 54 Times in 33 Posts	Re: 7.45 Dial for Bill O'Connor As an NHRA announcer and worked at Pomona for seven years until the new bunch took over and hired "whatevers," catch me in the pits sometime and I'll tell you what goes on. I can't write it here.

11-14-2021, 02:14 PM	#23
Warren Evans Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Effingham, IL Posts: 354 Likes: 4 Liked 1,569 Times in 189 Posts	Re: 7.45 Dial for Bill O'Connor So maybe some insight here... The computer operator may have put in 7.45 instead of 17.45 and hit the key to advance the pair to the active state. THAT is the number that Live Timing and the NHRA timing screen sees. When the operator corrected the dial, that does not always push to Live Timing or the timing screen. It's a quirk / bug / ??? of the data capture programs that NHRA built and happens more often than you think. The important part is that the Compulink got and processed the corrected number. Now, if it should have been 17.45 or 17.05, that is a shoe polish issue.

11-14-2021, 03:46 PM	#24
Larry Hill Live Reporter Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hickory, Ky Posts: 10,647 Likes: 1,941 Liked 10,750 Times in 2,235 Posts	Re: 7.45 Dial for Bill O'Connor Thanks Warren! __________________ IHM Used Parts https://ihmusedparts.com 888-821-1817

12-02-2021, 01:41 AM	#25
bill7947 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 22 Likes: 11 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 7.45 Dial for Bill O'Connor My time slip showed a 17.45 dial for the round 2 race. I don't know where the 7.45 came from. I broke out by a bunch but thats a whole other story.

12-02-2021, 10:55 AM	#26
Barry Polley Guest Posts: n/a	Re: 7.45 Dial for Bill O'Connor Started in the semis for us , Dial in board had a mind of its own. They assured us it was correct . Same thing in the final.

12-02-2021, 01:32 PM	#27
Shake & Bake Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 312 Likes: 40 Liked 37 Times in 33 Posts	Re: 7.45 Dial for Bill O'Connor Isn't your dial-in on the scoreboard at the end of the track also before the run?

12-02-2021, 05:47 PM	#29
Shake & Bake Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 312 Likes: 40 Liked 37 Times in 33 Posts	Re: 7.45 Dial for Bill O'Connor Oh, Got'cha! I just assumed that there was also another board with your dial-in on it when you pulled into the water box you could glance up at in the center of the lanes to check your dial-in besides the scoreboard at the far end...