Lapeer's Timing System

[metroplex]

Lapeer's timing system is always off for me... The trap speeds are 10+ mph slower than what I should get even when I drop a tenth off my ET. Anyone else experience problems with lapeer's timing system?

[04MEMA]

You're not the only one. About a month ago same thing happened to me. All but one of my time slips showed the trap speed as 10 mph slow. Another racer there confirmed this.

[metroplex]

Thanks!

Everyone at the track looked at me like I was crazy. :burnout:

The question raised by a friend who raced at Lapeer was: If the trap speeds are off by 10+ mph, how can I trust the ET and times in general?

That's a good point. I'm all for cheap crappy tracks (Island Dragway in NJ), but they better give dead-on trap speeds and ETs.

[Hack Goby]

Charley I was there Sat.My only run was 14.594@97.13 so if there off like you think that means my top speed would be 107.13 M.P.H. I think there just fine even though I can`t say that for the rest of the track.

[metroplex]

AS 04MEMA said before, some of his runs were off.

Out of the 12 runs I made, only 3 were "right" whereas the other 9 were totally off by 10+ mph.

I have some slips from April that read 15.0x @ 81 mph. You do the math there :P

Looks like you got lucky and they "fixed" the system.

[04MEMA]

Yeah I made about 11 passes and only one or two read 93.xx mph all the rest were 83.xxx. And all these runs were between 15.019 and like 15.5. I could scan them and post them if it would help. I believe the speeds are consistently off by 10 mph, when they're off. I trust the times though. I think there's a glitch in the system that causes it to be off by exactly 10, but hey what do I know?? :cool4:

You'd think they'd spend a few bucks and get the thing fixed. I mean that's what people come to the track for!! :loco: :twocents: