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Message text written by "John J. Stimson-III"
" When I ran an event in Indy region,
they had a 45-second course with a crossover about 10 seconds into the
course, and 8 seconds from the finish. They had to wait for each car
to come out of the crossover heading towards the finish before
starting the next car. The result was about a 35 second run interval,
and it took most of the day to give 90 people their 4 runs."
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That's an example of bad course design. Crossovers are a valid concept
PROVIDING they come early in the course. Doing a crossover later invites
problems. Having the loop be of about 20 seconds duration is reasonable.
Making it longer means you can't start a car until well after an arbitrary
gap time of 24 seconds.
--John Kelly
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