No biggie Neil. Stuff happens :)
> I caused some ***there, didn't I. Sorry guys.
> Worst things was, I was starting to feel fed up with all the early yellows
> as I was well on the pace and was eager to get into a fight with Ging who
> had moved up to one behind me. I also remember thinking 'Thank God I
qualled
> well up so as to avoid all the mess continually going on behind'. You
don't
> expect the leading pack to***the restart. Errr ....
> When the spring went I tried to hook the sole of the magic racing slippers
> under the pedal plate to get some rudimentary control to take it safely up
> into the wall and out of the way. Couldn't do it and such a sudden slowing
> left the other fast guys like Larry and John with nowhere to go. My BRD
> pedals have arrived and as I do 4 league races from Fri to Mon I thought
I'd
> fit them and practise on them next week. Guess tonight's HOG race will be
on
> a new pedal system :)
> Sorry again - If I could've done differently, I would.
> > John,
> > I assure you that you that I did not target you today :)
> > On the first incident, I hardly had any options. The restart commenced,
> and
> > out of no where Neil lost his Throttle spring right in front of me. I
> > commited high, and was on the brakes, but there just wasn't enough time
to
> > avoid it. The upper lane closed off on me and that was that.
> > It wasn't intentional. Shit happens, throttle springs break.
> > As for pushing up a bit and making contact in turn 1, I apologized for
> that
> > on-track, after the race, and here in another thread. I was fighting
with
> > slower cars at the restart, went into turn 1 a little unstable, and
pushed
> > up a bit.
> > Sorry again.
> > -Larry
> > > Well, I was running in 6th when Neil lost his throttle spring and was
> > > plowed into by the 98 car, which took me and a few other cars out.
> > > And then, it got better - I think I got the worst of it though because
> > > the back of my car got pushed in.
> > > To make matters worse, I was trying to avoid hitting the 19 car as we
> > > exited the pits (hje was ina hurry to pass me, buyt he wasn't in a
hurry
> > > to proceed through the turn so I went up onto the track and got
awarded
> > > a move to the end of the longest line penalty.
> > > My spotter was shouting to stay behind the 170 car (I WAS BEHIND THE
> > > ***ING 170 CAR), but the 170 car was ignoring his spotter who was
> > > telling him to pass me. As a result, I got a black flag for passing
> > > under the ***ing yellow.
> > > Then, on one of the restarts, the 98 car hit me AGAIN, and backed me
> > > into the outside wall in turn 1.
> > > I finished laps down in 8th or 9th place. I don't mind finishing in
8th
> > > or 9th place, but it really torques me to be laps down, ESPECIALLY
when
> > > it's not my fault.
> > > Opinion: Single file restarts don't do squat for us. All it does is
> > > keep lapped cars from regaining a lap. Other than that, it's just
like
> > > running double-file restarts. Caution-after-***in-caution.
> > > I think a lot of folks need to practice. A LOT! You can't come to
ANY
> > > of these tracks cold - the fast setup is just too twitchy when you're
> > > not used to it. I think the fast setups are just fine as LONG AS YOU
> > > PRACTICE!
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