To those of you who have stated that you like the option of swapping inside-to-outside if you are on the pole. (I have never started on pole and doubt that I ever will, so this isn't a big issue for me but...)

On those tracks where you would stay on the inside (I'm guessing HPR and maybe PPIR?), would that preference be compensated for by the distance advantage? In other words, given my initial guess that our row spacing (dot to dot) is nine feet, would a six foot distance advantage for the outside line negate your preference for the inside line? If not, what distance would? Changing this required distance advantage would obviously change the row spacing which would necessarily increase the overall depth of the grid.

I'm just curious; I started this thread more for the discussion than for any burning desire for change - I haven't taken offense from any of the comments and hope that that feeling is shared by all of you luddites out there. :lol: