In a message dated 1/25/01 8:58:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At least we were only stuck with one year (as I recall) with one of the
great abominations ever, the 4-turn stagger in the 800 back in the mid-'70s.
When the first synthetic track was installed in Downing Stadium on NY's
last weekend I re-watched the coverage from this past Olympics .. And I
noticed that while the John Capel non call for a false start was the most
glaring, there were several problems (as noted by the announcers) with
recalls/non recalls during the course of the competition .. Why the reliance
on
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Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 3:51 PM
Subject: t-and-f: Speaking of Stupid Rules II
last weekend I re-watched the coverage from this past Olympics .. And I
noticed that while the John Capel non call for a false start was the most
glaring, there w
In the previous post about splitting, I noted the need to adjust for the 3-turn
stagger in the 4x4.
Have I mentioned how much I hate the 3-turn stagger? Was much more fun in the old days
when roller derby broke out at the first exchange with 16 bodies all crammed into a
phone booth.
But even
