Kevin Stevens wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Barry Chafin wrote:
>
> > Jerry -- Thanks for helping Dan out with questions about yesterday's course
>design
> > / implementation, your points are on target. As an Event Chair I'd love to
>of
> > gotten another 15 seconds out of the Oakland lot in order to have three
>cars on
> > course @ a time (theoretically more cars in less time). To accomplish the
>task it's
> > likely going take a loop or as you pointed out much tighter and less
>desirable
> > course.
> >
> > Tony's going to try a loop on St. Patty's Day. Let's hear it for getting
>looped on
> > St. Patty's Day!, :^). Let's hear it for Tony.
>
> Of course I wasn't there, but if you can start cars every 20-25 seconds,
> the length of course doesn't make any difference to total time. Loops
> often *impede* you from hitting that range, because they provide potential
> for vehicle approximation if the following car is catching up before the
> prior car exits (hopefully in the correct direction!). They have to be
> carefully placed to avoid delaying the start.
>
> KeS
Early in the morning, when I took a few measurement we were starting cars @
about 25
second intervals with two cars on course simultaneously most of the time. I
didn't think
to make sure that each starter was so instructed but it seemed that the number
of cars on
course concurrently remained pretty much constant all day, of course with the
exception
of when the Law Enforcement Officials took over :^).
Barry
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