Whats new 2015
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quarterpounder said:
Justin Stage said:
I can think of two drivers we may not see in 2015. One from Pro Mod and the other in TMFC.
well it's clear that Tet knows but doesn't want to push the issue; however, as this is a forum can I be bold and ask who you're referring to?http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/11524335.Pub_landl...
I don't know, but I've heard all sorts of rumours from it being taken down entirely, to it being moved to the actual finish line, to being widened and probably many other variants too. It'd be a shame if it did go. I can see the theoretical dangers of it being there, but I'm not really sure it's enough of a problem to need fixing. To me, it's the defining feature of the track. Much more so than the barn ever was.
So is the piss taking nanny state talking about removing the gantry now?
May as well remove the Arnco as well in case someone bumps into it. And those silly traffic lights at the beginning just an accident waiting to happen those.
And let's have a pedestrian crossing for the back-up crews. And a lollipop lady.
I wouldn't be surprised if video screens were in the pipeline, just an opinion.
May as well remove the Arnco as well in case someone bumps into it. And those silly traffic lights at the beginning just an accident waiting to happen those.
And let's have a pedestrian crossing for the back-up crews. And a lollipop lady.
I wouldn't be surprised if video screens were in the pipeline, just an opinion.
Edited by firewalker on Monday 10th November 18:19
firewalker said:
So is the piss taking nanny state talking about removing the gantry now?
May as well remove the Arnco as well in case someone bumps into it. And those silly traffic lights at the beginning just an accident waiting to happen those.
And let's have a pedestrian crossing for the back-up crews. And a lollipop lady.
I wouldn't be surprised if video screens were in the pipeline, just an opinion.
Wohhhhhh backtrack a little bit.....the santa pod words have gone from the gantry....there's nothing saying it won't be going back after a spruce up.....let's just trust the pod to do the right thing, no doubt they've got something in the pipelineMay as well remove the Arnco as well in case someone bumps into it. And those silly traffic lights at the beginning just an accident waiting to happen those.
And let's have a pedestrian crossing for the back-up crews. And a lollipop lady.
I wouldn't be surprised if video screens were in the pipeline, just an opinion.
Edited by firewalker on Monday 10th November 18:19
Guard Beam gets moved closer to stage beam in order to keep some shenanigans at bay ?
I heard some pit rumors about some cars having a "sword" down under the belly that is high enough to pass scutineering
but low enough to keep the stage beam broken ?
I don´t quite understand that, ground clearance is 2" minimum and prestage / stage / guard beam are 1 3/4 inches over ground ?
So anything lower than 2" would not pass inspection and cause a funny sequence of prestage / stage lights anyway ?
I heard some pit rumors about some cars having a "sword" down under the belly that is high enough to pass scutineering
but low enough to keep the stage beam broken ?
I don´t quite understand that, ground clearance is 2" minimum and prestage / stage / guard beam are 1 3/4 inches over ground ?
So anything lower than 2" would not pass inspection and cause a funny sequence of prestage / stage lights anyway ?
The FIA rule book has the startline regulations in it, the Pre-Stage and Stage beams moved forward to be 13 3/8 inches behind the guard beam (since the guard beam is the start of the 1/4 mile). For 2014 it wasn't in the printed FIA rule book but it was in the online version.
As for the finish line gantry I'll say nothing more than nobody has anything to worry about :-)
As for the finish line gantry I'll say nothing more than nobody has anything to worry about :-)
The old distance was 16 inches from the centre of the stage beam to the guard beam. At Santa Pod the startline beams are inside metal boxes fixed to the ground so it's just a case of cutting new holes in the boxes and making new brackets to hold the photocells.
LED lights on the tree have been in the pipeline for a while, the problem is all the tracks should change at the same time. At some point in the near future the current filament lamps will be unavailable, certainly in Europe, so I would think the change would happen within the next 2-3 years.
LED lights on the tree have been in the pipeline for a while, the problem is all the tracks should change at the same time. At some point in the near future the current filament lamps will be unavailable, certainly in Europe, so I would think the change would happen within the next 2-3 years.
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