| Re: Remind me to skip Ferrari club events @ Lime Rock |
Subject: Re: Remind me to skip Ferrari club events @ Lime Rock by CentralCoaster on 2009/7/27 17:43:42 LOL, don't blame the Ferrari, it looks like the yellow C4 showed him the "chrome horn". I've felt tempted to do that, especially when a faster car is holding me up and the cornerworkers don't pay attention or flag them for several laps. I'm not allowed to pass in the turns, and my car usually isn't capable of passing in the straights unless they let me by. In which case you either head down the hot pit and let them get way ahead, or just follow them closely until they get the point and get some good video. Your lap time will be screwed up anyways, so there's no point being in a rush. It's one thing when it's between you and another driver, but that level of patience and responsibility goes up tenfold when you've got a line of cars behind you. At Willow springs, I overcooked one turn and stayed in the throttle and did a donut on track and failed to realize there were two cars close enough behind me that they had to evade. Had I been more aware of that, I would've kept control or at least not smoked the place out. Very unfortunate that the other cars were involved though. I'm guessing that vette driver won't be invited back. Some clubs have separate groups for the more expensive cars. At least in that situation you don't have some broke redneck taking out a new 911 that he can't afford to make right. Bill is right though, generally the drivers in more expensive cars seem to have less track experience, and that has to be frustrating driving an exotic and getting passed by some old Chevy, so some of them overcompensate by driving even worse. |
