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Originally Posted by Gary Dillard
The head referee at Smoky Mountains came to our team and the team next to us in the pits first thing Friday morning and asked to speak with the drive teams; he specifically told us we were allowed to have a fifth person that did not count toward our 4 on the drive team that could stand on the side of the court and give hand signals. I assume he did the same to all the teams there.
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Wow.
Not that I would change anything at this point, but we were never told that, and none of the teams we worked with ever mentioned it. This could have been a game changer for us. I don't recall 772 or 234 having a spotter either. I just ran back and forth behind the driver station trying to get a clear angle on the other side of the bridge. After we tipped twice because of balls, we installed a back up camera to look for them, but never got it to work properly.
I feel like this might've been something to call a drivers meeting for; maybe they told someone in our pit, and it didn't make it to me or my drive team, but that's unlikely.