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Originally Posted by hashiriya
Sorry I was looking at the wrong numbers. I didn't see that the races would be 40 minutes each no 45.
Just out of interest. Are we doing any other races that night? Just thinking that we could start racing by 8:00 and would need to finish by around 10:00-10:10. Would be need such a long break in the middle?
With the track design organised and the dimensions drawn out, I reckon we could have the track ready and raceable by 7:45 (no practice) and then we could run 60 minutes till 8:45 for race one, and start race 2 at 9:15 and go for another 60 till 10:15. We get everyone to help pack away at the end and we should be out in time.
If we're late starting of course we could reduce the time of the races but I think if we can squeze in 2 60 minute races, then a team of 6 drivers would get 4 runs of 5 minutes each which is the same as a normal meeting.
Am I being overly optimistic?
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Maybe slight overly optimistic but nothing wrong with that! I do like the sound of 2 x 1 hour races. If Scott agrees to one hour races then I think we just need to vary everyones run time to fit everyone in. For example
6 drivers per team with 3 driving twice (as you said Maz) = 9 driving slots per race.
Would mean = 6 mins 40secs each (60 mins divided by 9).
- So
6 drivers = 6 mins driving per time and allowing 40 seconds +/- for pit stops.
Following this on:
8 drivers = 12 driving slots = 5 mins in total so probably around 4mins 30secs driving each.
Odd numbers of racers is where it gets interesting lol. We could do uneven race lengths, for example with 7 racers:
Race 1 = 7 racers race once with 3 having a second go = 10 racing slots.
5 mins 30 secs per racing slot gives a race length of 55 mins.
Race 2 = 7 racers race once with other 4 having a second go = 11 racing slots.
again 5 min 30 secs per racing slot = 60 mins 30 secs (this can be rounded up or down).
Does that make sense?
Which would give everyone 3 races and would keep it within the 2 hours total of driving. If it helps and we are allowed in early I can be at the hall anytime from 6:30pm
