What not to do when roadracing

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Jul 10, 2005 | 09:44 AM
  #1  
Talk about your lap traffic.

I was seventh video (20mb)
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Jul 10, 2005 | 10:35 AM
  #2  
Holy crap!
I can't believe they'd let that many cars on track at once.
they won't let more than about 35 on the track at our 2.9 mile course locally.
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Jul 10, 2005 | 03:53 PM
  #3  
OMG thats alotta cars. Personally Id have gotten out and told that lady I didnt grid right and asked for her name. Then (the fact that he had a camera going helps) I would have told the stewards after the race.
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Jul 10, 2005 | 08:27 PM
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Quote: Holy crap!
I can't believe they'd let that many cars on track at once.
they won't let more than about 35 on the track at our 2.9 mile course locally.
VIR is a little over three miles long in full course config. My second ever for real race was in ITA at VIR in 2000 and we got combined with ITS for a total of a about 42 cars on track.
Sorry about that man. The hardest thing I had to learn was all the nice behavior I learned in High Performance Driving Events goes out the window when it's real racing...you have to be mean without looking like an ***...
It's also the reason why IF I race again, it will probably NOT be with SCCA. I'm seriously thinking NASA. The SCCA is stuck in the past man.
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Jul 11, 2005 | 01:35 PM
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What would be the difference between the way people act on track in SCCA and NASA?

I can see the way things are run, but what's the difference from a driver/competitor standpoint?

(I've been contemplating whether to go to SCCA or NASA myself since both run in the area on a regular basis)
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Jul 13, 2005 | 02:58 PM
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Quote: What would be the difference between the way people act on track in SCCA and NASA?

I can see the way things are run, but what's the difference from a driver/competitor standpoint?

(I've been contemplating whether to go to SCCA or NASA myself since both run in the area on a regular basis)
NASA has (or used to) have rule just like BMW Club Racing which basically says, if you are involved in a racing accident, you get put on probabtion. If it happens again, you're out and can't run for a period of time. I believe it's called the 13/13 rule. SCCA has no such rule, and if you've ever watched an IT race, you'll understand. It's real surprising to see the amount of wrecks and general on-track behavior from some of these guys that are fully licensed. Some have a reputation and nothing's really done about it...Of course, again, all of thios applies to competitive racing, not high performance driving events..
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