The drivers are not going to pull off. We had this discussion at my track when another driver made a poor decision not to pull off and got another driver hospitalized. Speaking as a driver myself, I can tell you that you cannot rely on drivers to make rational decisions when they are on the track. Their judgment is clouded by their adrenaline, their anxiety not knowing if their going to have a ride next week, finishing well enough to feed their kids, etc.

T-Mez stated that he knew he should have pulled off but chose not too. He accepted part of the blame for that, but in the end his decision was based on the fact that there are a lot more race car drivers than there are race cars. He was hired to do a job and he felt he had to do it. I hope that this experience has taught all the drivers, as well as USAC, a valuable lesson.