If you're interested in working trailer, just sign up for it! You might
start with something relatively easy, such as pylon counting.
And please do think seriously about learning the T&S jobs (and this isn't
just aimed at Brooks). We can always use more skilled T&S workers.
Scot
'91 CS Miata
----- Original Message -----
From: "Talley, Brooks" <brooks@frnk.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 4:43 PM
Subject: RE: 2000 Winter Slush Series-revised
> adozzell wrote:
>
> >A solid trailer cew
> >is essential to a smooth event and maybe we should restrict the
> >trailer crew to those folks that can do the job.
> >At the 8/13 GGF event Jim Ochi and I ran the trailer alone and
> >we averaged 21s overlaps for our run group and we had time to
> >hold the start and run out onto course to reset cones that had
> >been knocked over and missed by the crew on course.
> >I can buy the safety argument for overlap times and I can buy
> >the argument that you have to wait for folks to finish their
> >conversation before running to pick up a downed cone, but I
> >don't agree that the trailer cannot keep up.
>
> Hmm. Well, I'm a relative newbie, and I haven't tried a trailer job for
> just this reason: I don't want to be the idiot who brings things to a
> screeching halt. So far I've worked the course at every event (8, I
think),
> because I'm confident I can do it well.
>
> But you know what: the first event I worked course, I had an experienced
> person out there with me to tell me what to do and generally educate by
way
> of example (thanks, Greg).
>
> Maybe there needs to be an "apprentice" position in the trailer, or some
> better way to get educated on the trailer jobs and how to do them well.
> That is, if the trailer's efficiency is really a problem that needs to be
> solved here.
>
> -b
>
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