OK sidecar people, this portion of the forum has been so dead. Time to kick it up a notch. I would like to get everyone's thoughts and reaction to trying a Lemans start to the sidecar race at Shannonville. Here's how it could happen: we go out for our warmup lap and then line up on the north side of the track in order of our normally assigned grid position. Machines will be in neutral, but running (so yes, not a true Lemans start but this would be just a trial so so no sense making it too arduous). Drivers and passengers both line up on the south side of the track, the flag drops and we run across the track and away we go. It could add another level to an already interesting race and even change the outcome. Having said that, concessions may have to be made for someone with a bad knee (talking about you Mr Powell). In a case like that, only one member of the team could run as long as the other did not make a move toward the machine until he or she was touched by his/her team mate. The initial idea for this has already been floated with our comp. coordinator and we have approval to at least discuss it.
Good idea- bad idea? Fire away.
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