Hi everyone.
I had an interesting scenario occur at a scored race a few weeks ago. Halfway through the 2nd run, I lost the primary start gate connection, but still had the backup connection. It turns out that a banana plug had pulled out. So, we simply posted the backup time to the scoreboard (with a notation), and then updated it with an EET after the run.
Now the interesting part - when doing the EET, I noticed that starting with the six racers prior to the missed start time, the difference between Sys A and B times increased from 0.06s to 0.13s immediately prior to the miss. Furthermore, the difference occurred almost entirely at the start. Before and after that, the differences were usually less than 0.01s. Clearly, the plug loosened six racers prior to the miss and affected those times. What should I have done?
What I did is simply perform an EET on the missed time and nothing more.
What I believe that I should have done is to also perform EETs on the prior six racers. As Chief of Timing, it was clear to me that the primary system had malfunctioned, and I believe that it was well within my purview to make the change.
What do others think?
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