The transponder system is the fastest, most accurate, and best system for an Enduro when it works properly. Hand scoring leaves room for "creative scoring" and is not reliable at all, at any time. Personally, I do not want to hear all the arguments that come from hand scoring. I have been there and can't believe 50/60 cars all think they won or are in the top ten.
I just want to mention that there are many ways it can be off. For one, if you do not cross the point where the wire is in the track, you will not be scored for that lap. (I tell you that almost every drivers meeting). Second, there are people not mounting the units properly in the cars or as in Bobby Pease's case, the car itself. When Caesar owned that car, the same problem existed, even though the unit looked as if mounted properly. (ignition system screwing with it?) I don't know. If the unit is sending out a weak signal because of the car, it may have missed a lap or two. I watched his race and my opinion is that he came in between 6th and 10th.
In Woot's case, it may have been when he was moved back behind the scoring line by the flagger when he was moving under a red flag condition. If he was caught doing it in the backstretch and moved back...the outcome of the race may have been different. Either way, it is still a one lap penalty.
As far as the 200 mph lap done by the 07 car....I will show you sheets that even in our weekly racing the computer will do that, but positions will not change...it is just a glitch. It won't put you ahead or behind anyone for a track position.
These people are all my friends and I do not want to see anyone "screwed" out of a position like some one most eloquently mentioned. If you have a better way of scoring a 70/80/90 car event, tell me.
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