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Its time to make a clearification or a correction to the new restart rule. Last nights 100 lap truck race was decided by blatently jumping on a late race restart. The Governor's Cup is 2 weeks away, so this needs to be clearly addressed. I guarantee the same problem will occur in the 200 if the track doesn't speak up soon on this. Waiting until the driver's meeting is too late.
A month or so ago, the track dropped the policy of the "lazy green". Of course that was the approach where the starter has the option of calling off a start, especially if someone jumps. Instead, they added another line across the track in turn 4 to define a restart zone. Anywhere between the two lines is where the leader can fire. If someone jumps, they are penalized on the next restart or at the end.
Last night someone jumped, Stevie Wonder could have seen it, he went on to win but no penalty was handed out. We need to know going forward how this is going to work. Does the "restart zone" not apply late in the race?
I can't really blame the driver for trying it, he was leading near the end of a long, hard race, and was lined up next to a fast truck, but I can blame the track for letting him get away with it. I also have to give credit to the second place guy. He was a man about it: he kept his foot in it and tried to run the winner down, although he would have been perfectly justified to slam on the brakes at the starter's stand and raise hell.
On an unrelated, but similar, note; Friday nights Strictly Stock feature was decided with a last-lap pass by a car that was two lanes down on the Bandolero track. Since when is that ok? Is it just going to be dog-eat-dog toward the end of every race?
A month or so ago, the track dropped the policy of the "lazy green". Of course that was the approach where the starter has the option of calling off a start, especially if someone jumps. Instead, they added another line across the track in turn 4 to define a restart zone. Anywhere between the two lines is where the leader can fire. If someone jumps, they are penalized on the next restart or at the end.
Last night someone jumped, Stevie Wonder could have seen it, he went on to win but no penalty was handed out. We need to know going forward how this is going to work. Does the "restart zone" not apply late in the race?
I can't really blame the driver for trying it, he was leading near the end of a long, hard race, and was lined up next to a fast truck, but I can blame the track for letting him get away with it. I also have to give credit to the second place guy. He was a man about it: he kept his foot in it and tried to run the winner down, although he would have been perfectly justified to slam on the brakes at the starter's stand and raise hell.
On an unrelated, but similar, note; Friday nights Strictly Stock feature was decided with a last-lap pass by a car that was two lanes down on the Bandolero track. Since when is that ok? Is it just going to be dog-eat-dog toward the end of every race?
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