Some afterseason thought

[Ryan Horensky]

Originally Posted by Pistol Pete

If you went one thou under giving up the stripe by 1 thou. then your oppenent ran right on with a zero.
Or you crossed the center line to lose.

If your opponent had a perfect run...you would still take the stripe by 1 thou if you were .000 and one thou under your dial. You couldn't give up the stripe by 1 thou to the perfect run and still be 1 thou under.

[Ryan Horensky]

Originally Posted by Pistol Pete

If you went one thou under giving up the stripe by 1 thou. then your oppenent ran right on with a zero.
Or you crossed the center line to lose.

Impossible. If you were .000 and 1 thou under your dial. Even if your opponent had a perfect run...you would still take the stripe by 1 thou. There is no mathematical way you could give the stripe back by 1 thou to a perfect run scenario and still run 1 thou under your dial. The question is pretty complicated isn't it! lol!

[Mike Carr]

Originally Posted by Ryan Horensky

If your triple .000, one thou under giving up the stripe by one thou, what ARE the ways you can lose? My friend Bryan Sorce posted this on a forum yesterday and received some pretty interesting answers. So what do all of you think?

If a racer is .000 on the tree, -.001 under the dial, their total package is -.001 To lose by .001, nothing I can think of would cause you to lose (barring a track official DQ'ing you for something, excessibe breaking, boundary line violation). The opponent's package would have to be some combination of ET/RT to equal -.002, for them to take the one-thou stripe you mentioned.

The only thing I can think of, would be if you ran too fast for what you/your car was certified for (i.e. running quicker than 7.50 with a competition license/chassis certification that is good to as quick as 7.50 but no quicker. It happened to Bo Butner in AA/SM (now known as CC/A) at the Indy LODRS in 2006, he ran 7.49 in qualifying, in a car that was certified only to 7.50, and was DQ'd from the event).

[Ron Ortiz]

Two ways are possible.

Though you had a triple .000 it still can be on the red side, I have seen it before.

Your opponents package is less than -.001

Ron Ortiz
U/SA this is in earth sequential mathematics.

[Ed Fernandez]

Don't the clocks read down to the fourth digit? the other guy can win by .0001.That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Ryan,you have too much time on your hands for a young guy.:>):>)

[Ryan Horensky]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Don't the clocks read down to the fourth digit? the other guy can win by .0001.That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Ryan,you have too much time on your hands for a young guy.:>):>)

I guess I do have too much time on my hands now that the season is over! Lol! The question is quite a "brainbuster" though

[Michael Beard]

Ed's on the right track. Significant digits can play a role in this situation.

Excessive breaking, crossing the centerline or hitting the wall are among potential non-mathematical reasons for losing as well.

[cad]

I'm with Ed on the mathematical side. I have seen a couple races won/lost by .0001/.0009, etc.

[Ryan Horensky]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Don't the clocks read down to the fourth digit? the other guy can win by .0001.That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Ryan,you have too much time on your hands for a young guy.:>):>)

I re-read it Ed, You're correct. I sent my message from work and had a bunch of my students talking to me when I was reading the posts. This was def an interesting question to get the brain working that's for sure.

[cicero819]

Red lite!CR