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Originally Posted by Tommy Gaynor
When we pulled out of the lanes to the ready line my car was about 85 degrees. The way I run my car it has to be 115 degrees for the fuel injection system to go into closed loop. If it runs in open loop below 115 degrees it shoots numbers all over the place. I did my burn out with the water pump off, didn't move much so I started stalling it up against the convertor with the fan and water pump off. It slowly started warming, as per the rules I kept making forward motion as it warmed up. The starter waived me in one time and I kept bumping forward.
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I just assumed you noticed that your temp was low after the burnout and that's why you took so long. If you noticed the temp was low when they pulled you to the ready line, why didn't you start getting on the convertor then instead of waiting until after the burnout? I wouldn't think it would take that long to get it from 85 to 115 degrees. Also, you could have stopped behind the burnout box and got on the convertor like some people do to test their transbrake. I would have been stalling it from the second I saw the temp was low. I don't know about your car, but on mine the temp gauge doesn't really move unless you toggle the water pump.
According to your interpretation of the rules, when the starter waves you in all you need to do is make forward motion? If that's the case, I should be able to take 15 minutes to stage as long as I make forward motion, right? I've always heard when the starter waves you to stage you are supposed to stage like ... NOW! Not just make inch bumps towards the line or stage whenever you feel like it.
You say you felt awful about it after the race, but when you were doing it you had to know that you were hanging Jim out to dry and his car was heating up. But, you got your car up to the proper temp and that's all that matters.