Tom, You're suggestion is an excellent one. I
agree that swift justice is often the fairest.
But, you have no idea what it takes for a
volunteer organization to put on a race weekend.
To keep all the balls in the air and somehow
finish close to schedule is a daunting task. CSRG
has a Chief Steward and Dan Radowicz to control
the event. What you have in mind would take a
legion of workers and a coordinator. What we do
is a compromise, and I think we do a Hell of a
good job. I know you as a loyal supporter, and
I'm sure you'll agree.
Don Queen
--- Tom M <tmatycho@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>
> MHKitchen@aol.com wrote:
> <snip>
> > I still believe its going to take
> > some strong action to bring some of these
> guys back to reality. Its my
> > opinion that if you have or cause contact in
> a vintage race, you need at
> > least 6 months off to think about it. The
> CSRG board often would not take
> > such measures, or if they did, would rescind
> them when the offending driver
> > would come crying to them with some lame
> excuse. I think it should be made
> > abundantly clear up front....crash, or hit
> somebody or something and you're
> > going to be out for a while...then there
> should be no crying or questions
> > when they tell you put it on the trailer.
> And, it just might cause you to
> > rethink those last-minute, dive into the apex
> passes, or give that rookie
> > just a little more track as you go by.
> <snip>
>
> I think that if there were a more uniform
> administration of summary
> penalties on the spot, i.e. being black flag
> and made in two sit in the
> black flight station for two minutes while
> one's transgression was
> explained thoroughly, it would go a long way
> toward discouraging overly
> aggressive behavior. We've been reminded
> several times at drivers
> meanings about the eight pages of black flight
> incidents reported at the
> spring, 1999, event. I'm guessing that only a
> small percentage of those
> incidents resulted in the offending driver
> being immediately black
> flagged.
>
> One thing that we know about consequences is
> that they work best the
> nearer to the offense that they are imposed.
> The longer one waits, the
> more severe the consequence needs to be to have
> an effect. If, as is
> said, the principal cause of incidents is
> overly aggressive driving by
> experienced drivers, then all observed
> incidents of such behavior should
> be immediately be dealt with even though no
> contact occurred. If one or
> to lose a lap, whether in practice or in an
> actual race, as a result of
> of a bonzai pass, dropping the wheel, passing
> under yellow, etc., it
> would communicate in both to the offender and
> to all other drivers that
> the organization is serious.
>
> Tom M
> Elva Courier #43
>
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