Karen Stimson
Well-known member
Ken,
When I was out at turn 6 this year (observing a novice race), the flaggers tried to explain the purpose of the white flag following the last of the grid. They thought it was ridiculous, and never could make the explanation sound useful to me as a driver. Just sounds like pointless extra work for the flaggers.
Jeff,
Please don't suggest that--if we have to be gridded up by the entrance to the back straight, we'll never get enough heat in the tires to start with and the heat that's there will start to cool as we proceed at slow speed. Turn one will be a nightmare of sliding into each other. PIR is, for me, one of the hardest to get enough heat in my tires.
Getting gridded up shouldn't be that hard. Just stop scrubbing tires, have the lead person of each pair wave the other forward into position (lets him/her know the scrubbing has stopped), and stay close to those ahead of you. We're racers. We're supposed to process and react quickly. We should be able to do that within the brake zone to 10 and be looking pretty for 10, 11 and 12.
When I was out at turn 6 this year (observing a novice race), the flaggers tried to explain the purpose of the white flag following the last of the grid. They thought it was ridiculous, and never could make the explanation sound useful to me as a driver. Just sounds like pointless extra work for the flaggers.
Jeff,
Please don't suggest that--if we have to be gridded up by the entrance to the back straight, we'll never get enough heat in the tires to start with and the heat that's there will start to cool as we proceed at slow speed. Turn one will be a nightmare of sliding into each other. PIR is, for me, one of the hardest to get enough heat in my tires.
Getting gridded up shouldn't be that hard. Just stop scrubbing tires, have the lead person of each pair wave the other forward into position (lets him/her know the scrubbing has stopped), and stay close to those ahead of you. We're racers. We're supposed to process and react quickly. We should be able to do that within the brake zone to 10 and be looking pretty for 10, 11 and 12.