There's no such thing as being too safe, so I don't think it would be a bad thing to do something like that.

[Knoke77]

You're not going to see Hunter and Ballou "ride" around holding their positions. It's just not in their genetic structures. When you run a race you try to gain every position you can because at any time you can be passed. Although I only seen the laps shown in the video it looks as if Robert did change the line he had been running due to the car not handling the rough in the higher lane. I can almost guarantee you that he had no idea Hunter was coming on his inside that hard. He probably thought he had a decent lead on everyone at the time.

To me that was a pure racing accident with no fault on Robert or Hunter. Yes, both have pulled some bone-head moves in the past but this I wouldn't consider one of them.

Originally Posted by RBurns17 It's just racing. It's what racers do, it doesn't matter what experience level they're at. I will say that doing it in the heat race when you're both in transfer spots is kind of bone headed, but it's just the racer mentality. Here's a video of some kids just started out doing the same exact thing, only last lap of the feature. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6hv7pgSc0M

I agree! That is what what you can expect from go-cart racing. Kids just having fun. Maybe some day they will race sprint cars and get some balls.

Originally Posted by Joe Kidd I agree! That is what what you can expect from go-cart racing. Kids just having fun. Maybe some day they will race sprint cars and get some balls.

Yea, but that's what racing is about, it's all about having fun and beating the competition. I mean, no one ever got started in racing because it paid good. Any racer got into it because it's what they loved doing, and whether you're 7 or 37 that's the reason you should race. Not because of the fat paycheck, but because you love going out and beating the competition. And I think every racer has it in them, they will all go out and make boneheaded moves because when you strap into the race car for a heat race, qualifying, or the feature, your goal is to win. Not ride along and transfer to the feature. It's to take the checkered first.

That's why I don't think we should blame anyone, we should just thank god everyone is ok and realize they were going what they were put out there to do.

P.S. I've raced a big car and I've squeezed into one of those and went around that track, and it took bigger balls to do the latter.

[TQ97]

Originally Posted by Joe Kidd I agree! That is what what you can expect from go-cart racing. Kids just having fun. Maybe some day they will race sprint cars and get some balls.

Maybe you didn't mean your last sentence the way I'm taking it...but if you would see some of these kids as young as 5 years old, turning lap times in the 6-7 second range, and some of the hard crashes they are involved in, you'd admit they have balls now.

[zeroracer]

I am gonna have to disagree with the Karting comment about balls, when i was 15 I was running about 125mph on pavement two inches from the ground.... with no cage or belts... balls yeah.... ill leave it at that

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...rch_query=kart flip

watch this and tell me if you would rather crash/flip a kart of a sprint car

[AERO410SCJA]

Don't mind JOE.He's a messageboard racer

HAVE YOU BEEN TO A SPRINT CAR RACE THIS YEAR

[hogan6]

Looks like Robert drove down. Nothin' quite like tearin' your stuff up in a race that pays nothing. Both were in transfer positions.