by turbokev » Sat Sep 27, 2014 6:45 pm
OK.. Here's where we stand..
I was able to get round 1 run tonight.. Rusty got to see a couple rounds, and Todd got to see a couple..
Races are set for 2.5 minutes each.. track call buttons are used for an off with no delay built in.
Had a timing system issue where the timer would just freeze.. re-ran 1 race with success then it failed on the next so I told Rusty I was
going to scrap it for the night and move the timing program to a backup laptop.. Well, then I decided to change the USB port the timing
sensors are plugged in to which changed the com port as well.. Since that change the timing has been reliable so after a test, I ran the
remaining races in round 1 (which Todd saw)
1 of those races was very close with just 8 inches between the cars at the finish..
Round 2 will be run tomorrow night at 7pm EST and I'll broadcast live at that time..
Just so everyone understands the format.. Qualifiers 1 & 2 are running against each other, round 1, Q1 in blue lane, Q2 in red lane.
Qualifiers 3 & 4 are running against each other, round 1, Q3 in blue lane, Q4 in red lane... etc etc..
Then in round 2 we'll run the same cars against each other only in the other lane.. Q1 in red lane, Q2 in blue lane.
That way over the 2 rounds, I am driving each and every car in the blue lane, and Cooper is driving each and every car in the red lane.
The 11th qualifier, Jeremy is running solo in the blue lane in round 1, solo in the red lane in round 2.
Laps and partial laps are being added together for a total lapcount to determine finish order.
Had one car failure tonight in the form of a broken guide half way through a round.. that car is being repaired
and will be re-run tomorrow night just prior to round 2 so he gets a complete fair run for the whole round here..
till then.... Kev