I'm a cynic and at times expect the worst from people.I've been driven past on the way to the start line when groups of ten leave marshalling here at Lake Gairdner, been argued with about positions in line with het up hot heads who think they're the only people who spent a lot of money and a stupid amount of time to get ready for an event that has a bleak record recently and who's lines are long and slow.
My question with cones would be " how many are you allowed to have?" because as soon as that practice starts there'll be people putting two down, maybe three......got away with three, lets try four........
We had issues here with cars that had multiple drivers, the drivers thought they could mark their place in line, when the car came back around they'd be close to the front, while two other drivers were further down. Nope, not anymore.
The race vehicle is what is entered. If you want to race a cone bog in. If it's not ready it ain't ready, when it IS ready put it in line, then it ain't ready again until it arrives at the back of the line.....
We had a classic here a few years back when a competitors daughter took on the job of running the "chalkboard" which was the way the line was kept in order before we went to the current marshalling system. She rubbed the names off and moved them further up the line as they left the start. Eventually someone noticed that dad had been doing laps.......yep, she would add his name to the list minutes after he ran, and never at the end , always about half-way up. The next year some bright spark came up with the "slat-board" idea, you'd write your name on the slats which would drop down each time one was removed from the bottom, meant that pushing in was over, STILL some competitors managed to end up with their entry on two slats.......
That's what I never ever get about crooks, when do they get time to enjoy stuff if they're so busy scheming all the time?
I would not want to leave a vehicle overnight in line.
a cone would work for me.
We have a list written at the COB and that is the running order in the morning, that's pretty simple.