997 Sport Chrono and Trackday ban???

[sadlerj]

I have been wondering about the sport chronograph package, I see there is a stopwatch and a Lap Timer built into the Satnav screen, surely if you had one of those on your car then you would be banned from UK trackdays. The regular track hounds will know that the organisers public liability insurance does not allow any kind of timing, many of the companies I book with with chuck you off if caught timing, but if you have the sport chrono package then you will easily be able to time yourself, thus invalidating your insurance and the track day organisers. I would feel the only way to make sure people are not timing themselves would be to ban sport chrono equipped 997's..

What are other peoples thoughts about this?

ps what a car, Tiff did it justice at Silverstone last night...yum, yum

[GuyR]

Do they ban watches as well then?

[jeremyc]

As GuyR so eloquently eluded, it is the use of timing equipment that is banned at track days. There is all kind of equipment out there that makes it easy to time laps: watches, stopwatches, data loggers, timing beacons, sun dials etc. - the trick is not to put it into action.

And we need the 997s at track days just to keep the numbers up of Porker drivers that are lapped by the Caterhams.

[sadlerj]

Yep, I suppose they would just have to trust people not to use it, like with all the other stuff.

[TheLemming]

Besides, with a video camera mounted on the dash, you can always play it back and time yourself when you get home.

[domster]

TheLemming said:

Besides, with a video camera mounted on the dash, you can always play it back and time yourself when you get home.

And for every bit of 'traffic' you encounter, knock off oooh, 5 secs say, for the 'true lap time'. This is how I got my N'ring bridge to gantry time down to 5mins 38secs on a busy Saturday at Easter.

[DustyC]

I had similar thoughts when I saw it on TG too.
I guess the reason this is worse than data loggers and video cameras etc is because you can see the time on the dash whilst driving rather than being able to only see it when in the paddock.
Im not suggesting that its dangerous to look at the dash board but that people will be trying so hard to shave of another fraction of a second (I would) that organisers may rfear they go beyond their limits (I would!).

So perhaps organisers will just take a peak in the car when it leaves the paddock to makes sure the laptimer screen is not showing.
If it logs times in the background and is not displayed then its just the same as all the other kit.

[sadlerj]

Don't talk to me about video cameras, the one and only time I mounted a video camera in my old boxster I put it into the tyre wall at Lavant at Goodwood never again.

[DustyC]

I know how you could recover £250 though!

(Sorry, you must have been gutted. I'd breakdown on the spot).

[PetrolTed]

Perhaps they'll simply insist you put a bit of tape over the timer?

[DustyC]

PetrolTed said:

Perhaps they'll simply insist you put a bit of tape over the timer?

Thats not technical enough, go away spoil sport!