02-27-2006, 06:18 PM
white_2kgt Wrote:The signal chosen was a red flag followed by a black flag. Anyone that has been on a racetrack knows that a red flag means to STOP on the side of the track and a black flag means to come into the pits. Well this was not communicated with race control, so when a bunch of cars didnÔÇÖt stop for the red flag they were not amused. We were all pulled into the pits and had to wait for it to be sorted out. Once they got it all sorted we were back on track for a warm up lap and our rolling start. Once the rolling start began it started our last and final mock race for the day.
Actually, control knows the red/black procedure....what happened was almost the entire field kept rolling with red flags at every station. We kept reds up until they finally stopped rolling, THEN went to black.
It was FUBAR. I'm just glad it was a drill and EV wasn't trying to get to the scene of an incident. I have seen incidents where we needed to stop traffic immediately and roll EV counter-race. That would not have been pleasant with that many cars still rolling under red.