spotter pit speed wrong

Hello, I'm about five races into a champ. season and am at Darlington. I turned the speedometer on for the first time heading out of pit row. The spotter tells me 'pit speed is 55 mph keep it at 5500 rpm'. No problem, I've been using him to guage my pit speed. However, at 5500 rpm I'm going only around 45 mph. I don't reach 55 mph until around 6000-6500 rpm. I have not changed the gearing from the ace setup, only the suspension. This would explain why cars have been pulling away from me on pit road. You might want to pop the speedometer up on pit road and make sure the spotter isn't lying to you. On a different note, I was greatly surprised that while I was leading at Darlington (first race I've managed to do well in so far). Terry Labonte moved high to pass me and the spotter started yelling 'go high go high'. Cool. I didn't realize he would tell you where to go to block a car. Also, if you are leading during a yellow flag, Move up and tap the pace car. The spotters comments are worth it. John Recently heard at Martinsville -'Don't drive that hard into ....Screeeech....crunch.... the corner...DOH!!!!!'

I wonder if Dales spotter tells him that ?!?!?? :) daland -- --"A candle which burns twice as bright, burns only half as long" ________________________________________________________________________ David Burton Animation & Visual Effects Animation Director Broadcast / Commercial / Film WEBSITE - http://www.alliance.net/~tpac9 ________________________________________________________________________ --

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>I'm about five races into a champ. season and am at Darlington. I turned >the >speedometer on for the first time heading out of pit row. The spotter tells >me 'pit speed is 55 mph keep it at 5500 rpm'. No problem, I've been using >him to guage my pit speed. However, at 5500 rpm I'm going only around 45 >mph. I don't reach 55 mph until around 6000-6500 rpm. I have not changed >the >gearing from the ace setup, only the suspension. This would explain why >cars >have been pulling away from me on pit road. You might want to pop the >speedometer up on pit road and make sure the spotter isn't lying to you.

The spotter is very conservative about pit road RPMs. As you mentioned, the speedometer is the only way to know for sure. I usually bring up the speedometer in practice and jot down the RPMs so I know just how much "headroom" I have. I don't think he was telling you how to block. I suspect there was a car with damage on the track in front of you on the low line. Yep, there's at least 3 different messages. The first time, it was all I could do to keep the car on the road, I was laughing so hard. <g> Dave (davids) Sparks Late Night League http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html

> Also, I changed the pit speed at Talladega to 200 & the spotter still > tells me to keep it at 7500. The pit speed is encoded in several places in the program's data files. I suspect you changed it in the track.txt file, but it's also encoded in the AI lap files... Don't know off hand what the spotter looks at to advise you on pit speeds. I also suspect that he won't have you holding the engine under no load at some insane RPM just to make some user-altered pit speed... ---Jim Sokoloff, Papyrus

--->>I'm about five races into a champ. season and am at Darlington. I turned --->>the --->>speedometer on for the first time heading out of pit row. The spotter tells --->>me 'pit speed is 55 mph keep it at 5500 rpm'. No problem, I've been using --->>him to guage my pit speed. However, at 5500 rpm I'm going only around 45 --->>mph. I don't reach 55 mph until around 6000-6500 rpm. I have not changed --->>the --->>gearing from the ace setup, only the suspension. This would explain why --->>cars --->>have been pulling away from me on pit road. You might want to pop the --->>speedometer up on pit road and make sure the spotter isn't lying to you. ---> --->The spotter is very conservative about pit road RPMs. As you mentioned, the --->speedometer is the only way to know for sure. I usually bring up the --->speedometer in practice and jot down the RPMs so I know just how much --->"headroom" I have. ---> --->>On a different note, I was greatly surprised that while I was leading at --->>Darlington (first race I've managed to do well in so far). Terry Labonte --->>moved high to pass me and the spotter started yelling 'go high go high'. --->>Cool. I didn't realize he would tell you where to go to block a car. ---> --->I don't think he was telling you how to block. I suspect there was a car --->with damage on the track in front of you on the low line. ---> --->>Also, if you are leading during a yellow flag, Move up and tap the pace --->>car. The spotters comments are worth it. ---> --->Yep, there's at least 3 different messages. The first time, it was all I --->could do to keep the car on the road, I was laughing so hard. <g> ---> --->Dave (davids) Sparks --->Late Night League --->http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html "When you've got a couple of hours you can tell me why you did that." I got that one for going around the track clockwise. Also, I changed the pit speed at Talladega to 200 & the spotter still tells me to keep it at 7500. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Professional Shop Rat - 32 years in an Auto Plant

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> --->>I'm about five races into a champ. season and am at Darlington. I > turned > --->>the > --->>speedometer on for the first time heading out of pit row. The > spotter tells > --->>me 'pit speed is 55 mph keep it at 5500 rpm'. No problem, I've > been using > --->>him to guage my pit speed. However, at 5500 rpm I'm going only > around 45 > --->>mph. I don't reach 55 mph until around 6000-6500 rpm. I have not > changed > --->>the > --->>gearing from the ace setup, only the suspension. This would > explain why > --->>cars > --->>have been pulling away from me on pit road. You might want to pop > the > --->>speedometer up on pit road and make sure the spotter isn't lying > to you. > ---> > --->The spotter is very conservative about pit road RPMs. As you > mentioned, the > --->speedometer is the only way to know for sure. I usually bring up > the > --->speedometer in practice and jot down the RPMs so I know just how > much > --->"headroom" I have. > ---> > --->>On a different note, I was greatly surprised that while I was > leading at > --->>Darlington (first race I've managed to do well in so far). Terry > Labonte > --->>moved high to pass me and the spotter started yelling 'go high go > high'. > --->>Cool. I didn't realize he would tell you where to go to block a > car. > ---> > --->I don't think he was telling you how to block. I suspect there was > a car > --->with damage on the track in front of you on the low line. > ---> > --->>Also, if you are leading during a yellow flag, Move up and tap > the pace > --->>car. The spotters comments are worth it. > ---> > --->Yep, there's at least 3 different messages. The first time, it was > all I > --->could do to keep the car on the road, I was laughing so hard. <g> > ---> > --->Dave (davids) Sparks > --->Late Night League > --->http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html > "When you've got a couple of hours you can tell me why you did that." > I got that one for going around the track clockwise. > Also, I changed the pit speed at Talladega to 200 & the spotter still > tells me to keep it at 7500. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Professional Shop Rat - 32 years in an Auto Plant

You must have a really fast pit crew.