ATV Florida Forum

The web site has been updated and i will be reading this at the meeting, for those not on the forum

C. Jumping the Start- Any rider who starts before the green light is on will be moved to the penalty line or one row back and will be positioned directly behind a front row machine. That riders previous position will not be filled. If the rider false starts a second time, he must start a row behind the penalty row. For the third offense, the rider will be black flagged from the heat/main and scored in the last position. The decision of the officials is final. 

D. Equipment Failure/ Possum Starts (Delay of Race)-Any rider that causes a delay in the racing due to an equipment failure or stalled machine will be moved to the penalty row on the restart. Possum Starts (protests): Any rider who fails to start the race after the green light is on, because they chose to force a restart, will be moved to the penalty row for the restart. It is the job of the officials to determine when a restart is needed, not the riders. The decision of the officials is final.

Amen Chris,

Good job on addressing a known problem.  :Clap.gif :Clap.gif :Clap.gif :Clap.gif

At JASPER in the main on the 1st start i stalled on the line (a genuine stall, no possum) and i just kicked the bike over and took off but they stopped for a restart. in the second start i thought i jumped the start but looking at the the video later i was right on the money so we did a 3rd start.

i like the rule even if it hurts me from time to time 8)

guess I will go as soon as others bikes start to roll

DRAG RACING 101 : be ready for the FIRST glimmer of GREEN ! ;D

I have seen places without gates or tapes at the start make whoever jumps the line start facing backwards  :o I think the rules you guys have setup are pretty fair in comparison.

   Glad you guys support the change. I hoped it wouldn't ever be needed but as the bar of competition goes up the rules have to be specific to get rid of gray areas. We all realize stalled bikes will happen but hopefully now that everyone knows the rule, it will eliminate the thought of doing it on purpose. These change should help speed up the racing program since one of the biggest complaints is the late nights.  ;)

My man Steve talks of the DUH factor. You tell-em white boy ! :Clap.gif

AHHHHH, If your waiting to SEE green, your a LATE starter in drag racing

so thats your excuse huh?  :-\

Who me ???, I never red light!!!

yeah, cause you wait for the green...  :P

NO, re read what I said Chris. If you waited for the green, and I didnt, I would
call you a LATE start, because I would be half way down the track by the time you got rolling :-*

Dang! im workin with the simple minded here...

OK Don let me spell it out for ya..

you said.. "AHHHHH, If your waiting to SEE green, your a LATE starter in drag racing"
I said   "so thats your excuse huh?"   
(Meaning your a late starter!)

But then you made it too easy for me with the "    Who me , I never red light!!!" comment... (which made my first comments point)

thats why i said        yeah, cause you wait for the green..." 


Dang boy you is givin' me a headache!  ;D
and you know we never raced... :M

Your geting a head ache cuz your trying to read into something !, and its a good thing we didnt race, because I would have spanked you like a circus monkey :-* :R 2:L :M :drive.gif

riggghttttt... ;)  keep thinking that...if it makes ya feel better.  ;D
Get Troy motivated to get hard rock done,,, ill see ya sat AM before the circle track racing starts.
then yall can come over and flat track with us..

umm Don how many circus monkeys have you spanked??? you boys make me wonder sometimes... but in Chris' defense he made quiet a few passes at hazlehurst when we went in Jan But Don your bike surrre did look pretty...lol JUST JOKING DON!!!!!

WOW! that had to sting a bit.... :L

I see you people are spanking monkeys again. Cant you just get ahold of yourselfs ? ::)

lol he knows I'm just joking..I hope ;) and I pick on Jody the same. I bought him a remote drag shee and told him since the one in the garage would never get finished atleast he could still race. He didn't think it was too funny.

And um Quad what is it with you and Monkies???? I mean dang everytime someone says anything about a monkey you pipe up.... :-*

Yeah, I know its all joking around !!
 Anyway, @ hazelhurst, the chain broke once, and I was not going to be STUPID
enough to run it again and chance breaking my cases!! And it didnt "sting" any more than you running and blowing the top end up    AGAIN :o

again? i still run the same bore on the 4mm, and Im not convenced the 10mm was 100% my fault, remember your ordeal?  :-\

Hey Don was the one talkin bout whippin his monkey not me ! Just wonder what the poor little fellows are doing to bring on such punishment thats all. :tsktsk.gif

I wouldnt doubt that it WASNT your fault !!!!, Iwas just being obtuse, as you were
No harm, just funnin ;)

ok lets see. Are we a little off topic?

Gary when do we ever stay on topic?

AHHH we don't have delay boxes or a tree for that fact so how the hell can you leave before green  :N ;) OR YOU WILL GO TO THE REAR  :-*

Don,
   You cant use words like "abtuse" you will have Gary totally confused!    :N
J/K Gary...

READ what was said!!  "drag racing 101", must be a really LOW budget track with NO tree!!
And I spelled it wrong Chris , its Obtuse. But atleast you knew what I meant !!!! ;)

well then mr wallet drag racer i stand corrected :'( BUT IT A DRAG RACE TO THE FIRST TURN ( what i was referring to )





oh & will you donate to to our low budget league  ;D

Our wallets are running THIN these days, But I am sure Chris and his bros. Can figure
ways of generating $$$$$, they are both intellegent folk!!

even saltsdale had somewhat of a tree.....

what are you guys talking about? all the tracks we race at have a light that turns from red to green.
Ill see if i can find some pics of it..

here ya go, this pic was taken from the flaggers stand

(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k110/wareracing/th_jaspertrack.jpg) (http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k110/wareracing/jaspertrack.jpg)

chris, were talkin bout a drag racing style tree  :N ( guess we have to xplain everything to you simple minded folks ( as ALF would say " i kill me " ) ::)

dude, ALF was the $hit back in the day.....

why would a drag tree be better than what we use now.. like the guys can get lined up straight as it is now...  ::) 

Be nice 500 or Ill put your buddy in your heat races again LOL!  Steve= :ouch.gif

  you mean is his practices....especially since practice seems to be a little rougher than racing itself! ;)

you mean IN his practices?    ;) HA!

i can see your bout ready for a fellsmere arsewhoopin  :box.gif :ouch.gif

No, but dave is...

Dont mess with the Fellsmere Fat Boy cause he might just WARE you out !

[attachment deleted by admin]