A message to the rest

Start with the end in mind.

We're seeking a backup form of information.
I'm thinking that if you have your own race radio, your crewchief could monitor the Info Broadcast and relay to you accordingly.

The requirement isn't to have radio.
The requirement is to have a means of receiving the message.

The tower needs to be able to "communicate" to each of the drivers.
Don't care how we get there, just need two forms of communication from Control to Driver.

Right now Control "communicates" with drivers via flags.
Radios are a backup means and can be very effective.

-=- Todd

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Originally Posted by AI#97

It works fine when the car isn't running! It's just REALLY loud in the car. Can't imagine how bad it would be if I removed the sound deadening material from the floor boards! :shock:

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I also actually have difficulty hearing the broadcast at times. I have the argent lab supplied bud and it sounds just fine in pits, grid, etc.
However certain times on the track, full throttle etc, I cannot understand what is being said. Partly because often it is said just once, seemily at an inopportune time for myself. Maybe a little tweaking on the broadcast itself to ensure the message is received well. repeating the flag situation, location on track, and other very finite amounts of details in a very succinct way a few times would help.

Al... So you got a complete DQ after you raced for the qual incident?

Why wasn't that penaltly announced to you prior? It seems pointless to race R3 if you knew going in that the penalty was that harsh
I thought you only got DQ'd for qual and had to start in the back.

That sucks that my wreck screws up your whole season too. :(

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Originally Posted by AllZWay

Al... So you got a complete DQ after you raced for the qual incident?

Why wasn't that penaltly announced to you prior? It seems pointless to race R3 if you knew going in that the penalty was that harsh
I thought you only got DQ'd for qual and had to start in the back.

That sucks that my wreck screws up your whole season too. :(

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James,

It was NOT your fault. Al is being a man and stepping up to the plate and taking his punishment. I'm sure that with him being a director they thought they had to make an example out of him to show us all how important the saftey flags are.


JJ

the DQ Al was handed was given to him prior to R3. the point in racing was to prevent 5th place and down to get a free position. Al finished 4th and so no 4th place points were given to anyone.
the accual penalty was a DQ of the qual time and zero points for his finishing position for R3. Al also got a 2 event weekend probation. Al took it like a man. he's bummed about this and feels he's let you guys down and set a bad example. so lets just learn from this and move on.

Just as a bit of a side note, there is a bit of a technique to using radios I think. This is probably a bit different for different people, but when I started using a crew radio, Liz and I worked out timing for her to be talking to me, and when she would expect a reply or not. Kinda of a bummer to be getting ready to dive inside a racer for a fantastic late braking move only to have the radio come on at that instant with a message for something half a track away....

I like the idea of a crew chief being on the safty broadcast and relaying.

Jeff

No doubt Jeff. If you do have your own radio person, they can scan control and relay directly. I have none so I'd rather have calls come in at in-opportune times than none at all! :D

When we first did this in Ca we had Greg Robinson broadcasting and he was great (fireman, used to radio chatter in emergencies). He did a couple of things that I think are key: spoke slowly and pronounced everything cleanly, repeated the message twice, held the mike button a bit up front and a bit at the end so as to never cut himself off.

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Originally Posted by Al Fernandez

Of the three, mine was by far the worst offense: passing under a waving yellow and a white/red cross. Inexcusable. As a result I got my time DQd, my race result DQd, and I'm on probation, and I killed my team's chances for the year...and I am damn lucky that is all I got!! It could have gotten much much worse.

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As a racer in this series, I look to the leaders of this series to provide an example ... a role model if you will. I always have and it comes with the territory. Even an APPEARANCE of impropriety causes a leader to lose his integrity.

To that end, what I see here is a fellow racer who has stepped up and made it abundantly clear what happened.

As a director you are exceeding my expectations.

This is a tough pill to swallow and I KNOW you feel bad for your team. But, life goes on and I would hope you can and will put this behind you.

I have no issues taking a green flag with you.