25th-May-21, 09:40 PM
To Track Call (TC) / Yellow Flag (YF) during racing or not?
I've never given this any thought as my track came with the Track Call Button therefor I thought it was a natural part of racing and this is utilised in two tracks in our group, therefor I have learnt and been taught to use this by the veterans in the small group I am in, however recently I've found out that this is a contentious topic/issue.
I hand it over to you for a friendly discussion, not looking for cranky debates or nasty comments, just an interesting discussion about this and if you do or don't utilise this on your home or commercial track and how you do or don't utilise this during your race meets.
What do you utilise on your tracks and race events?
All four tracks we race on, we utilise Race Coordinator (RC) and the Track Call / Yellow Flag feature (on the 4-lane tracks more so) to pause the racing when a car deslots, which are getting fewer every week as us rookies learn to race correctly, well some weeks there are less but some weeks it seems we just go out to cause chaos
Our small group is extremely lucky, we have two small 2-Lane tracks very similar to each other and two large 4-Lane tracks much different, each week we rotate the racing on the tracks, we race small, large, small, large.
We don't always utilise the TCB when a car deslots, if the car deslots in front of us and we can reslot it fast without interrupting the racing then we do, even on the 4LT's we do this, so the TCB doesn't need to be used all the time, though the TCB can save a pileup collision of four cars, that has occurred a handful of times and is rare to happen, this is where the TCB comes into play.
We currently have six people in our group and at times we may have four, five or six (full attendance) racers, so this dictates some weeks where and how we race. There have been many weeks where we ran on the two small tracks due to only having four people in attendance, two racing and two marshals.
On the 4-lane tracks we can and do race with a minimum of five, we do this by knocking one lane out of the four (feature of RC, thanks Dave) giving us three racing, two marshals and Track Call button.
With a full attendance we race four lanes with two marshals. Having and utilising the Track Call buttons on the 4-lane tracks is absolutely crucial, my track there is a 2 second delay (adjustable) from the time the track call button is pressed to the time the track power is cut, this delay is your penalty for deslotting, this 2 second delay is enough where you can gain a lap under yellow by coasting under the S/F gantry or at least make a considerable distance on the track, especially on straights.
I agree deslotting can be frustrating for the veterans but we all have to learn somewhere and somehow, even the veterans had to learn to race somewhere and somehow. I think I have personally come a long way since really getting into racing scene with our small group, even veterans deslot when they are pushing too hard.
We have, what I would call, veteran racers, two guys and they are in a race with each other, Best Lap Times etc. so they do have each other to race against while us rookies race the four of us, though past few months the rookies have been grabbing the leaderboards and podiums over the veteran racers.
The track call and yellow flag are necessary as they reduce car (and finger) damage especially the faster cars such as Revo's and BRM's, though as in 1:1 racing a yellow flag can and usually does cause more yellow flags. I am aware every race to back off and to not deslot if I can so the veterans can have an uninterrupted race, which they deserve, everyone deserves that also, but this is life and life isn't perfect.
Thank you to the guys (and their partners) for being so welcoming and inviting me into their homes and race group. I know I have come a long way with racing and car repair which would not have been possible without you all and I know that I still have a long way to go.
Cheers for now
Johnno
I've never given this any thought as my track came with the Track Call Button therefor I thought it was a natural part of racing and this is utilised in two tracks in our group, therefor I have learnt and been taught to use this by the veterans in the small group I am in, however recently I've found out that this is a contentious topic/issue.
I hand it over to you for a friendly discussion, not looking for cranky debates or nasty comments, just an interesting discussion about this and if you do or don't utilise this on your home or commercial track and how you do or don't utilise this during your race meets.
What do you utilise on your tracks and race events?
All four tracks we race on, we utilise Race Coordinator (RC) and the Track Call / Yellow Flag feature (on the 4-lane tracks more so) to pause the racing when a car deslots, which are getting fewer every week as us rookies learn to race correctly, well some weeks there are less but some weeks it seems we just go out to cause chaos
Our small group is extremely lucky, we have two small 2-Lane tracks very similar to each other and two large 4-Lane tracks much different, each week we rotate the racing on the tracks, we race small, large, small, large.
We don't always utilise the TCB when a car deslots, if the car deslots in front of us and we can reslot it fast without interrupting the racing then we do, even on the 4LT's we do this, so the TCB doesn't need to be used all the time, though the TCB can save a pileup collision of four cars, that has occurred a handful of times and is rare to happen, this is where the TCB comes into play.
We currently have six people in our group and at times we may have four, five or six (full attendance) racers, so this dictates some weeks where and how we race. There have been many weeks where we ran on the two small tracks due to only having four people in attendance, two racing and two marshals.
On the 4-lane tracks we can and do race with a minimum of five, we do this by knocking one lane out of the four (feature of RC, thanks Dave) giving us three racing, two marshals and Track Call button.
With a full attendance we race four lanes with two marshals. Having and utilising the Track Call buttons on the 4-lane tracks is absolutely crucial, my track there is a 2 second delay (adjustable) from the time the track call button is pressed to the time the track power is cut, this delay is your penalty for deslotting, this 2 second delay is enough where you can gain a lap under yellow by coasting under the S/F gantry or at least make a considerable distance on the track, especially on straights.
I agree deslotting can be frustrating for the veterans but we all have to learn somewhere and somehow, even the veterans had to learn to race somewhere and somehow. I think I have personally come a long way since really getting into racing scene with our small group, even veterans deslot when they are pushing too hard.
We have, what I would call, veteran racers, two guys and they are in a race with each other, Best Lap Times etc. so they do have each other to race against while us rookies race the four of us, though past few months the rookies have been grabbing the leaderboards and podiums over the veteran racers.
The track call and yellow flag are necessary as they reduce car (and finger) damage especially the faster cars such as Revo's and BRM's, though as in 1:1 racing a yellow flag can and usually does cause more yellow flags. I am aware every race to back off and to not deslot if I can so the veterans can have an uninterrupted race, which they deserve, everyone deserves that also, but this is life and life isn't perfect.
Thank you to the guys (and their partners) for being so welcoming and inviting me into their homes and race group. I know I have come a long way with racing and car repair which would not have been possible without you all and I know that I still have a long way to go.
Cheers for now
Johnno