| Re: Remind me to skip Ferrari club events @ Lime Rock |
Subject: Re: Remind me to skip Ferrari club events @ Lime Rock by CentralCoaster on 2009/7/28 20:04:16 Personally I have little faith in the ability of the various organizers to pay attention to or evaluate my progress, and the last thing I want is a set of rules holding me down. I favor the groups that have the loosest rules and least supervision. If I was driving a $100K financed car, I might see it differently. Even so, the close calls I been a part of weren't really all that close. Drivers losing it in front of me, passing without point-bys, spins, etc. Makes for an exciting day, but at no point did I hit panic mode and cry for my mother. And even if someone had made a bonehead move in those situations, the worst result would've been a glancing blow at 40mph. The relative speed difference between 2 cars on a track isn't much. I mean, we're not running a figure 8 or bumpdrafting down a straightaway at 120mph. Or maybe I just don't have respect for what can happen, because it hasn't happened to me. I've only done 4 HPDEs and 2 auto-X. The first two events were with different organizations, and both were in the novice group, and sucked, and I didn't get a single clean lap in on either day. The 3rd was intermediate, the 4th was intermediate-advanced. The only reason I'd not sign up for the advanced group in future events is because either I haven't run that track yet, or because my car can't keep with the pace on that particular track layout, or with the type of cars that sign up for those tracks. I'm by no means an experienced driver, but I think I'm pretty capable of racing (ok driving) comfortably around other cars and paying attention to my surroundings and exercising patience, and that's all that really matters IMO. The guy in this vid was clearly experienced, but did not respect the space of the car in front at all. If anything, his experience was a detriment, because he treated everyone else like a moving roadblock, and not a fellow enthusiast. |
