Randy Blaylock
Highlander Motorsports
In my time as License Director, on a few occasions when I have worked a turn, and as a driver receiving a donut for a pass under yellow, I have always wondered what the "zone", so to speak, was for each turn station at each track Conference regularly runs.
It matters, because flag officials, and drivers for that matter, have to have a clear understanding where each and every area of coverage for each turn station begins and ends. It cannot be an arbitrary and moving target, safety dictates this.
For example, at Pacific Raceways Turn 8, where does this station's coverage area begin and end? Does it begin on an imaginary line that passes through the turn station on a sight line coming from turn station 7, as logic suggests, or is it some other place? Where is this? If there is a single station yellow displayed at T8, where is it OK to complete a pass, and where is it not? Where does the T8 zone end? Is it at a line drawn perpendicular across the racing surface at the Turn 9 station?
For the occasions in the future when I work turns, and as a driver on the track when there is a single station yellow flag condition, I would really like to know exactly where these zones are. These must be published somewhere, no?
It matters, because flag officials, and drivers for that matter, have to have a clear understanding where each and every area of coverage for each turn station begins and ends. It cannot be an arbitrary and moving target, safety dictates this.
For example, at Pacific Raceways Turn 8, where does this station's coverage area begin and end? Does it begin on an imaginary line that passes through the turn station on a sight line coming from turn station 7, as logic suggests, or is it some other place? Where is this? If there is a single station yellow displayed at T8, where is it OK to complete a pass, and where is it not? Where does the T8 zone end? Is it at a line drawn perpendicular across the racing surface at the Turn 9 station?
For the occasions in the future when I work turns, and as a driver on the track when there is a single station yellow flag condition, I would really like to know exactly where these zones are. These must be published somewhere, no?