> The other night I was racing on Hawaii, night race at Bristol. It was a
> pretty descent sized field of cars, I qualified third. On the first lap
> I passed the second place car and caught the leader. I followed the
> leader very closely for a couple laps, we were both running hard, when
> he went into turn 2, he got a little squirrely and I tapped him
> (unintentionally) in the rear spinning him, then I wnet on to win the
> race. He was pissed, and understandably so. Anyway after the race we
> bashed each other pretty good and he was telling me that it's just a
> game to me, and that's what it wrong with me. He went on to say that I
> needed to take it more serious, and not hit people and take people out,
> and this that and the other.
> My question is, does everyone feel this way? Is it more than a game to
> everyone else? I like doing it and I get pissed if I wreck or do bad
> but it's just a game! Have we all lost our minds?
> Jason
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> Jason Powers
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In pickup races, you will always have a few drivers that care more about
winning than having a good, safe race. In series races you find that
more drivers work for caution-free races and when the yellow comes out
only 2-3 times per race, everyone accepts it as 'just good racing'.
There are an increasing number of drivers who are taking it more
seriously. In preparation for NRL, everyone better, because NASCAR will
hand out suspensions. Wakeup calls are common in NASCAR. If the car in
front of you is slower than you, blow your horn (give them a friendly
tap), but not where it could actually spin them out. If they are loose
in the corners, they should realize that they are a hazard to a faster
car behind them and they should get out of the way. You pass them only
when they allow you to, because to do so any other time might result in
disaster for both cars. Under no circumstances should you,
intentionally or no, tap a loose car in the corner. There is usually
only one result. If you have to hit the brakes to avoid hitting them,
do so. Cars don't usually get loose all of a sudden. It happens over a
period of several laps. If NCR2 allows tires to 'go down', then we'll
have to worry about it then. If you are driving behind someone for
several laps and they begin to get loose, back off. It will help both
cars in the end.
David Martin
