http://www.satcarracing.com/Home.htmMet this guy at RA -- this sounds really cool!
"PARITY TIME SCORING SYSTEM
Each race event will have a qualifying session where the cars will be timed to determine a qualifying time for each. Competitors will be encouraged to qualify at a time that is comfortable and safe for themselves and their cars - they do not have to drive as fast as possible.
The qualifying time of each car is used to determine the Performance Parity Time (PPT) for that car as compared to the slowest car in the group ie., if car A is 2.34 seconds per lap faster than the slowest car, and the race is 15 laps (Typical of many tracks), the PPT for car A will be:
PPT (A) = 2.34 seconds X 15 laps = 35.1 seconds
For non-pit-stop races, A would start 35.1 seconds after the slowest car. There may be other cars between them, depending upon their PPTs. For a pit-stop race A would start 17.55 seconds (Half the PPT) after the slowest car. The balance of his/her PPT would then be served during the pit stop later in the race.
The PPT equalizes total session time for all drivers, and if they all drove equally well, they would all cross the finish line side by side. Variables of driver skill and traffic will prevent all drivers from driving equally and the more skilled and consistent drivers will be able to gain time on the others and will be leading at the end. With the SATCARPPT, a Neon driver and a Viper driver could race (Although not usually grouped together) and either one could win the race. The winner would be that driver who drove most consistently at a lap time at or slightly under their qualifying time.
To prevent drivers from qualifying slow (Sandbagging) and racing fast, a BreakOut of two seconds per lap has been established. A driver is allowed to run race laps as much as two seconds faster than his/her qualifying lap with no penalty. If a lap is run at more than two seconds faster than qualifying, that is termed a BreakOut and the driver will be required to serve a Stop/Go penalty in the pits. For example, assume that car A has a qualifying time of 1 minute, 56.432 seconds at an event. During the race, they can run laps down to 1 minute, 54.432 seconds without penalty. If their lap time is anything less than that, the Stop/Go penalty is imposed."He indicated that if you do teh evnt you get a years membership FREE.
What do you think? Blackhawk is a cool track.
Best,
SJ
