Double file restart ?

What does "double file restart" mean ??? -- Dmitry Nekryukov http://www.glasnet.ru/~poednjun

After a yellow flag, just before the race goes back to green, the cars that are a lap or more down line up on the inside, and the cars on the lead lap line up on the outside. This gives the lapped cars an opportunity to get a lap back. Dave Sparks IWCCCARS Project: http://www.theuspits.com/iwcccars/index.html-ssi Late Night Series: http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html

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> What does "double file restart" mean ??? > -- > Dmitry Nekryukov > http://www.glasnet.ru/~poednjun > > Double file restart will only work in NROS but not offline right?

Dmitry... In American Nascar racing, if an accident, or otherwise "unsafe" condition occurs during a race, a "Caution" flag will be displayed. This means that the racing cars reduce their speed to a pre-determined rate (what speed depends on the track), are not allowed to pass for position, and stay behind a "Pace Car" that comes onto the track which is used to hold the racing field at bay. In Nascar2 (the sim) this is done by all of the cars getting in single file behind the "pace car", until the "Green Flag" is flown. In actual Nascar racing, the cars now line up "Double File Restart", that is, the cars on the lead lap line up on the outside row, and the cars that are a lap(s) down, line up on the inside row. In this configuration, a "Double File Restart", they will be given the "Green Flag" to resume racing when the Nascar Officials deem it is safe to do so. Hope this helps. God Bless, Andre

> What does "double file restart" mean ??? In Winston Cup racing (and most other divisions of NASCAR), except for the last ten laps of the race, lapped cars and lead lap cars form independent lines and restart side-by-side ("double file"), similar to how they are gridded at the start of the race. The reason is to give lapped cars a shot at getting their lap(s) back. (All for the "show"; I'm not sure it makes a whole lot of sense from a purist racing point of view, but it sure does make for a good show!) ---Jim