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Originally Posted by MIKE1121
....THE STARTING GATE IS NOT ALWAYS PLACED IN THE SAME POSITION........ sometimes the gate will be placed 10 feet short sometimes 10 feet longer..... this will screw up your first call fractions.. 20 extra feet will cut an extra 1/5th of the first call time easy.This is why pars are limited, they are just looking at averages.
If you are the type of person who needs absolute perfect ratings, you will need to tape all your races and record the run up distances for that day and every day.
Mike.
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Or, buy the Sheets which are hand-timed from the gate, although that's not going to help with the first call.