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swtour
11-09-2006, 01:51 AM
In the thread talking about inverting starts there have been several opinions about the inverts and the way races should be run.

In talking to a few of the people in that thread there is a pretty wide difference in the types of tracks that make up those opinions.

Where our local club races nearly all year long on a outdoor asphalt parking lot type of track running approx a 300 ft run line w/ 18 - 22 ft wide lanes.

The guys running on short carpet view things differently since the racing is so much tighter and track length is so much shorter.

Our travelling series runs at tracks from 200' flat asphalt to 950' velodrome, so we've got a very wide variety of tracks we cover.

This is something people forget when trying to create rules, procedures, classes, etc. for ALL of Oval Racing. It also is most likely a leading reason why people are perceived to disagree on some subjects, but when you can dig deep enough...you find out things are not that different all and all.

The one thing I think ALL of us agree upon... R/C Oval Racing... There's NOTHING like it.

burbs
11-09-2006, 02:33 AM
we run the same rules on our 135 foot carpe track as we do on our 365 banked asphalt track.. 99% of the tracks in wisconsin no matter the size follow the same rules as the other tracks.. Id have to say 99% of the tracks ive been to in the midwest all follow the same rules as we do as well..In the last 5 years ive only been to maybe 1 or 2 tracks that ran a different format then what i have thought was the standard..

highroller
11-10-2006, 02:40 AM
It could be the lap counting software each track uses.
The local track I race on resorts the heats after each qualifing run. Others used to invert the starting order for the three qualifing heats, then resort for mains.
I can see the reason for resorting after each qualifing heat vs inverting. By resorting it keeps some of the faster and more skilled drivers in the same heats. Inverting does the opposite, the driver may be fast, skilled, but because the way computer sorts drivers he may get stuck in a heat with slower, less skilled drivers, which could lead him to less than stellar runs.