Uh...Yeah, Heads Up racing definitely DOES have a break-out rule Travis. If you crank out a 9.89999 on a 9.90 dial, it's splinters in the backside time for you!!! LoL
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They say it's a good day if you learn something new. ;D ;D ;D
I thought heads up meant fastest car wins. ( just like in the old street racing days) lol.
if you dont want to slam the brakes move up in class.If this is the argument at 11.00 and 11.49 soon you will need an overlap for the 11.00 down to 10.49 and it will keep going on forever. I hope this doesn't come across as though I am trying to argue with you. That's not what I want. I really think this conversation is a good thing. As I can see that the benefits of switching to the overlap system is still not fully clear to some people.
Now......... how do I explain this better ?
You said "if you don't want to slam the breaks move up in class."
The Problem with that is due to changes in air quality and wind direction from /week to week/ day to day/ hour to hour/ some cars can't always run the number for the faster class.
So your suggestion would have us race in the slower class on slow days and the faster class on fast days. That's fine except it makes it hard to collect enough class points to be competative in the series. So our solution has always been to pick the slower class and just slam the breaks on the faster weeks/ days/ hours.
I realize some people don't mind doing that.......but some do.
You also said " and it will keep going for ever." I'm not sure I understand that ?
The class break does not need to keep changing. Once we have established the break for a certain class we just put a 1/2 second overlap at that point.
Since the bottom of Pro is now at 11:00 seconds. It can just stay there for years to come and all we need to do is put S/Pro at 11:49 and quicker.
If your car never goes faster than 11:00 You just stay in Pro.
If your car is capable of going faster than 11:00 on certain days then chances are it is always going to be faster than 11:49 so you just stay in S/Pro.
I hope this helps clarify the concept of the overlap system.
I also realize it only benifits a small percentage of the racers, but it doesn't have any down side (that I am aware of). So why not give it a try for a while.