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Racing superspeedways is really only about one thing... to be 'there' at
end.
The race really only start when there's about 10 laps to go...  and whatever
you've done uptil that point can really only hurt your chances of winning.
So your best bet is to be safe and stay out of trouble...

This is easier said than done, ofcourse...
I think the biggest "fear" for everyone - at tracks like these,  is to loose
the draft. So we all want to stay in the pack... and in an effort to ensure
that one do - we all end up doing real stupid things, and that's whats
causing the wrecks. And if you wreck - your day is done... the rest of the
race is just booooooooooring!

Fear number two - an almost direct consequent of fear number one - is to
loose a lap...  'cause if you loose a lap - you're f***ed! Go a lap down and
you'll have a helluffa time trying to get it back - unless the leader(s)
give it back to you..

Now,  as long as everyone got a drafting-partner, it damn hard - and I mean
damn hard, to loose a lap at track of this lenght. Especially in the short
"sprint-races" we're doing.   Even if you loose about a second a lap on the
leaders...  it will still take them around 40 laps to lap you - and then
you'll still have a chance of getting the lap back - cause you'll be at the
front of the field.  And if we were able to run 40 laps (that's 40% of the
distance) without a yellow...  - I wouldn't be writing this!

So here's an idea....
What we all really need is some sort of security to prevent us from screwing
things up...  What we all need is a drafting-partner.. a wingman if you
like.  One that would take a risk - just to help out.  It could be the guy
in front, or the guy behind you... It could even be somebody you'd teamed up
with prior to the race... one that would be willing to drop out of the
pack -  just to help you keep up the pace. The point being that as long as
two or more cars stay together - drafting - they stand a very good chance of
being there at the end - when the racing really starts!

If we all could do something like that for eachother - I think some of the
stupid stuff would be gone...  Perhaps not thins weekend - maybe next SS
race... who knows.  It sure wouldnt hurt to give it try.

So, how about it - would you lift to help a "fallen soldier"?
Would you be someone's "wingman"?

I would like to give this a try.

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I tried to be Simmons' wingman last time, but it didn't work.

I have no fear of losing the draft or going a lap down, for fearing it won't
stop it from occurring.

Jan.
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That's because I wasn't there.

doc holiday's quote from either tombstone or wyatt earp

Neither was I, didn't have the game yet. I was referring to the last time I
raced a superspeedway in RASCAR, on which occasion you were there.

Jan.
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My biggest fear in this situation though is that the guy behind
me don't play fair or doesn't realize I've slowed down to
partner up with him and just running me over straight as a
result.

I cannot chat in car very good (my TSW blocks most of the
keyboard and only has four buttons ;-), so I also have a hard
time making my intentions clear.

So for tonight, if you see the lonely mandrake car #67 in front
of you and you want to draft with me... let me know ;-)

Cheers,

uwe

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David G Fisher

That wasn't quite the thing I had in mind Ian....  What I was referring to
was if you'd drop out of a draft to help one that's falling behind?

To wait for [another] loner is one thing - but to willingly drop out of the
pack to prevent another from falling behind - it something completely
different.

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Not to be picky Grub but ain't it Huckleberry? I remember a cartoon called
Huckleberry Hound...he was kind of a doofus :) Shit...showin my old age again
:(
Dan

You know what sucks? All these years I have been saying huckaberry and now I
know why people always looked at me funny. You try to be funny, and nobody
gets it because I never heard the word correctly.

Thanks Dan.

I wonder what else I said over the years that was wrong?

What would JSimmons do right now if he were me?

grub

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Seen it...great movie...just always assumed that it was a bad southern accent
:). Don't take my word for it..I'm deaf in my right ear!

Not nearly as much as I have I bet. Maybe some huckleberry...er ahhh I mean
some kind person will research this...Oh what the hell
http://members.aol.com/PaulEC2/huck.html

Not goin there
Dan

I remember Huckleberry Hound also :)

Mitch