Confused

Alan Roehrich · 08-29-2014, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Speer Drag Racing

We had this question also so prior to the Allstars final in Joliet I went to all the tech guys and asked. I was told EVERYTHING had to be off prior to going INTO the staging lanes. No bags of ice, no cold towels or anything.

Never been told that. We've had ice and towels on the intake right up until it was started to go to the water.

Speer Drag Racing · 08-29-2014, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Never been told that. We've had ice and towels on the intake right up until it was started to go to the water.

That was how it used to be until this new rule was started.

5919 SSKA · 08-29-2014, 11:45 AM

Quite sure that they are icing in the lanes at Indy...

Troy Pourciau · 08-29-2014, 11:59 AM

on my past experience, since I am the ice man on the car. @ Baytown (national event) was told no ice past the stripe in the back of the staging lanes (beginning). @ No Problem (divisional) was told no ice past the stripe leaving the staging lanes - the same stripe after crossing that dial-ins cannot be changed.

Bill Koski · 08-29-2014, 12:28 PM

It's as clear as can be to me. The 3rd sentence from the end says all artificial cooling must be removed before leaving staging area. I'd wager you could go out of the rear of staging with no consequences?
SADLY, some of the tech people have their own interpetations of these rules!

Tim Lisson · 08-29-2014, 04:23 PM

I think the problem is the rule is perfectly clear, it just so happens that some one a long the way have interpreted it completely wrong...

Randall Klein · 08-29-2014, 07:12 PM

Indy has a yellow line about halfway up....they have an A board posted there and all external cooling must be off before moving forward....I observed chillers etc up to that point

On Wednesday a badge happy official was all over a team whose TIRE was behind that line, but the bumper was over!

A short "discussion" was had and the official moved on

That double yellow line is a pedestrian crosswalk, middle of stage lanes

FYI

JeremyDuncan · 08-29-2014, 08:41 PM

They had a clearly marked point in staging lanes here at Indy saying no ice or cooling beyond here. For anyone familiar with Indy's lanes it was the cross walk lines was the line.

08-29-2014, 11:45 AM	#3
5919 SSKA Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sauk Rapids, MN Posts: 284 Likes: 20 Liked 19 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Confused Quite sure that they are icing in the lanes at Indy... __________________ Racing web page

08-29-2014, 11:59 AM	#4
Troy Pourciau Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Baton Rouge, LA. Posts: 678 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Confused on my past experience, since I am the ice man on the car. @ Baytown (national event) was told no ice past the stripe in the back of the staging lanes (beginning). @ No Problem (divisional) was told no ice past the stripe leaving the staging lanes - the same stripe after crossing that dial-ins cannot be changed. __________________ Troy "City Dog" Pourciau

08-29-2014, 12:28 PM	#5
Bill Koski Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Las Vegas NV Posts: 213 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Confused It's as clear as can be to me. The 3rd sentence from the end says all artificial cooling must be removed before leaving staging area. I'd wager you could go out of the rear of staging with no consequences? SADLY, some of the tech people have their own interpetations of these rules!

08-29-2014, 04:23 PM	#6
Tim Lisson Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Solon Springs, WI Posts: 166 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Confused I think the problem is the rule is perfectly clear, it just so happens that some one a long the way have interpreted it completely wrong...

08-29-2014, 07:12 PM	#7
Randall Klein Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 785 Likes: 45 Liked 316 Times in 67 Posts	Re: Confused Indy has a yellow line about halfway up....they have an A board posted there and all external cooling must be off before moving forward....I observed chillers etc up to that point On Wednesday a badge happy official was all over a team whose TIRE was behind that line, but the bumper was over! A short "discussion" was had and the official moved on That double yellow line is a pedestrian crosswalk, middle of stage lanes FYI

08-29-2014, 08:41 PM	#8
JeremyDuncan Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 264 Likes: 1,176 Liked 354 Times in 79 Posts	Re: Confused They had a clearly marked point in staging lanes here at Indy saying no ice or cooling beyond here. For anyone familiar with Indy's lanes it was the cross walk lines was the line.