Originally posted by lightningd
thanx
But isn't there a who separate system out there used just for timing?
Yeah, but it really sucks. It's very flimsy.
ok, spending the last two hours, i've came up w/ a template. it takes a mere 2-3 minutes to just take the list off of prereg, and put it in excel. PAX is automatically put in. it is dumb-user safe, as all the formula's are protected from being changed. only editable fields are the number/name/car/class/pax ratio/penalties. whoever is on the comp, just has to input numbers. it automatically lists the best time, and using the best time, it gives the PAX score. all racers of a heat can be seen on one screen. if you need to change the order, a simple copy and paste.
more knowledgable ppl can, find out class standings, and pax standings on the fly, and add more than 15 cars per heat (but why anyway?) if this system were in use, i'd still recommend another person logging it on paper. oh, you need a print out?? just select the cells and print those only.
That sounds great, but there are few issues. One, that would require running windows and Excel. Add to that a 13" laptop screen and the cramped quarters of the "winnie".
There is nothing wrong with the software/hardware we run now. Seriously. If you want to see it, I'll be more then happy to show it you, it works quite well, plus we already have it. Most of the time the issue is people that don't know what they are doing are running it. And they are computer-illiterates to begin with. This all basically comes down to I need to take hold of the timing and scoring system to make sure that someone that knows what they are doing is sitting there. Like Amy. We never have problems when Amy is running it, or christopher.
good. i've heard ppl complaining about the 'tent' now catching how many cones ppl hit. i also think the grid must be attempted to be in order. a print out can be given to the grid worker so he has an idea of what he's doing.
This is pretty much the same idea Curtis and I had. Calvin had a good point, it seems that things learned by previous people didn't get passed to the next people. I plan and doing a bunch of new stuff at the next event to make things run a little smoother. Radio's being the biggest one, plus I was thinking of before each heat, a 2 minute speil with the course works to make sure they understand the way things should go.