| Over the weekend I was asked to help out in the drag | | | | blue, especially at night. If you are using led lights, make |
| strip's tower as one of the workers had a relative | | | | sure they are turned up during the day and turned |
| who was seriously ill. They helped me try and learn the | | | | down a little at night. |
| system with a crash course in it. Being in the tower | | | | If the numbers are put on the side of a dragster or |
| gave me a new perspective of racing and made me | | | | bike they should be a contrasting color to the paint. |
| appreciate more the hard job they have up there, | | | | Having numbers matching the color scheme of the car |
| especially working with the computer system they | | | | or written in script look real pretty, but they are |
| have. | | | | extremely hard to see from the tower especially at |
| One thing I noticed that is a big problem, is being able to | | | | night. Metallic numbers also are hard to read at night |
| read the car numbers and dial in's. They sit | | | | with the glare of the track lights. |
| approximately 80 feet from the line I'm guessing and | | | | Another issue are cars that have more than one car |
| trying to read shoe polish and people's writing from | | | | number on them. This is where a car may have more |
| that distance is a real challenge even with binoculars! | | | | than one driver who has a permanent number. Make |
| Most regular racers do a good job, but there are some | | | | sure that the number(s) not being used are clearly |
| that are so bad, we have to ask the starter to tell us | | | | marked out. You cannot see one swipe of shoe polish |
| and that can hold up the race. | | | | from the tower. Use a piece of black electrical tape or |
| For those who do not race often, please understand | | | | something that draws a line clearly through the number |
| how important it is that the tower be able to read your | | | | not being used so the tower knows which car number |
| car number and dial in. It needs to be written on the top | | | | you want to use. |
| right side of your windshield and on the right side of | | | | I have learned how important being able to read those |
| your car, on the window if it's a door car. They need | | | | numbers are and realize I need to make my car's |
| to be written on the right side of a dragster and bike | | | | number bigger. Keep in mind, that if the people in the |
| as well, not just on the windshield. The numbers need | | | | tower cannot read the numbers, they have to ask the |
| to be big enough, dark enough and legible. Some just | | | | starter to read it to them and that holds the cars up on |
| slap on one coat of shoe polish for the night and it | | | | the line as they have to enter the info then or re-enter |
| can't be read from that distance. Please go over your | | | | incorrect info. That all takes time causing the hold up. |
| numbers a few times with the polish and make sure | | | | So be considerate of those in the tower doing their |
| it's dark enough and written big enough. Using white or | | | | best to get numbers right and remember to always |
| bright yellow or green polish is preferred over red and | | | | check your dial in before you stage. |