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Motormasher (Offline)
  #21 2/26/09 12:10 PM
Originally Posted by airplanegeek:
It depends on where you're racing and who you are. At the track where I race if your the right guy you can drive right on around to the pit gate so your flunkies won't have to drag the stuff so far. If ,on the other hand, you don't have family members as track officials it is a real safety issue.

Rick Fields
This says it all right here. Point and case, USAC @ Haubstadt 2008.

However Shortbus is RIGHT!:thumb Just be carefull not to stop too quickly like "thebus79h" said. Brian Ruble had a terrible experience at Red Hill stopping on a red.
wbr (Offline)
  #22 2/26/09 12:34 PM
Originally Posted by thebus79h:
Problem with the rule of stopping immediately is there are to many people that take that literally and jump all over the brakes. I've junked a car due to someone in front grabbing a ton of brake in front of the field.

If the red is in front of you, don't pass it if you can avoid it, but I'd rather only see one car upsidown, than that one car upsidown plus 2 or 3 more from people climbing over each other. Remember, we don't have brake lights.
I know this thread is about manzy and other dirt tracks, but the above scenario always makes me nervous at Salem and Winchester.
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Rpracing1 (Offline)
  #23 2/26/09 8:30 PM
Originally Posted by thebus79h:
Problem with the rule of stopping immediately is there are to many people that take that literally and jump all over the brakes. I've junked a car due to someone in front grabbing a ton of brake in front of the field.

If the red is in front of you, don't pass it if you can avoid it, but I'd rather only see one car upsidown, than that one car upsidown plus 2 or 3 more from people climbing over each other. Remember, we don't have brake lights.
Yes you have to pay attention to what you are doing.

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