Jim [who started this thread],
let me be candid, this is not meant as disrespect
1. are you expecting to be on pole shortly after you get back to racing?
2. the fellow's right about the comment "the mood of the starter".......if i'm in grid #5 i will make a point to watch a couple of starts of the earlier grids to see - about where on course the cars are when the starter shows the green - and how much of a jump the cars are getting......let me rephrase that.....just how much cheating the leaders are getting away with - and how bunched up the first three rows are or are not and perhaps the starter is waving it off for their irregular formation - is anybody going a little off track at the start so as to pass - and anything else i can learn from the start
3. the other fellow is right too - the race will start when the pole sitter or the starter decide, which ever comes first......meaning if a pole sitter clearly cheated the start but the starter didn't wave it off, you had a start and you shuold too if you're out on track at that moment.......so go for it and be looking for a wave off at the same time........good reason to have a spotter with a radio at the start.
4. yes, it's pretty clear on paper what the scca expects........who races on paper?
5. there is always a gray zone - sometimes it's wider than at other times due to who is enforcing the rules and the zone width can easily vary with the topic. but somebody is always ready to write a new rule that will fix "everything"