: A tougher one is this ( took up lots of
: bandwidth on DRR) If two cars run each other
: and Car one dials a 8.70 and car two dials
: an 8.69. Car one cuts a .499 red light and
: car two cuts a .497 red who loses under the
: current rules? Who leaves the tree first?

: I will, I saw this happen to a buddy of mine at
: RT66. He was dialed .01 slower than the
: other guy. (11.74 to 11.73) Lee (my
: friend)went .496 red and the other guy went
: .476 red. (.02 worse on an .01 difference in
: dial) The other guy got the win light even
: though he visibly went red first. We
: inquired of the race director and he said
: the computer will automatically give the win
: to the car with the faster dial. Not very
: fair is it?

: The program that controls the tree looks at
: which side of the tree is activated first.
: In my senario above the faster car leaves
: the line a .001 ahead of the slower car but
: it would not matter if the faster car leaves
: the line .2 ahead, the slower car will
: always receive the red light. This is a case
: of the worst redlight winning...is this
: fair? Just because it always been like this
: is not a reason to leave it this way. IMHO
: it is a rule that needs a little tweaking.
: It is a simple program change, and the tree
: would display green lights until both cars
: had left the line then the worst red light
: would be shown and the other lane would be
: given the win.
: Another side of this argument is in all of the
: top classes TF, FC, PS...etc any headsup
: class the worst redlight loses because they
: are leaving at the same time. Why is bracket
: racing different?
: Tom

: Now I see, it really has nothing to do with the
: dial-in but who leaves first in a double
: redlight start.
:
: So is this a correct statement?: In a handycap
: start bracket race, where there is a double
: redlight, the car that redlights first will
: get the win.

: *** The car that redlights first always loses!
: It does not matter how bad the redlights are.
:
: ****If both cars are dialed the same it acts
: just like TF,FC,PS. The first( is the worst)
: redlight in this case and loses.
:
: This is what happens when you have this happen
: to you 2 weeks in a row. .498 to his .476 and
: .499 to his .482. I lost both times! Just
: remember there is always a slower car in a
: bracket race and sooner or later it will be
: you.
: Tom

: A Slant Six car is *usually* the slow car so I
: really want to understand how this works.
:
: The "first car to redlight loses"
: rule does not seem to support what dschumers
: saw at 66 a while back.
: Did I miss / not understand something??
: DD