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Re: BREAKING NEWS: New ProSolo Timing System

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Subject: Re: BREAKING NEWS: New ProSolo Timing System
From: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:35:33 -0500 (EST)
Howdy,

On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 dg50@daimlerchrysler.com wrote:
> 1) The time showed on the display is (like on a dragstrip) from the time
> you leave the stage beam until the time you cross the finish beam. This
> means that the class competitions will be based on ET, and thus reaction
> times will not count. There is nothing to compel you to cut a good light,
> should you not be so inclined. Note also that "first guy back" means
> nothing either. Your best right-side ET plus your best left-side ET is your
> class competition time of record.
...
> 3) During the Challenges, reaction time WILL count - first man back is the
> winner, and for the first pass, the difference between the finish times is
> added/subtracted to the dialins as appropriate. However, the external
> displays will present the uncorrected ETs of each car, so that drivers will
> know how close they are running to their dialin. In addition, the math side
> of things is done automagically, so that determining who won is no longer
> dependant on Howard's internal math processor.

Who do we need to talk to to ask that ET + RT count in class stuff as
well?

Otherwise, the whole "careful you don't redlight" part of ProSolo is gone
which, IMHO, was a fun part.  Don't forget, typically only a couple folks
in a class make the challenge.  Why limit the fun for the rest?

Mark

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