Mike Cotten you are the MAN!

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Bill Mitchell

Not all Internet service providers have ESPN3-I have it at home thru Cablecom but different provider at business does not.

So, it is on the Internet, not TV?

[Bill Mitchell]

On internet-search for ESPN3 or ESPNwatch then when you try to accsess programming it will inform you if your provider has it.

[Scott Dugdale]

Congratulations to Mike Cotten and Jimmy Defrank to reach the final. It's unfortunate that the outcome of a possible timing glitch could cause a outcome like this in a final round of a National Event. There has been multiple incidents at Pomona regarding this same problem. Recently with Don Mason and another incident at the Summit Finals with a local racer from Minnesota. This same thing occurred to myself at a local racetrack in the Division 5 area in 2009. I happened to be the faster car and the stage bulb was flickering when it was then indicated I was fully staged. The tree came down on their side and when my tree started the red light occurred without the car moving. I was told that the car was shallow staged enough to remove the tire from the stage beam. This track doesn't have stage lock and could occur if the car is shallow staged. The video that I seen of the final at Pomona is identical to the elimination round that occurred to me in 2009.

I also attached a recent article that occurred last year to Jack Beckman during a Semi Final.

http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-...-not-red-light

Is stage lock setup at all National Events?

Scott Dugdale
5317 I/S

[Ed Wright]

If it flickers, you are not in far enough.

[340Cuda]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

So, it is on the Internet, not TV?

Ed,
If you have Cox Cable and Internet you will be fine.

www.espn3.com

The replay on ESPN3 is harder for me to control but you can see the flash very low on DeFrank's car. When watching the YouTube clip best I tell I could see the flash, then the next frame the red light. The flash did appear to be low, only showing up on the bottom of the spoiler.

I thought at least at national events the lights were lasers and would not be affected by things like this. Guess I was wrong.

Bill

[MLP]

Originally Posted by 340Cuda

Ed,
If you have Cox Cable and Internet you will be fine.

www.espn3.com

The replay on ESPN3 is harder for me to control but you can see the flash very low on DeFrank's car. When watching the YouTube clip best I tell I could see the flash, then the next frame the red light. The flash did appear to be low, only showing up on the bottom of the spoiler.

I thought at least at national events the lights were lasers and would not be affected by things like this. Guess I was wrong.

Bill

Good eye! You can see the flash low on the drivers side of the front spoiler before the red. Sucks that Mike had to lose this way in a rerun but clearly the Defrank car didn't move to turn on the red light. Congrats to both drivers for getting there in the first place.

[Michael Beard]

Note that the pre-stage and stage bulbs not only go out, but they STAY out, even with the car sitting there. That wasn't a flicker. How long was the camera flash?

[Ed Wright]

If that had been me sitting there it would have been over. I wouldn't have gotten a re-run.

[sammy pizzolato]

i am with you ed.if that would have been me or you the race would have been over.don't get me wrong i like jimmy and his dad but if you watch the pic on the starting line when jimmy's car red lighted the stage beams go out at the same time the red light came on.mike got a raw deal on that race.they should have never re run that race.watch the vid.and you be the judge.

[MLP]

Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato

i am with you ed.if that would have been me or you the race would have been over.don't get me wrong i like jimmy and his dad but if you watch the pic on the starting line when jimmy's car red lighted the stage beams go out at the same time the red light came on.mike got a raw deal on that race.they should have never re run that race.watch the vid.and you be the judge.

Hmm, you're right, his stage beam does go out, didn't notice that when I first watched the video. I can't see the car move in the video, but that doesn't mean it didn't and just wasn't visable. I hate when this kind of crap happens and really feel bad for Mike.