This has been a very interesting thread............
............and as one who has absolutely no axe to grind or vested interest in either the drivers involved or equipment that was being being raced at this event, please pay attention to one part of my post regards the use of pontoon boats or otherwise suitable craft for the construction of a raised/elevated platform of 10/12 feet above the water so the turn judge might view the turn from a better perspective.
After many, many years of being a turn judge at PRO Nationals and other USTS races, I could not believe the difference being this distance ABOVE the action made in helping to make calls regards overlap violations. Nobody likes to be on the wrong end of an overlap violation call, either the driver harmed, the driver doing the chopping (well maybe) or last but not least, the turn judge. It does nobody any good and Nationals are too important to get it wrong, either way.
One look as Helicopter views of Unlimited races will illustrate how helpful a raised platform is.
............and as one who has absolutely no axe to grind or vested interest in either the drivers involved or equipment that was being being raced at this event, please pay attention to one part of my post regards the use of pontoon boats or otherwise suitable craft for the construction of a raised/elevated platform of 10/12 feet above the water so the turn judge might view the turn from a better perspective.
After many, many years of being a turn judge at PRO Nationals and other USTS races, I could not believe the difference being this distance ABOVE the action made in helping to make calls regards overlap violations. Nobody likes to be on the wrong end of an overlap violation call, either the driver harmed, the driver doing the chopping (well maybe) or last but not least, the turn judge. It does nobody any good and Nationals are too important to get it wrong, either way.
One look as Helicopter views of Unlimited races will illustrate how helpful a raised platform is.
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