Thanks for the support Baron.
And arresting barriers might make things difficult for bikers (but, of course, pucker bushes would too). The problem I can see is unless they were huge, the drivers would have a choice whether to hit them or to drive around them. Not to mention it's one more thing to set up, manage, and take down (more volunteers).
A few posts ago the point was made that drag racers don't have any trouble popping the chute(s) at the right time. Two non LSR reasons for that:
1. A pro knows that popping the chute(s) 100 feet before the lights dumps maybe 15-20 lbs. out of the car. Given that many Pro races are decided by less than an inch, it seems like an effective tactic to get that .002 of a second needed to win.
2. Their race "parks" are finite in length, and if they don't stop, they die, or get severely trashed, about 1/4 mile later. (I'm guessing death is more effective than license suspension in this case.)
Our problem is our thought (yes, OUR thought - if you are a driver, this includes YOU), "Well, if it all goes to Hell, at least I have a lot of room to stop." So we tend to be cavalier about our braking. And more volunteers to inspect braking systems, is not IMO a workable, or anything near, a 100% solution.
Again, I say, if we don't come up with a 100% solution, and come up with it pretty darn quick, someone else will come up with it for us.
Going the other way, with the starting line at what is now the "point" of the Back Door cones, simply seems like the most "cost effective" (time, money, volunteers) way to accomplish it.
How about we run one test meet to 1. see how things go, and 2. show Good Faith to the BLM? Do it sort of like a Test and Tune, you know, no points, just time slips. Maybe two weeks before the first Official weekend.
Over,
Knapp