MJR911

Looks good to me. LIkely that E is in the faster group bc of the # of cars.

chrisp

Did someone say that SP and the rest of the Green sprint have a split start?

FredC

That is what i heard and it is the reason why i believe the SP cars should be paired with a faster run group. The way it is at the moment, they will get bundled up with the slower cars of the Green group really quick. That could be prevented by having them run in the Blue group and send the E cars in Green.

Jimbo951

FredC: Your idea just changes who runs into who. If you ran SP1-3 with FGH, the fast cars in FGH will start lapping the SP2 guys in a few laps.

If the fast cars in SP2/3 are faster than D then the SP2/3 group should start first.

Brian P

So how does the split start work? It would seem that you can't really have a wave-off by the starter. Do they just black flag those who jump the start, or is that only in theory?

Chris M.

They had two pace cars at Mid Ohio but in Atlanta they were right behind the back of the main pack. The two pace cars works better IMO.

good hands

NASA does it kind of cool. The first group does a standing start and the 2nd group has a pace car and does a rolling start.

Veloce Raptor

Pretty much what was expected for the enduro, eh?







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Jimbo951

I'm pretty sure they had two pace cars at Road Atlanta.

PS: Chris, did you spin in the 2nd Sprint Race at Mid-Ohio? If so, I was the red 944 Turbo that was right behind you.

Jimbo951

They do it just like the pros. There are two pace cars, and they try to keep the two groups separated by 30 seconds or so. And yes, once the first group goes green the 2nd group is commited to go green.

Racerrob

Has anyone seen a schedule yet?

cooz

Agree with Fred C.... probably better to have the SP cars moved into Blue group and E cars into Green group. (my 2 cents)

norm m

BostonDMD

http://zone1.pca.org/clash09-schedule-2pgs.pdf

FredC

Few laps is better than 1 and 1/2 lap. That's my point. I think the faster SP3 guys will run into A and B cars at T1 on lap 2. Sucks given that they are trying to have a race that counts for Cup IMHO. Anyway, i guess it is what it is, so on to racing!!!

chrisp

If SP starts second it shouldn't be too bad. There are 30-ish non-SP cars and 25 SP cars. Based on qual times from last year SP3 won't catch the front 10-15 D cars at all. SP2 mixes pretty well with mid-pack C & D cars. If they space the SP start far enough back (1/2 lap ??) it'll take the fast SP3 guys 3-4 laps to get into the thick of the Green backmarkers and at that they'll only need to work their way through 15 or so cars until they are with similar pace GT, C, & D cars.