Long Beach to have a Standing Start???

[GRW1983]

Have just read an article from Road and Track by Marshall Pruett stating that standing starts could be implemented as early as Round 3 at Long Beach. I think this would be a good move as they have a long enough start/finish straight and they have done one before in 2008, so I think it could work well. Bear in mind that with Detroit no longer having a standing start and Beaux Barfield looking to add 1 or 2 more, now would be a good time to implement them. They have already done practice at Barber, so the teams wouldn't be totally in the dark.

[C3PO]

Killing people to increase the show is not a good move.

[car20]

Killing people to increase the show is not a good move.

don't know how you figure that one out

you sir are a fool..........

[Nem14]

Killing people to increase the show is not a good move.

Gee! Makes you wonder how F1 and other open wheel series get away with standing starts.

When was the last time a driver was killed in F1 during a standing start? June, 1982 I think. 30 years ago. And car design/materials has changed quite a bit since then.

So. C3PO. How do you support your implication that standing starts kill people?? Or. Are you implying IndyCar drivers are just not capable of doing standing starts without killing each other?

[C3PO]

So. C3PO. How do you support your implication that standing starts kill people?? Or. Are you implying IndyCar drivers are just not capable of doing standing starts without killing each other?

The cars don't have launch control, and only the chevy cars have anti-stall system. The cars not able to do standing starts, and yes there are a lot of drivers who did standing starts a lot of year ago, and some of them never did, and this will be cause some major(hopefully not fatal) crash.

[mr nobody]

The cars don't have launch control, and only the chevy cars have anti-stall system. The cars not able to do standing starts, and yes there are a lot of drivers who did standing starts a lot of year ago, and some of them never did, and this will be cause some major(hopefully not fatal) crash.

After watching the race at St. Pete, do any of the cars have an anti-stall system?

[C3PO]

After watching the race at St. Pete, do any of the cars have an anti-stall system?

Chevy cars have but it's not working

[inimitablestoo]

Might as well try it at Long Beach. Given the nature of the final corner they only usually get about the first three rows properly aligned before the rolling start.

And if that's too dangerous, I propose an old school Le Mans start. Have the cars lined up on one side of the track, the drivers on the other, and start the race by running to your car and getting underway on your own...

[Mark]

The majority of racing series have standing starts. F1 has only recently had anti stall tech and yet still they managed.

[Nikki Katz]

I think it's a decent idea, but only if the clutch etc can cope with it. The ChampCar standing starts were a joke and I think the series could do without bad publicity at the moment.