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- From: chucko@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Chuck Fry)
- Subject: Legibility at speed
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.170900.25490@kronos.arc.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:09:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.164142.27524@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> sebruun@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (steve.bruun) writes:
- >I would love to see a rules change mandating that a car's number must be
- >displayed on the airbox in black Helvetica style digits no less than ten
- >inches tall, surrounded by a white meatball if necessary. I really think
- >that this would do more to enhance the casual fan's ability to follow the
- >action and thus become more interested in the sport than nearly any other
- >change.
-
- The sprint car guys do this right. The number is on the wing's
- endplate, usually painted two feet high, and on the tail, generally
- about 18 inches high. No problem with legibility there. NASCAR also
- has rational number legibility rules.
-
- But I'd like to go one step further. I've often thought that the
- sanctioning bodies should require the driver's name to be readable at
- racing speeds from the stands. And if you really want to be fair, I
- believe the driver's name should be in letters as big as the primary
- sponsor's name, since the sponsor is only putting up money, while the
- driver is literally putting his life on the line for the sponsor.
- Think about that the next time you look at a formula car close up and
- can't even locate, much less read, the driver's name.
-
- -- Chuck Fry Chucko@charon.arc.nasa.gov
-