just to add something, even the best most experienced race director will have problems if there are equipment issues or his team of helpers dont pull their weight. one of the meetings i was running the computer at a few years ago turned into a total nightmare due to amb problems, in the end after being moaned at continuously we gave the 100 odd drivers the choice of me counting manually and times not being perfect or f... off home. the cause of the problem turned out to be with the serial port on the computer so nothing could have been done about it on the day. so many people dont realise how hard it can be to get everything organised and how one little thing can cause so many problems. hats off to anyone who runs a meeting, no matter how badly, and thank god we dont have procount dongles any more........
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