Pitboard signs

[geeks]

Thurbs said:

TheMakipaa said:

Our "team colour" is yellow and I always wear either our team t-shirt or the hoodie so the driver coming into the pits always spots me fairly easily when I wave them down.

I am surprised the marshalls haven't said anything. They dont like any colours being shown which is the same as a flag, hence why marshals wear orange. I have had team members removed for wearing green jackets, hi-viz jackets etc.

Depends on the event, at RoR we have to wear a high vis in the pit lane at all times during the night stints, failure to do so ends in a serious bking from the nearest guy in orange!

Our pit board tends to air on the simple side, goes out for the first few laps so we can gauge where it is then gets shown at 50% stint length, 75% (where we display position in class, occasional insult and a "push or steady" message) and the last few laps then on the final lap of the stint just has "Car Number" "IN" acknowledge signal is a flash of the lights and in you come!

Night time it has a few LED's lighting it up

We don't stick it out every lap there, for a sub 2 minute lap over a 2 hour stint length means someone on would need to go to the gym the following day to even their arms out

[TheMakipaa]

geeks said:

Depends on the event, at RoR we have to wear a high vis in the pit lane at all times during the night stints, failure to do so ends in a serious bking from the nearest guy in orange!

Our pit board tends to air on the simple side, goes out for the first few laps so we can gauge where it is then gets shown at 50% stint length, 75% (where we display position in class, occasional insult and a "push or steady" message) and the last few laps then on the final lap of the stint just has "Car Number" "IN" acknowledge signal is a flash of the lights and in you come!

Night time it has a few LED's lighting it up

We don't stick it out every lap there, for a sub 2 minute lap over a 2 hour stint length means someone on would need to go to the gym the following day to even their arms out

I think I will just stick to my yellow garb and if someone decides to take offence to it then I'll review. I did have a look around and cannot find anything in any rules or regs that would permit the use of "flag colours" - I guess I would not be hanging around at a point where the flags are out anyway.

I have to say that I have a kind of masochistic desire to do the full 6 hours with the board out on every lap. I am into endurance sports anyway so I am approaching it from that angle. Oh those arms the next day... (It will all end in tears...)

[pitboards]

Hi Graham.

I came across you post about pit boards. I had the same problem back in 1991 with my drivers. It did not matter, how many times, I told them about reading their boards, all they would say, was, ( I could not see it). So walking away with another £2000 engine rebuild cost, I said, I will make a pit board you will never miss and If you do I will make you one in braille.
Six months later. I had developed a pit board number and letter which allows the light to shine through.. These can be back lit if needed , but most pit lanes are so well lit at night races now, no more lighting is needed.

The boards are now used by team in:- F1, Moto GP, . BSB, ,BTCC, Formula ford,, and WSB.. Also at Spar and Le Mans. just to name a few, teams and tracks. I hope you read this as it,s sometime since your post. [e-mail]

Many Thanks Steve