Transponder Times at State Title

[gokart33]

Seems to me there is some more work to do before we can rely on transponders. I am impressed by my 9.7 sec lap with a speed of 146kmh though.

[John]

What you won't take credit for the best time of the day

Transponders are generally quite reliable. To assist me in some work I am currently doing in relation to interfacing QuickGrid with the Chronos Timing System, Shannon from Revolution Timing has kindly sent me the Chronos Timing System data for the 2011 SA Titles.

From what I can see it appears that your transponder stopped responding after lap 6 and was noticed after the karts past for lap 7. My assumption is that your lap 7 passing was manually triggered as soon as it was noticed to be missing at 39.314s after the previous pass and then lap 8 at 9.790s later. Then I would say lap 9 was manually triggered as you passed through but was then only 9.732s after the previous manual trigger. When you passed for the last time it was also manually triggered but at approximately the correct time as everything was sorted.

It seems a long time but you are only talking about 20 seconds to notice your transponder didn't trigger the lap count to it being manually entered.

As with any electronic equipment there is always the risk of something failing and so the Timing System operator has the ability to manually trigger a passing.

From my experience there are usually some Tower Officials lap scoring as a backup but the transponder system is definitely a huge benefit especially when used for Title Events as is the current practice.

I hope this explains what appears to have happened.

I think Shannon sometimes visits this site and so may like to add a comment.