[Chrislong]

I can see the point in Steve's idea, but the issue I see is that because the 5 minutes start for each car as they pass the loop for lap 1, that it takes say 20 seconds per car to make that pass - and so the last lap after the 5 minutes beep, cars will be passing the loop for a further 20 seconds before they get the finished beep....

Therefore having to extend the race end time to cope, and therefore each race could potentially be as long as 6 minutes in reality - which would make for a longer day.

What could be done, is a start line, diagonal to the track perhaps 1/4 of a lap back from the loop. This would mean all 10 cars are in 1 line, and you get a few corners to get into a rythem before passing the loop to start?

Chris