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Can anyone explain the new policy at New Smyrna regarding restarts? I had not been there for a few months, and I had a good time too, but I am puzzled about a new procedure from the flagstand.
Everyone is used to seeing the "one lap to green" signal from the starter. Now NSS shows "two laps to green". That is the signal to line up side by side for the double file restart, then they idle around and get "one to go".
This is a waste of time. There is no reason why any class can't line up and get ready to go in a single lap, especially on a big track like NSS. It just delays things IMHO.
It is clear to me that the decision to combine trucks and sportsman cars is the right move. They had a good race: 7 sportsmen and 4 trucks. Scott Reeves was the highest finishing truck, and he took it to the sportsmen cars the whole way. The classes are distinct, but well matched, and we saw a good race.
I've about had it with the #21 cars at NSS. They show up every week without fail and support the track. That is terrific, but what do they add to the show? The cars are flat black, painful to look at, and only one of the strictly stocks is at all competitive. The others putt around in the back week after week, year after year.
One of the E mods for example: flat black, butt ugly (for years), barely runs, covered with mud last night, and he ran the modified 50 where he got lapped every 5 laps. Tell me how this adds to the show.
Why not do this: since the cars are too slow to ever get any body damage, and its likely we'll be looking at those chalkboards for many years to come, give the fans a chance to decorate them. I suggest handing out 10 paintball guns to fans spread throughout the stands. Put bright neon colored paintballs in the guns and let them shoot at the 21's.
I had a really good night; there is a lot of friendly people at that track. Remember 15 years ago? I found NSS to be a very unfriendly place; everyone was so serious and uptight. Now it is much more relaxed in recent years, and they had some good races last night too.
Everyone is used to seeing the "one lap to green" signal from the starter. Now NSS shows "two laps to green". That is the signal to line up side by side for the double file restart, then they idle around and get "one to go".
This is a waste of time. There is no reason why any class can't line up and get ready to go in a single lap, especially on a big track like NSS. It just delays things IMHO.
It is clear to me that the decision to combine trucks and sportsman cars is the right move. They had a good race: 7 sportsmen and 4 trucks. Scott Reeves was the highest finishing truck, and he took it to the sportsmen cars the whole way. The classes are distinct, but well matched, and we saw a good race.
I've about had it with the #21 cars at NSS. They show up every week without fail and support the track. That is terrific, but what do they add to the show? The cars are flat black, painful to look at, and only one of the strictly stocks is at all competitive. The others putt around in the back week after week, year after year.
One of the E mods for example: flat black, butt ugly (for years), barely runs, covered with mud last night, and he ran the modified 50 where he got lapped every 5 laps. Tell me how this adds to the show.
Why not do this: since the cars are too slow to ever get any body damage, and its likely we'll be looking at those chalkboards for many years to come, give the fans a chance to decorate them. I suggest handing out 10 paintball guns to fans spread throughout the stands. Put bright neon colored paintballs in the guns and let them shoot at the 21's.
I had a really good night; there is a lot of friendly people at that track. Remember 15 years ago? I found NSS to be a very unfriendly place; everyone was so serious and uptight. Now it is much more relaxed in recent years, and they had some good races last night too.
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