Had some great racing with friends in their 911s. Take a look and leave a thumbs up if you enjoy:
If one whines hard enough you get your choice of Group. Same with the Spec 911s.Always jealous....good stuff. That Mazda looked a little out of place for Group 2. What's the story on that?
It usually isn't a problem but I have found that the ego needing a boost is often connected to a brain that is shut off on the race track. There is also the safety issue when the speed differential is large. If people in the slower cars aren't watching their mirrors it can cause accidents.And yes … you sometimes do get whiners who ask to run in a slower class because it helps their egos to race against cars with 1/3 the power to weight ratio and half the tire width. We ain’t racing for 24k gold medals so IMHO a few sandbagging competitors isn’t the end of the world.
My thoughts exactly.......x's 1000 thumbs up! I thought that a bit odd and you were still making him/her earn it out there....LOL Great job, love to see you race in person some day but unfortunately not in CA anymore but I will be back to Laguna Seca for the vintage racing (probably not this year but who knows), it's been my favorite since a kid.It usually isn't a problem but I have found that the ego needing a boost is often connected to a brain that is shut off on the race track. There is also the safety issue when the speed differential is large. If people in the slower cars aren't watching their mirrors it can cause accidents.
It’s both a potential problem but also a part of racing in a multi-category group. I am not sure it’s so different than the old days of GTO/GTU or modern IMSA races where there can be a 15 sec/lap spread between DP and GTD. Learning to watch your mirrors and deal with traffic is part of the challenge, no? And the rules for vintage racing here in the USA mean most drivers who have more right foot than brains usually get put on probation/suspension until they learn to be better drivers of get tired of wrecking their cars.the safety issue when the speed differential is large
If only that were true then the world of vintage racing would be a better place. It has been my experience that these "rules" are only sporadically enforced and those with more enthusiasm then brains often get away with damaging other peoples cars and never pay any price whatsoever. Case in point- the Alfa that hit me in this race. When I went to talk with him about his error in judgement he claimed I swerved and hit him. ??? Or take the Lotus that went off track last year and came back on and T-boned me. Nothing happened to him at all. In fact he repeated his error this past race and hit another car. Start at 9:20:And the rules for vintage racing here in the USA mean most drivers who have more right foot than brains usually get put on probation/suspension until they learn to be better drivers of get tired of wrecking their cars.
OMG!If only that were true then the world of vintage racing would be a better place. It has been my experience that these "rules" are only sporadically enforced and those with more enthusiasm then brains often get away with damaging other peoples cars and never pay any price whatsoever.
There is a reporting mechanism through VMC that is supposed to catch these crashers out and prevent them from jumping from sanctioning body to sanctioning body but it is rarely used.