hawaii incident

Wondering if anyone else experienced this problem. On the line at Dega, Saturday afternoon. No pace. Damn, I need to start praticing on other tracks. Anyway, I see cars in front of me start accelerating, but I got about a 3 second delay before my green flag dropped. Luckily no one ran rear-ended me! Maybe this is the cause of some wrecks at the start? BTW, raced 3 in a row Sat.(3-15). The most incident free racing I been in so far. Don Turcotte DonT

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>Wondering if anyone else experienced this problem. >On the line at Dega, Saturday afternoon. No pace. Damn, I need >to start praticing on other tracks. Anyway, I see cars >in front of me start accelerating, but I got about a 3 >second delay before my green flag dropped. Luckily no >one ran rear-ended me! Maybe this is the cause of some >wrecks at the start?

Yep...flag delays is a bug... Ken

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>>Wondering if anyone else experienced this problem. >>On the line at Dega, Saturday afternoon. No pace. Damn, I need >>to start praticing on other tracks. Anyway, I see cars >>in front of me start accelerating, but I got about a 3 >>second delay before my green flag dropped. Luckily no >>one ran rear-ended me! Maybe this is the cause of some >>wrecks at the start? >Yep...flag delays is a bug... >Ken

I thought it was just me or my setup! A couple of times, It seemed like I just sat on the track (for hours) and watched the field take off ahead of me. I keep telling myself it's just a handicap technique (not). I've even gone so far as to keep off the gas until the green flag drops, thinking that maybe sitting there with it floored before the green dropped was the problem.

snipped: Anyway, I see cars With this in mind, it makes sense to run with pace lap on, and then everyone sit for a second after the start of the pace lap for the car in front of you to get a 4 to 6 car-length head start before moving. After all, with a pace lap, you're not going anywhere for a lap, so you can dispense with the jackrabbit starts. You should be able to run a full field this way with no accidents. Mike

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>Subject: Re: hawaii incident >Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 11:04:22 -0600 >snipped: Anyway, I see cars >> >in front of me start accelerating, but I got about a 3 >> >second delay before my green flag dropped. Luckily no >> >one ran rear-ended me! Maybe this is the cause of some >> >wrecks at the start? >> Yep...flag delays is a bug... >> Ken >With this in mind, it makes sense to run with pace lap on, and then everyone sit for >a second after the start of the pace lap for the car in front of you to get a 4 to 6 >car-length head start before moving. >After all, with a pace lap, you're not going anywhere for a lap, so you can dispense >with the jackrabbit starts. You should be able to run a full field this way with >no accidents. >Mike

But a lot of people don't want pace laps. Some people think it's BORING, so they start wrecking cars before the green flag flies... :( ________ Eldred Pickett I am NOT paranoid. And why are you always watching me?!?

Snip Yes, it's true, Eldred.... but we can't fix everything... But this is still a good idea for those of us who want it to work. ... the few, the proud, the... Mike