The yellow flag at 14
Another signal I might have overlooked.
You are right. More Confusion.
There may need to be some kind of failsafe system.
The lights under the bridge should help this considerable...I hope.
> Hi Joe,
> What was confusing is that the driver's meeting said
> you can start "racing" if a corner has dropped its
> yellow (typically coming around the last turn). This
> is true and correct per SCCA, but with the size of our
> field on Sunday and the geography of Road America, you
> could conceivably have had guys up front seeing the
> green, guys in the back seeing the yellow drop, and
> people in between going 50 MPH. I thought the starter
> did a good job with the green, but the pace lap was
> too fast too soon (we all managed to regroup well, but
> I almost lost sight of the Elva in front of me and you
> behind me). It was a fun race, although an Elva blew
> by me at 100 MPH on the cooldown lap going into turn
> 5, as he didn't realize the checker had been thrown!
>
> Regards,
> Grasshopper
>
> Ron Soave
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