As soon as this becomes difficult for Jav he's not going to want to do it anymore. All he should have to do is open the room ans we should know exactly whats going on. Being the host of a series that you are racing is really difficult. I haven't done it before but I notice that Jav has to waste time kicking randumbs instead of finishing qualy laps or practice laps. Its not fair so we should make it easy.
Issues:
1. People not showing up on time.
( Please make an attempt to be prompt and show up before the cars have been checked for legality) That should be the cutoff. If you are not in the room before then. Just go away.far away. and never return
Lets set a Strict 5PDT (8EDT) Qualy Start time. This means pre-qualy check should start at 4:50 (7:50) along with resetting tracks and all that fun stuff. This season has a lot of different regs to keep cars close, so no one should attempt qualifying until everyone has been checked, since you will most likely get rejected at one point. This could also happen by checking at the other track like we did this weekend, however we need to go back to the track we have been practicing on since there are noticeable differences between weather change and non weather change tracks. So just go back to the track we've been practicing on as a rule. Qualy should be 20 minutes, so race starts at 5:20 (8:20). Anyone who shows up late for qualy can still qualify with whatever time they have left and will be under a post-race tech inspection for non-ambiguity. If you arrive after 5:20 (8:20), you may watch, but don't say anything, or feel free to enjoy your now free hour.
2. People deciding to learn the track for the first time on lap 1 of the race.
If you are not well versed on the track just skip the race rather than missing braking points and slamming into others.
This baffles me. Most people should have some time during the week to spend 10-15 minutes at least learning how to properly stay on track. Hell, just do some laps immediately after the race the previous sunday. Problem solved.
Rage quitters.
(Rage quitters…
15 people started. 7 finished. I didn't. Shame on me. Shame on all of us who quit. aCertain people have not even tried to finish a race. Just because you crash does not mean everything is over. Other people will crash later on
(It was actually 5 DX)
I don't like people who do this. **** happens during the race. Keep driving and you may surprise yourself at a good finish. I had a hellish race but I kept driving and wound up winning even with starting in last and getting hit off and spun on multiple accounts. Not going to point fingers at anyone because the entire night was a disaster and no one was really in their right mind. As blaze said, forgive and forget. If you find your race ruined by someone else, you can submit an incident report, and a fitting penalty will be addressed to the perpetrator. (No one has ever done this in this series that I've seen, good thing and bad thing)
3. Track Boundaries.
(Do you want others to race dirty or clean? Stay on track regardless of your situation)
No more need be said. Stay on track. We're better than this.
4. Hitting people on the pace lap.
(This is unacceptable. Mainly caused by people deciding to slam on the brakes and come to complete stops. This occurred right before chicane 2. There was no reason for this. )
There is a reason I run a quick first half of lap usually, and that is to give everyone room and "get tires up to temp" but the second part doesnt happen. Think of the first 1/2-3/4 of the pace lap as a warm up lap. You are allowed to use some throttle. I, or anyone else on pole, will slow the field somewhere around the final corner or just after, depending on final straight length, and give appropriate time for the field to bunch up. Pay attention here. There is no reason we cannot get through a pace lap without damage. Remember things accordion when you hit your brakes so do so with plenty of room and do not come to a complete stop or bad things will happen.
5. Pace lap speeds.
(There actually are none in the OP). but no one should be slowing to 35mph.
Never. When I am on pole, don't expect me to slow anywhere near that speed. I will go down to 50-60. Never lower than 50 again. Pole sets pace speed. End of story.
Pole also gets to choose lane (2nd goes opposite, 3rd and back stays in game positioning). Pole sets when to start race. This can be a bit before the start line, but never after. No passing until you cross the start/finish line. Stay in your line until you cross start/finish line. Normal start rules, but I'm reiterating in case anyone has forgotten.
And finally. Just read the gosh darn messages that popup from Jav! The man said” just start the race wherever it puts you”. So YES JoetruckV8. I was mad when you cluelessly just drove your way to the front of the field, making other people think they could start passing on the pace lap. Under no circumstances do you pass cars on the pace lap unless someone has rage quit!!
Jav is the host. Jav has final say on all matters. You may address you opinion, but it's Jav's hammer that says the final word.
We are all competent people. This is easy. I promise you.
Thank you for this, blaze
I hope my commentary just adds to what you already said.
