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spotter pit speed wrong

John J Par

spotter pit speed wrong

by John J Par » Wed, 18 Dec 1996 04:00:00

Hello,

I'm about five races into a champ. season and am at Darlington. I turned the
speedometer on for the first time heading out of pit row. The spotter tells
me 'pit speed is 55 mph keep it at 5500 rpm'. No problem, I've been using
him to guage my pit speed. However, at 5500 rpm I'm going only around 45
mph. I don't reach 55 mph until around 6000-6500 rpm. I have not changed the
gearing from the ace setup, only the suspension. This would explain why cars
have been pulling away from me on pit road. You might want to pop the
speedometer up on pit road and make sure the spotter isn't lying to you.

On a different note, I was greatly surprised that while I was leading at
Darlington (first race I've managed to do well in so far). Terry Labonte
moved high to pass me and the spotter started yelling 'go high go high'.
Cool. I didn't realize he would tell you where to go to block a car.

Also, if you are leading during a yellow flag, Move up and tap the pace car.
The spotters comments are worth it.

John

Recently heard at Martinsville -'Don't drive that hard into
....Screeeech....crunch.... the corner...DOH!!!!!'

dalan

spotter pit speed wrong

by dalan » Wed, 18 Dec 1996 04:00:00

I wonder if Dales spotter tells him that ?!?!??
:)

daland
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David Spark

spotter pit speed wrong

by David Spark » Thu, 19 Dec 1996 04:00:00


>I'm about five races into a champ. season and am at Darlington. I turned
>the
>speedometer on for the first time heading out of pit row. The spotter tells
>me 'pit speed is 55 mph keep it at 5500 rpm'. No problem, I've been using
>him to guage my pit speed. However, at 5500 rpm I'm going only around 45
>mph. I don't reach 55 mph until around 6000-6500 rpm. I have not changed
>the
>gearing from the ace setup, only the suspension. This would explain why
>cars
>have been pulling away from me on pit road. You might want to pop the
>speedometer up on pit road and make sure the spotter isn't lying to you.

The spotter is very conservative about pit road RPMs. As you mentioned, the
speedometer is the only way to know for sure. I usually bring up the
speedometer in practice and jot down the RPMs so I know just how much
"headroom" I have.

I don't think he was telling you how to block. I suspect there was a car
with damage on the track in front of you on the low line.

Yep, there's at least 3 different messages. The first time, it was all I
could do to keep the car on the road, I was laughing so hard. <g>

Dave (davids) Sparks
Late Night League
http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html

Jim Sokolof

spotter pit speed wrong

by Jim Sokolof » Thu, 19 Dec 1996 04:00:00


> Also, I changed the pit speed at Talladega to 200 & the spotter still
> tells me to keep it at 7500.

The pit speed is encoded in several places in the program's data files.
I suspect you changed it in the track.txt file, but it's also encoded in
the AI lap files... Don't know off hand what the spotter looks at to
advise you on pit speeds.

I also suspect that he won't have you holding the engine under no load
at some insane RPM just to make some user-altered pit speed...

---Jim Sokoloff, Papyrus

David Sta

spotter pit speed wrong

by David Sta » Fri, 20 Dec 1996 04:00:00



--->>I'm about five races into a champ. season and am at Darlington. I
turned
--->>the
--->>speedometer on for the first time heading out of pit row. The
spotter tells
--->>me 'pit speed is 55 mph keep it at 5500 rpm'. No problem, I've
been using
--->>him to guage my pit speed. However, at 5500 rpm I'm going only
around 45
--->>mph. I don't reach 55 mph until around 6000-6500 rpm. I have not
changed
--->>the
--->>gearing from the ace setup, only the suspension. This would
explain why
--->>cars
--->>have been pulling away from me on pit road. You might want to pop
the
--->>speedometer up on pit road and make sure the spotter isn't lying
to you.
--->
--->The spotter is very conservative about pit road RPMs. As you
mentioned, the
--->speedometer is the only way to know for sure. I usually bring up
the
--->speedometer in practice and jot down the RPMs so I know just how
much
--->"headroom" I have.
--->
--->>On a different note, I was greatly surprised that while I was
leading at
--->>Darlington (first race I've managed to do well in so far). Terry
Labonte
--->>moved high to pass me and the spotter started yelling 'go high go
high'.
--->>Cool. I didn't realize he would tell you where to go to block a
car.
--->
--->I don't think he was telling you how to block. I suspect there was
a car
--->with damage on the track in front of you on the low line.
--->
--->>Also, if you are leading during a yellow flag, Move up and tap
the pace
--->>car. The spotters comments are worth it.
--->
--->Yep, there's at least 3 different messages. The first time, it was
all I
--->could do to keep the car on the road, I was laughing so hard. <g>
--->
--->Dave (davids) Sparks
--->Late Night League
--->http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html

"When you've got a couple of hours you can tell me why you did that."

I got that one for going around the track clockwise.

Also, I changed the pit speed at Talladega to 200 & the spotter still
tells me to keep it at 7500.

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Professional Shop Rat - 32 years in an Auto Plant

John Daughert

spotter pit speed wrong

by John Daughert » Fri, 20 Dec 1996 04:00:00




> --->>I'm about five races into a champ. season and am at Darlington. I
> turned
> --->>the
> --->>speedometer on for the first time heading out of pit row. The
> spotter tells
> --->>me 'pit speed is 55 mph keep it at 5500 rpm'. No problem, I've
> been using
> --->>him to guage my pit speed. However, at 5500 rpm I'm going only
> around 45
> --->>mph. I don't reach 55 mph until around 6000-6500 rpm. I have not
> changed
> --->>the
> --->>gearing from the ace setup, only the suspension. This would
> explain why
> --->>cars
> --->>have been pulling away from me on pit road. You might want to pop
> the
> --->>speedometer up on pit road and make sure the spotter isn't lying
> to you.
> --->
> --->The spotter is very conservative about pit road RPMs. As you
> mentioned, the
> --->speedometer is the only way to know for sure. I usually bring up
> the
> --->speedometer in practice and jot down the RPMs so I know just how
> much
> --->"headroom" I have.
> --->
> --->>On a different note, I was greatly surprised that while I was
> leading at
> --->>Darlington (first race I've managed to do well in so far). Terry
> Labonte
> --->>moved high to pass me and the spotter started yelling 'go high go
> high'.
> --->>Cool. I didn't realize he would tell you where to go to block a
> car.
> --->
> --->I don't think he was telling you how to block. I suspect there was
> a car
> --->with damage on the track in front of you on the low line.
> --->
> --->>Also, if you are leading during a yellow flag, Move up and tap
> the pace
> --->>car. The spotters comments are worth it.
> --->
> --->Yep, there's at least 3 different messages. The first time, it was
> all I
> --->could do to keep the car on the road, I was laughing so hard. <g>
> --->
> --->Dave (davids) Sparks
> --->Late Night League
> --->http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html

> "When you've got a couple of hours you can tell me why you did that."

> I got that one for going around the track clockwise.

> Also, I changed the pit speed at Talladega to 200 & the spotter still
> tells me to keep it at 7500.

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> Professional Shop Rat - 32 years in an Auto Plant

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