Last week in the 10 car deal, Jesse enters 3 on the outside with Marks nose under him, in the middle of 3 and 4 he decides he wants the bottom. Unfortunately Marks already there. What are you going to do?
OK I've been reading this and it DOES bring up a question.
Now, when I was growing up, my Dad, an ex-racer, always told me that the "gentleman's rule" was that if you're on the inside, and you're up to the other guy's door going into a turn, then you're good. But if you only have a nose under him, then you're not and should either back out, expect to be put in the grass, or expect to be black flagged if the other guy goes around. .
Now, I don't know if this is still the case...I'd gather it isn't...I didn't see the business between Kennedy and Watson. I do feel that if its not the rule anymore, that maybe it should be.
If anything, and I say this with no offese meant for anyone, but if the up to the door rule was the way it worked, we might eliminate the need for spotters in the first place.
Is it possible that half the guys think that this is the way it works, and that the other half feel that as long as we have spotters that just having a nose inside is enough? Â
Ok A few posts were made since I started the last one. Just wnat to add that if they went back to the old "rule" itd be a hell of a lot easier on equipment and also a heck of a lot easier to police.
In some divisions up to the door may be the guideline. But in Late Models, if a guy has his nose up to the rear wheel, it's his position.
Just to clarify...is that actually written down somewhere?
In my case it's usually a reverse standard. I try not to chop another car so I won't get wrecked. I'd far sooner lose the spot than crash. Plus sometimes if he gets under me I can stay high and pull him off the corner. When I'm getting on the inside of a car, if I'm at his back wheel or even up to his rear quarter just behind the wheel, and he shuts the door, I back out right away so I don't spin him. If I'm up to his door, I can't back out and if he comes down into me, we'll make contact. I still try to get out of it, but I'm in too far and more than likely we're going to bounce off each other. In some cases the driver didn't see or his spotter didn't let him know, in other instances the driver dosen't care or respect his competitor, same with his spotter. I'd sooner live to fight another day over crashing because I was too stubborn to move, but I learned that years ago when we didn't have spotters or mirrors.
My spotter is very good, he isn't perfect but he knows what I want to hear from him and he's never allowed to drive or steer my car with his radio.
You know Shadow, nose in means that if the guy on the outside comes down, he is going for a spin and with just a nose in, the guy behind has something called a brake pedal and can easily use it, however if he is all the way up to door then man he has the position. I think it all comes down to talent and common sense. There are so many drivers out there with "seat time" and just lack natural talent. Those are your weapons. You can easily spot a driver that has natural ability in a race car and one that has been given some cash and has gotten some seat time. But Delaware officials had better do something fast beacuse its only a matter of time before someone gets hurt by these weekend weapons.
Well it seems my initial impressions regarding the "cleanliness" of the LM racing this season may have been slightly off. I'm still not seeing much in the way of blatant dirtiness, and I'll stand by the statement that I've seen a lot worse in past years.
Speaking as a mod - Also just want to add that there's a chance to get some good positive influence here. Lets not bugger it up by allowing it to deteriorate into a slagging match. We're doing awesome...lets keep it that way.