Names on window for endurance races!

[Pro Racer]

i f there is another thread on this already from earlier in the year it can be merged but i cbf looking for it.

well i decided to tape RPM yesterday while i was at MCM and came home and watched it, only reason i taped it was to see if they had a PI preview and they did. part i found interesting was the names on the back door window, i knew they were going to be reduced in size but FMD they are almost impossible to read standing still let alone at speed, i thought maybe reduce both the number and names would be a good compromise. i know we know who belongs to what number but for the casual viewer it would be hard to findout.

[Denosaur]

Now what your suggesting would be too logical.

[racer69]

Here's a thought, put the numbers back on the doors so the driver names can be enlarged in the rear windows

[Pro Racer]

agree racer i might be young but i am a bit of a trditionalist and i like the number on the dor and name on the window, simple as that. my suggestion above was for now though as i can't see them changing back to how it should be in the near future.

[Matt]

Pics or ban?

[Armco Bender]

Were you trying to read the names before or after drinking the mandatory 24 cans of beer?.

[Pro Racer]

after 24 i don't think i would know my own name let alone read small fonts on a window of a car.

no pics it was on RPM and i taped it to the hard disk in my DVD now i deleted it so you'll have to wait until Friday.

[Pro Racer]

what pus they could definatly of had the names atleast a little bigger, i can just read it on a photo let alone on TV:


RNR have managed to keep both names and number full sized it's a little cramed in but still more readable then the other pus the rst of the cars have:

[GTRMagic]

So why can Mr D'Alberto's team manage to put both driver names on the window in legible type, while everyone else needs a microscope?

Surely the font size/type is mandated in the VESA playbook?

[TSR]

Overall the names are way to small, but we can blame the Black Wiggle for that.

[panel damage]

Was not commenting on this subject until I'd seen for myself on Tele. PATHETIC - someone shoot the black Wiggle please.

[peckstar]

it was pretty poor. a number of teams managed to do it properly ie Bottelo car the djr cars and BOC

surely this is fixable and very easily

[racer69]

As i've said previously i prefer the 'old system', but under the current guise does it really matter how big the names are? The car number in the window is big enough to know which car it is.....

[peckstar]

the answer is yes, expecially with all the co drivers out there.

we need to know who is driving

[Biggy G]

Why not make the numbers a bit smaller? A compromise between the two?

[RotorFan]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

So why can Mr D'Alberto's team manage to put both driver names on the window in legible type, while everyone else needs a microscope?

Surely the font size/type is mandated in the VESA playbook?

Actually CAMS dictates the minimum sizes/fonts etc for this stuff. But since when did V8s adhere to CAMS rules...

[Matt]

Originally Posted by peckstar

the answer is yes, expecially with all the co drivers out there.

we need to know who is driving

How would you know who's driving? It's not like they have a light next to the names, to signify who's in the car at what time.

[peckstar]

matt i actually meant who the drivers are in the car, not the individual driver at the time.

[Matt]

Get an event program?

[peckstar]

maybe you should come to australia and come and see one of the enduros

[Matt]

I'd love it! I'm not being sarcastic either.

[peckstar]

then you will undersand the problem

most australian tracks are in the middle of no where, they lack real facilities and you usally sit on a seat you brought from home or in the dirt.

the official program comes out once a year, with inserts for each round but at enduro rounds like Phillip island the drivers dont have to be named until friday night which is too late for any insert.

30 or so of the drivers are racing their first race for the year so we have no idea who they are especially if you havent been following the pre race forums for weeks on ends.

the speaker system does not tie up with the big screen (in the case of PI) and the speakers are placed so far apart that you cant really hear them (you can use a radio but then you cant talk to your mates)

thats why we needs the names on the cars, because it tells us who is going past, not so much an issue for the regular drivers but for the

[Matt]

Originally Posted by peckstar

then you will undersand the problem

most australian tracks are in the middle of no where, they lack real facilities and you usally sit on a seat you brought from home or in the dirt.

the official program comes out once a year, with inserts for each round but at enduro rounds like Phillip island the drivers dont have to be named until friday night which is too late for any insert.

30 or so of the drivers are racing their first race for the year so we have no idea who they are especially if you havent been following the pre race forums for weeks on ends.

the speaker system does not tie up with the big screen (in the case of PI) and the speakers are placed so far apart that you cant really hear them (you can use a radio but then you cant talk to your mates)

thats why we needs the names on the cars, because it tells us who is going past, not so much an issue for the regular drivers but for the

Our tracks are in the middle of nowhere, and aside from the ovals, you usually bring a chair from home to sit on.

Although, we have a different program at each round, didn't know you had only one that makes the rounds the whole year. Really sucks if there's a driver change, eh?

[Average Punter]

They managed to fit long names like "Bargwanna" and "d'Alberto" on the window in the old font/type!

But for some reason SCA wrote "Said" and "Neal" in type you needed binoculars to read...

I much rathered the old style

[A9X05]

Originally Posted by Average Punter

They managed to fit long names like "Bargwanna" and "d'Alberto" on the window in the old font/type!

But for some reason SCA wrote "Said" and "Neal" in type you needed binoculars to read...

I much rathered the old style

I remember the days when we had nothing on the windows. we got by! All we had were surnames on the front guards We still knew who were racing !

Once again V8SCA are tying to reinvent the wheel!