maybe when possible, mill 1/2 mile beyond turn 4 and maybe drop the flag before or at turn 4, boats should be figured out by turn 1

thats what i was thinking....trying to line up 8 boats plus through a corner is never gonna work.

we had damn near a mile and a half in Port Huron to get it sorted out and i thought that was plenty...That being said, i think the reason for that is that the pace boat was slower than usual....40-45mph maybe...pretty easy to get lined up at that speed and not covering the ground we usually are at one of the 75mph breaking out before the green flag starts...haha

You could do like the champ boats line up at a dead stop, not like the hydro who is timming there starts. Being old school 20+ F2's turn 1 ( rule's what rule's ???) Jo

Thats the perfect solution.

We have had everything but fist fights over the starts, and you want me to release turn one? Yea there really is a tooth fairy.
Sorry for safety reasons we do it the way we do. Smitty

Understood, see ya in 2 weeks.

Smitty your point is taken, however, before the melee of turn 1, could the issue of pace boats consistency be addressed? We realize that they are volunteer boats at each site, but they do have an OPA official on each boat. Can that official reach over and state that they have to maintain 50 mph(or whatever speed you designate, based on course, conditions, etc) instead of the official telling the pace boat to slow down so they can get the picture? Instead of the parade lap being a cluster**** and just leading an unorganized fleet around for the explicit reasoning of familiarizing the racers with the course, cant the racers line up in their assigned lanes for this lap and then when everyone is lined up, they get turned loose as early on the stretch as possible, while keeping the rules for Turn 1 and doing away with the mill in between the parade lap and start of race.

Before you have to deal with the turn 1 mess, maybe we should start @ step 1 and fix step 1 first and establish consistency with the pace boats first and then turn 1 might not be such a calamity. Just a thought

I do know pigs can fly so why not the tooth fairy

Big boat race LOTTA people gonna be there.
Tighten up your chin straps and bring your big girl panties.
I know we havent had any starting issues in class 5 last 3 races?

Here's a thought ......... follow the existing rules instead of changing them


Jus saying