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Earliest Qual Time Poll

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What's the EARLIEST you can make it to qualifying (Eastern Daylight Savings time)

8:00 pm
3 (30%)
8:15 pm
2 (20%)
8:30 pm
3 (30%)
8:45 pm
1 (10%)
9:00 pm
1 (10%)

Total Members Voted: 10

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Offline Wally

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Earliest Qual Time Poll
« on: October 24, 2013, 06:38:40 PM »
Now that we're in daylight savings time, and the regular lineup has changed a little, I want to find out again if we can start any earlier, to either a) finish earlier, or b) make the races longer.

Poll options are Eastern daylight savings time - you can do your relevant timezone calculations.
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Re: Earliest Qual Time Poll
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2013, 10:04:54 PM »
I see 8 is the majority so far
There is absolutly no way i can do that
by the time i get home from work, kids bed etc, i cannot
To get the tail end of qualy 8.30 is it for me (i voted 8.45)
You QLD yobbos write to your MP and get inline with the rest of this fine country (seriously stuff your curtains ;D)
Well thats my rant

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Re: Earliest Qual Time Poll
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2013, 10:36:29 PM »
Umm, 8pm AEDT is 7pm REAL time.
It's even earlier for us, (which is fine by me as I'm limited by 0500 wake ups).

So if it's QLD yobbo's making too early, having daylight savings here would make it worse for you. :o

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Re: Earliest Qual Time Poll
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2013, 11:52:18 PM »
Don't worry, the idea is to cater for the latest starter, not the most popular time.
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Re: Earliest Qual Time Poll
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2013, 01:21:43 PM »
I see 8 is the majority so far
There is absolutly no way i can do that
by the time i get home from work, kids bed etc, i cannot
To get the tail end of qualy 8.30 is it for me (i voted 8.45)
You QLD yobbos write to your MP and get inline with the rest of this fine country (seriously stuff your curtains ;D)
Well thats my rant

If qual  is at 8:45, can you  still make all of qual,  Dion? I couldn't remember who had kids to organise. We can sure keep qual at 9:00 if that's what works for you.
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Re: Earliest Qual Time Poll
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2013, 01:40:06 PM »
...but I agree with him, just the other way: we all should do away with the "daylight savings" bs.  It's unnecessary, it's evil, it's just messing with everything. Not good at all.

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Re: Earliest Qual Time Poll
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2013, 02:51:21 PM »
2100 starts are real tough for me (I've managed this winter due to work cutting back to 4-day weeks, but that's over now).

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Re: Earliest Qual Time Poll
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2013, 05:01:33 PM »
I'm struggling to make the 8pm (normal time) start as it is. Any earlier would be pushing it for me, happy to give it a go if people want it but doubt I would make the start of Race 1.
« Last Edit: October 26, 2013, 05:09:37 PM by Mopz »

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Re: Earliest Qual Time Poll
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2013, 07:21:57 PM »
So if I read this right, a few can't make it any earlier, but the late finishes are awkward for David. So here are some options.

1)  Shorten qually from 20 mins to 10 mins. This might add a bit of pressure to qually, limiting the laps you can fit in and might mix the grid up a bit. Some might use the qually time as practice though.

2) Shorten warmup between races from 10 mins to 5 mins. Makes it a bit harder to adjust for ballast changes and rain though.

I don't really want to make the races any shorter. Those two options would shave 20 mins off the night and get David in bed earlier.

Thoughts?
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Re: Earliest Qual Time Poll
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2013, 01:27:13 AM »
Sounds like a decent compromise to me. Got my vote Wally,

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Re: Earliest Qual Time Poll
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2013, 12:25:27 PM »
Lets not cut the between-race gap, it is a necessity often enough.  Happy with the quali shortening, it's no biggie.

(Edit: I mean, sometimes ppl have connectivity issues, need to go to toilet, grab a beer, etc...otherwise I'm fine, too)
« Last Edit: October 27, 2013, 07:16:59 PM by Bird »

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Re: Earliest Qual Time Poll
« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2013, 06:48:25 PM »
I agree with Tim, seems like a good compromise to me also.   Dave O.
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Re: Earliest Qual Time Poll
« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2013, 07:20:56 PM »
I agree with Bird, the between race gap should remain the same, for ballast adjustments and a toilet break!
If we can be done by 2230 AEDT, latest, I can live with it.

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Re: Earliest Qual Time Poll
« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2013, 08:12:55 AM »
What about the 1 lap shoot out style qualifying.  It certainly seems to mix things up!  You also only need 5-10 minutes to run it.

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Re: Earliest Qual Time Poll
« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2013, 02:12:43 PM »
Am I missing something here?????
AEDT is the time we run now. So qualy for me ATM is 9.00 (Qld 8.00) No probs there. We tend to finish b4 10.30 so not to late
Hence why I said 8.45 for me. So Wally yes perfect for me.
Dave to answer you I reckon 7.00 your time (8.00 mine) is way to early for you guys, also if you had daylight savings this post would not be happening ;)

 

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