John, I was imagining the timing to be along the lines of an actual drag race, where the timing would start as soon as the green light went, and then each car crossing the finish line would provide it's elapsed time. Of course, this isn't really too different from simply triggering the start of the timing off of the gate opening for all cars on a single gate. I guess it kind of comes around full circle as to what you'd want to accomplish.John Shreffler wrote:The Judge I shipped to this customer did not have computer capability, so I did not look at this aspect. There is only one timer, so the elapsed time of both cars could not be measured independently. By logically OR ing the separate magnetic switches, the timer would be started by the earliest car, and you would get an elapsed time for each. For timing only one car for design purposes, there is no problem.
I'm just trying to envision the car owners being the one to start their own car, so that they become more involved in the race, but as others have mentioned, the biggest factor is how to deal with someone who would release their vehicle before the green light. Would it make more sense to simply DQ them as in a real drag race, or should they incur a small time penalty (.25seconds, .50 seconds, etc.)?