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WJ?
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It's all computerized once Rick Stewart flips the switch. Once both guys are pre-staged and one guy is staged Rick then flips the switch.
Then the Compulink system kicks in, and gives the un-staged driver 7 seconds to stage. As with what we saw with WJ if they take longer than 7 seconds then that dreaded red bulb comes on.
Then the Compulink system kicks in, and gives the un-staged driver 7 seconds to stage. As with what we saw with WJ if they take longer than 7 seconds then that dreaded red bulb comes on.
Von Halen
Nitro Member
Maybe im getting old and cant count to 7 anymore. But I rewound it 3 times and came up with 5 to 6 seconds everytime.
I counted 7 right on the money.
Just Paul
Nitro Member
Maybe im getting old and cant count to 7 anymore. But I rewound it 3 times and came up with 5 to 6 seconds everytime.
Me too.. never got to 7
DragFan2
Nitro Member
I'm bummed about his being timed out and WJ has to be fuming. But ya know, most of WJ's problems seem to be reaction time related, although car setup has bitten him too. He and Kurt just don't have consistency on the lights, and WJ is way off almost all the time now. Seems the only time he cuts a killer light is when he races Kurt.
na
Nitro Member
I was at today's race at Sonoma and while getting WJ's autograph he told another fan that it was indeed a malfunction and that he got "red-lit" at about 5 and a half seconds. He didn't seem quite as upset as I thought he would be. He compared it to the Steve Johnson-Matt Smith deal at Indy a few years back..... timing equipment malfunction.
what i'm wondering is why would warren take the chance and wait so long! warren was on the bubble of the countdown to 10 and could not afford to go out early again and he was racing a car he had covered performance wise and gray is not known for his rt's. i doubt wj is gonna catch connolly now and the next car in line is more than 5 rounds ahead with only 3 races to go.
When you're snake bit,nothing,I mean nothing goes right. I checked for a full moon,that's not it but a certain P/S drivers mother put a hex on WJ a few years ago with a voodoo doll and I'm damn certain that's probably it. Sometimes when it goes bad,it's bad and you just have to keep on keepin on and WJ will come back.
Sometimes when it goes bad,it's bad and you just have to keep on keepin on and WJ will come back.
Bullard Anderson
Nitro Member
With Krisher's car not even getting to the gate either, as a WJ fan, I would say WJ's concern right now would be to catch Krisher or Stanfield to make the cut of 10. I don't think he'll be catching Dave.
Randy
Nitro Member
a quick interview with warren asking what happen woulda been nice, but i guess its only a 3 hr show and time was critical
Yes, as if we'd rather listen to a wired up John Force explaining to Austin Coil three or four times his countdown concerns, or hang around TS and RF's pits or watch RF try to pry the cap off the vent on that 55 gallon drum.
I told my wife the interview with Warren should be any minute now but it never happened. Maybe Warren wasn't in the mood to talk.
Sean D, shondoo
Nitro Member
Darryl
Nitro Member
Randy, I was told that a camera in WJ's face could have been dangerous. I heard 'rumors' of a video tape that showed less than six seconds. I have to use 'rumor' since I didn't see the tape myself but there 'might' have been a malfunction...MIGHT, because the proof is 'out there somewhere'!
