This isn't my idea, but I think it's a good one. Bub is going to have a big turnout in 2008,, and something has to be done to smooth out the operation. The idea goes like this:
All streamliners would pit at the 10, 11, or 12, depending on the salt, and how much track Denis is able to get. The slower bikes would pit at the 2, or get in line at the 2. The faster sit-ons would it or get in line at the zero. Communication between the starters at the zero the two, and the 10, 11, or 12, would all be in communication. There would be no list, and the control of the runs would be in the hands of the starters. There would be no question as to who goes first. The number of bikes in the slow and the fast bikes groups would be added up. If there were 100 bikes in the fast bike group, the ones at the zero, they would say, represent running 10 bikes. Say, if there was 200 at the slow bikes, they would represent 20 bikes. The streamliners wouldn't be included in the numbering system.
The streamliners, when ready, that is to say, the rider is in the cockpit, suited up, strapped in, and ready to go, would have priority over the mix that would be running. The streamliner crew chief would notify the starting judge that they were ready to go.
The reason for the priority is wind conditions.
The starting judge at the 12, 11, or 10, would notify 2 and 0, there's a liner hot to go. If at the zero 10 bikes were being run, if would only take approximately 3 minutes, if it was in the middle of a run, or at the start of a run to clear the track. They would be clearing the track to the left. There wouldn't be a problem with a streamliner having a clear course all the way to the zero, as the sit on bikes don't have to line their bikes up to the track. The track would be clear at the zero. As most st