Interesting piece about restarts in the latest NOTW. In particular that you are allowed to "straddle" a short restart box. Mike Hayward and I marshaled Priors Holt 3 on last years Clee. This has short restart boxes and we were specifically told to fail any car that straddled.
Our fellow marshal (who's name escapes me but I know he's a member here) told us that he had marshaled on Felons Oak, which also has a short restart box, and was instructed to fail straddlers.
Personally I am not concerned if straddling is allowed or not. the main thing is that any rule is consistently applied.
I agree with Michael that it's good news that Roger has chosen to be precise about "straddling" restart boxes and I hope his wording is eventually incorporated into the MCC SSRs. Personally, I've never understood the logic of NOT allowing straddling on short restart boxes. Unlike Michael, I am concerned that straddling should ever be a reason to fail a competitor. Taken to its logical conclusion a short restart box = a line, and they MUST be "straddled". So I would say that any organiser who seeks to disallow straddling is deliberately trying to deceive the competitor rather than set a fair test. Andrew
ReplyDeleteJust been reading the latest NOTW. Change of policy last week "following discussions". So now its not allowed to straddle short boxes. Just hope we have a consistent rule.
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