opinions wanted

[fazza]

Originally Posted by Matthews Dad

Have to agree with you, but then I was in the group marshalling junct 5

And I was stood on the right at the flying finish

[White flag man]

Quite frankly I don't care how about how much training/what colour tabard/whether they got paid/ whether is a rally or race....etc,etc. If a car comes towards you and you are sat down, it is unlikely that you will have time to get out of the way. I have never marshalled a rally, but I realise that these guys may have been on post a long time. I don't have a problem with them being sat down WHILE A CAR IS NOT IN THEIR SECTOR, but while it is, for their own sake, they should be stood up and ready to move. I have mentioned this fact to spectators at race meetings, especially parents of children.

[Ian Briggs]

Originally Posted by White flag man

Quite frankly I don't care how about how much training/what colour tabard/whether they got paid/ whether is a rally or race....etc,etc. If a car comes towards you and you are sat down, it is unlikely that you will have time to get out of the way. I have never marshalled a rally, but I realise that these guys may have been on post a long time. I don't have a problem with them being sat down WHILE A CAR IS NOT IN THEIR SECTOR, but while it is, for their own sake, they should be stood up and ready to move. I have mentioned this fact to spectators at race meetings, especially parents of children.

Yes, you are correct, the sitting down in the middle of a hairpin aint Ideal, probably dangerous, and given that most single venues run 30 sec starts with split/merge, you get a car every 15 secs, taking a rest between cars is a tad impractical, so whilst agreeing it looks bad, dont get too exited about it!

If anyone wants to see a single venue, the Lookout stages is at Melbourne (Yorks not OZ) this sunday.

[nomad_n]

Originally Posted by Woolley

I can only say that if I'm at a live track, whatever the event, I'll be standing up. If I'm in charge of a post and you're there with me, you'll also be standing up or you'll be moving to a position of safety further from the track, and if I'm not in charge I'll simply advise you that it would be a good idea not to sit down.

If something goes wrong, the time you take to stand up is time you're not getting out of the way. Even on a slow hairpin a wheel can sheer it's studs under braking and travel at quite a speed.

General advice on sitting while the track is live will always be 'Don't'.

We actually timed it at a training day where we had a car come off the track and we had marhsals both sitting down and standing and tthe marshals that were standing got to the car about 4 seconds quicker.

I also marshal both rallies and circuit

[The_Viper]

I'm stunned - it's a good job they don't do the Clio Cup, those Clio's can get you wherever you go, so you need as much of a head-start as you can get.

If you're stood up you can start running before you've even had time to think of anything apart from "I'm a marshal - get me out of here"!!!

There isn't even any Armco or tyres to "soften the blow"!!!

[Woolley]

Playing devil's advocate, rallying is very different, and you have to throw away a lot of what you know from circuits. One car at a time, fully on the limit is not the same as packs - or someone trying to catch up - fighting for places and generally travelling a lot quicker. Rallies are more relaxed and laise faire. That said, I wouldn't sit down where they were. Maybe away from the track on the outside would be a better alternative.

[Ian Briggs]

Originally Posted by The_Viper

There isn't even any Armco or tyres to "soften the blow"!!!

Yes, quite often my advice to new rally marshals is,

Find a big, friendly, tree. Stand behind it

[Justin Moran]

Originally Posted by Ian Briggs

Yes, quite often my advice to new rally marshals is,

Find a big, friendly, tree. Stand behind it

In absence of trees DONT stand behind me! (if you can find me)