Glen;
One would think that the FIA could bring a good differential GPS receiver as
well as the stopwatch!
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Glen Barrett [mailto:speedtimer@charter.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 9:26 AM
To: Albaugh, Neil; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: FIA
Neal
Our clocks are certified each year at a Standards lab prior to the event. We
have three complete sets. A copy of the certification is given to the FIA
Rep. We also have an outside source survey the course length. All
measurements are double checked and as above a copy of the survey
certificate is given to the FIA Rep. Beyond a stop watch they bring to keep
track of the one hour turn around time they furnish only their forms to copy
our data from. We do the rest. Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 11:54 AM
Subject: RE: FIA
> If I were the one who had the responsibility of certifying records,
> I'd certainly bring a few basic tools to the meet.
>
> My basic concern would be to check the calibration of the clocks and
> the distance measurements-- not that I'd expect cheating, but mistakes
> can,
and
> do, happen.
>
> While on the subject of rubber calibration tools-- does anyone
> remember
the
> ol' days in drag racing when some dishonest strip owners and promoters
> fudged the ET & top speed of some cars so that it would draw bigger
> crowds to see the "fastest" racing? Not that I'd expect that to happen
> in LSR but it pays to check once in a while.
>
> Regards, Neil
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