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11-13-2017, 08:15 PM
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Confused on this photo, when the 8 is at the finish line in slo mo his hind feet are underneath him, but photo shows his hind leg behind him. So the image is that much distorted other than the noses ?
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11-13-2017, 09:46 PM
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Some interesting videos, probably posted before as this is not a new topic.
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11-13-2017, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by cj
The controversy was it somehow took 12 minutes to declare it a dead heat, and then the silly "explanation" by the steward.
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Oh, okay. Thanks. I did not realize that it took them that long. 12-minutes is an excessive amount of time for placing.
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11-13-2017, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by davew
What do you do with night racing like this race?
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I had that picture blown up to 16" x 20" and have it hanging in my office at work. The colors and subject matter are excellent. It is a great conversation piece.
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11-13-2017, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by kingfin66
I had that picture blown up to 16" x 20" and have it hanging in my office at work. The colors and subject matter are excellent. It is a great conversation piece.
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That’s a great idea..........👍
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11-13-2017, 11:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustRalph
That’s a great idea..........👍
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Costco!
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11-14-2017, 11:44 AM
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11-16-2017, 03:07 PM
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Well this is interesting...
In the mean time:
Last edited by PaceAdvantage; 11-18-2017 at 03:30 PM.
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11-16-2017, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by cj
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Perfect response. Just perfect.
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11-16-2017, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by AltonKelsey
I gave an explanation as to why the shadow could be offset considerably from the actual noses.
Apparently no one was impressed.
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I was impressed
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11-18-2017, 03:32 PM
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I can't bang my head against the wall enough when people, in this day and age (THE INFORMATION AGE), STILL HAVE NO CLUE HOW A PHOTO FINISH SYSTEM WORKS IN RACING.
Ignorance is never flattering people...
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11-18-2017, 03:50 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
I can't bang my head against the wall enough when people, in this day and age (THE INFORMATION AGE), STILL HAVE NO CLUE HOW A PHOTO FINISH SYSTEM WORKS IN RACING.
Ignorance is never flattering people...
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That wasn't really the controversy here, but I get your point.
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11-18-2017, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by cj
That wasn't really the controversy here, but I get your point.
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When the talk started turning to shadows, it was certainly heading there...
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11-18-2017, 05:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
I can't bang my head against the wall enough when people, in this day and age (THE INFORMATION AGE), STILL HAVE NO CLUE HOW A PHOTO FINISH SYSTEM WORKS IN RACING.
Ignorance is never flattering people...
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We thought we understood how races are timed, too, but apparently this is NOT the information age.
In racing, it is the whatever that box says we go with age. 
I would not expect photo finishing systems to be any better than the timing systems, which suck.
The root cause is that the systems that are failing are the TRACKS themselves and their inept running of their businesses. They just do not care about their customers. No track appears to be above this.
Statements like this one "is in the works to be fixed and will be fixed shortly." are totally unacceptable. No races should be run at that track UNTIL it is fixed.
That is how REAL world businesses are run.
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11-21-2017, 11:10 AM
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PA Steward
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I really haven't seen one instance of a photo finish in the last 5-10 years that I can remember thinking either the stewards or the equipment itself got wrong. I'm sure it happened and I'm just not remembering it, but it has to be extremely, extremely rare...
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